Black Entrepreneurs Section Flashcards

1
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Who and When founded Worldwide Technology

A

Steward in 1990

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2
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In 1999 World Wide Technology spun off its Telecommunication Division to form what

A

Telcobuy.com

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3
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World Wide Technology Holding Company is the largest private company where

A

St. Louis, Missouri

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4
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Top Black owned Telecommunication Company

A

World Wide Technology

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5
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What was founded by group of black social leaders to address the underserved black community

A

The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company

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6
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Who is one of the founders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company that was born into slavery

A

John Merrick

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7
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Which Company was one of the largest black owned business in the US for much of the 20th Century

A

The North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company

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8
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Henry and Andrea Jackson founded what in 2001

A

Millennium Steel Service

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9
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Millennium Steel Service expanded to where

A

San Antonio, TX as Millennium Steel of Texas

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10
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The Publishing Company of Jet and Ebony managazine

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Johnson Publishing Company

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11
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Who & When was Johnson Publishing Company Founded

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John H. Johnson in 1942

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12
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John J Johnson’s first publication was named

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Negro Digest

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13
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Angela Samuels founded a plus-size clothing store called

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Voluptuous Clothing

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14
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South African investment Company founded in 2005

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Peotona Capital

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15
Q

Who is the CEO of DC Design

A

Durell Coleman

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16
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Bank founded in 1948 in Harlem to serve communities that had limited access to mainstream financial services

A

Carver Federal Savings Bank

17
Q

Largest African and Caribbean American publicly traded bank in the US with 8 in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens

A

Carver Federal Savings Bank