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Black History From the Year You Were Born
By Niesha Davis, Stacker News
On 2/9/21 at 6:30 PM EST
Each February, Black History Month is dedicated to celebrating the achievements, and reflecting on the experiences, of African Americans. What began as a week in 1926 has blossomed into 28 days of remembrance and lessons on the contributions of Black Americans.
Many Black Americans come from a lineage of captured and enslaved people who were forcibly brought to the U.S. to build the culture and infrastructure of a place in which they never asked to live. Forced immigration and centuries of cultural genocide have driven Black Americans to literally and figuratively rebuild a culture from the ground up. In the face of historical oppression and inequality slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the police violence that spawned the #BlackLivesMatter movement African Americans have continuously fought for their rights and spawned countless milestones, achievements, and freedoms. While being forced
Yet at the same time, people of color are facing an outsized financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic.
We spoke with Black leaders about their advice for the next generation, as well as their defining career moments and lessons they ve learned.
Robert Johnson, The RLJ Companies
Robert Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, didn t grow up with a lot of money, but he knew working hard could give him an opportunity to succeed.
He started Black Entertainment Television with a $15,000 loan in 1980 and in 1991 he launched it as a public company the first African-American-owned one traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Kwame Onwuachi And Sheila Johnson s Salamander Hotels & Resorts Team Up With FOOD & WINE To Create The Family Reunion
Experience Celebrating Diversity in Hospitality to Take Place in August at Salamander Resort & Spa in Virginia
Program to Feature Industry Leaders, Including Carla Hall, Edouardo Jordan, Mashama Bailey, Nina Compton, Carlton McCoy and Gregory Gourdet
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NEW YORK and MIDDLEBURG, Va., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Meredith Corporation s (NYSE: MDP) FOOD & WINE
and Sheila Johnson s Salamander Hotels & Resorts announce the debut of The Family Reunion presented by Kwame Onwuachi, a multi-day event that will celebrate diversity in the hospitality community through cooking classes and demonstrations, wine tastings and dinners, and thought-provoking panel discussions with world-class chefs, sommeliers and industry leaders including Carla Hall, Edouardo Jordan, Nina Compton, Carlton McCoy, Gregory Gourdet, Mashama