Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in @mlb in the modern era, breaking the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn @dodgers on April 15, 1947.
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Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Meet Caen Conte, Co-Founder and Partner at OzoneX. He has deep experience leading expansion, marketing, communications, business development, sales and executive strategies within technology startups.
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Cloud Cycle is revolutionizing the ready-mix industry by digitizing concrete and enabling companies to improve concrete quality, reduce operational costs and CO2 emissions.
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Photos taken for @chrysler, showing 2 black couples enjoying the beach (ca. 1963) They were the first car company to use black models in their ads, starting with a 1957 ad campaign for the Plymouth convertible that appeared in @ebonymagazine.
#blackhistorymonth#blackhistory
Female founders secured only 2% of venture capital in the U.S. in 2021, the smallest share since 2016 and a sign that efforts to diversify the famously male-dominated industry are struggling.
#venturecapital#futureofventure#women#diversity
@forbes prediction 5 healthcare trends:
1. Remote healthcare and telemedicine
2. Extended reality for clinical training and treatment
3. Making sense of medical data with AI and machine learning
4. Digital Twins and Simulations
5. Personalized medicine and genomics
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. He was a founding member of @NAACP, the first Black American to earn a PhD from @harvard.
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US may have gone through a public reckoning with racism and injustice over the past couple of years, but
VC dollars going to Black founders continues to hover stubbornly below 2%.
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