Graves, founder of Black Enterprise magazine, dies at 85

Earl Graves Sr.

Earl Graves Sr., the founder and publisher of Black Enterprise, has died at the age of 85 from Alzheimer’s, reports Brett Molina of USA Today.

Molina reports, “Graves Sr. founded Black Enterprise in 1970 as a resource for business and investing advice for African Americans.

“‘The time was ripe for a magazine devoted to economic development in the African American community,’ said Graves Sr. ‘The publication was committed to the task of educating, inspiring and uplifting its readers.’

“Graves Sr. was heralded as a champion of black-owned business and a supporter of equal opportunity. He received the National Award of Excellence for his business achievements. Graves Sr. served on the boards of several Fortune 500 companies, including AMR Corp., which runs American Airlines, and DaimlerChrysler AG.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.