An Evening With Earl Graves (2006)

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4 minute :The Call to Black Leadership Meeting took place the day before MLK's funeral, what do you recall about that time?
5:00 You were with RFK the night he died, what do you remember?
6:50 MONTAGE about his early life
9:00 What was it like growing up in Bed Stuy?
10:45 Talk about your parents and siblings
12:52 Discuss your time at Erasmus Hall High School
13:40 What were racial demographics and climate in your neighborhood?
14:00 What role did your Uncle Joe play in you attending Morgan State?
16:00 What did you do to make money in college?
19:00 Describe your early real estate career
21:00 How did you meet your wife?
24:00 MONTAGE about his work in real estate/politics and start of BE
28:00 Why did you use your Ford Foundation grant to visit/study Barbados?
29:00 Where your discoveries what planted the seed for BE?
29:45 How did your advisory board help to get BE off the ground?
32:00 You compiled a list of every Black professional. Was this helpful in swaying advertisers who didn't think this segment of Black people existed?
33:00 Many magazines come and go, how did you manage to turn a profit by issue #10?
34:00 Gonna ask the question EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW. Why those sideburns?
35:00 What was it in the 70s and 80s that lead to the growth of BE?
36:00 Any problems compiling the 1st BE 100 list, or problems caused by the list?
37:00 MONTAGE Black Enterprise Brand
39:00 When you started there were 2 Black CEOs, today there are 20.Look forward to the future, what is the number going to be?
40:00 Tell us about the Black Wealth Initiative that your magazine has been promoting for years
42:00 How did you become so successful and still keep your family close?
44:00 Your wife's role in the business?
46:00 You mentioned that BE always had interns. You recently noted the gender difference of the applicants
48:00 What can we do to build on past gains?
48:30 If you had it to do over again, what other profession would you pursue?
49:00 Your base of operations was NYC, if you had to do jt all over again, would you have started in a different city?
51:00 What do you want your legacy to be?

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Explore the life and influence of Earl Graves as he shares stories that will inspire you. Taped in Chicago, Illinois on October 28, 2006, civil rights activist and politician Julian Bond engages publisher and business leader Earl Graves on his life as a leading multimedia entrepreneur. Fostering the growth of a vibrant African American business community, Graves reflects on his career since starting Black Enterprise Magazine in 1970 and provides insight on his work as well as his business and civic contributions
 
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