Browse Items (39 total)
- Tags: Business and Entrepreneurship
Sheila Crump Johnson
A cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, Sheila Crump Johnson is a dynamic philanthropist who supports education and the arts.
Hampton
Mary Willing Byrd
Mary Willing Byrd preserved her children's property during the American Revolution and eloquently defended herself against charges of loyalism.
Charles City County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Claudia Whitworth
Claudia Alexander Whitworth has worked diligently over the decades to improve the quality of life in Roanoke.
Roanoke
Christopher Howard
Christopher Bernard Howard sets an example for Hampden-Sydney students and for everyone through his impressive sum of service to the country and youth-enrichment efforts in Africa and the United States.
Hampden-Sydney
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Education, Military
Ethel Bailey Furman
Ethel Bailey Furman was one of the earliest African American women to work as an architect in Virginia.
Richmond
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Annie Belle Daniels
Annie Belle Daniels, the founder of the Madam Daniels School of Beauty Culture, is an influential civil rights and political activist in Newport News.
Newport News
John Rollison
John Rollison negotiated the legal and social restrictions of men of color in colonial Virginia to become a well-respected, wealthy man in York County.
York County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Lillian Lincoln Lambert
Overcoming racial and gender prejudices, Lillian Lincoln Lambert became the first African American woman to earn an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Mechanicsville
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship, Education
Felicia Warburg Rogan
Felicia Warburg Rogan's efforts to promote Virginia's wine industry have earned her the title "the First Lady of Virginia Wine."
Albemarle County
Themes: Business and Entrepreneurship
Willie Lanier
Willie Lanier broke through racial barriers in professional football by becoming the first African American to play middle linebacker, the position that directs the defense on the field.
Richmond