In 1970, Earl Graves Sr. launched Black Enterprise, a magazine that championed and chronicled the rise of African-American entrepreneurs in the United States. BE provided up-and-coming black business owners a virtual roadmap on how to succeed in the mainstream. “The Audacity of Black Enterprise,” a short film directed by Mark W. Wright, paid homage to Graves in 2017 at the company’s Black Men XCEL summit in Aventura, Florida.
Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell,” a documentary film about the inspiring life and legacy of Atlanta businessman and founder of one of the United States’ largest black-owned commercial real estate development and construction firms. The nearly hour-long film took more than a year to produce and features interviews with notable Atlantans, who knew Herman J. Russell well.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America is a portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Through evocative speech and soulful song, Hamer made it her life’s work to enfranchise and increase Black political representation.
Oberlin: A Village Rooted in Freedom” reveals how a historic preservation project has helped recover the story of a once-thriving town near Raleigh built after the Civil War by formerly enslaved and free blacks.
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