Firsts in Business
Test your knowledge as it relates to African-Americans in Business.
Choose from answers found below.
Answer Choices
(a) Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. |
(d) Captain William R. Norwood |
(f) Delano E. Lewis |
- __ Who founded the first national African-American Labor Union?
- __ Who was the country's first African-American female millionaire?
- __ Who was the first African-American pilot hired by a major airline?
- __ What was the first African-American owned company to be publicly owned and traded on the stock market?
- __ Who owned the first African-American record company?
- __ Who was the first African-American to head a Fortune 100 Company?
- __Who was the first African-American president of the National Public Radio?
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