American Legacy: The Top 10 Most Influential Books & Films in Black History

In celebration of American Legacy magazine's 10th Anniversary, historian Gerald Early produced the "essential reading list" in black history, and film critic Gene Seymour discusses the top films that "made the biggest impact on black culture".

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Most Influential Books
1. The Souls of Black Folk (1903), W.E.B. Du Bois
2. White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro 1550-1812 (1968), Winthrop Jordan
3. The Myth of the Negro Past (1941), Melville Herskovits
4. When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (1984), Paula Giddings
5. Before the Mayflower (1962), Lerone Bennett
6. Blues People (1963), Amiri Baraka
7. Harlem Renaissance (1971), Nathan Huggins
8. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (1988), Taylor Branch
9. Biography of Paul Robeson (1988), Martin Duberman
10. Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family from Slavery to the Present (1985), Jacqueline Jones



Most Influential Films
1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
2. Body and Soul (1925)
3. Hallelujah (1929)
4. Imitation of Life (1934)
5. Gone With The Wind (1939)
6. Carmen Jones (1954)
7. Black Orpheus (1959)
8. Black Girl (1966)
9. In The Heat of the Night (1967)
10. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
11. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
12. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
13. Boyz N The Hood (1991)


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Emerge Magazine: College Hoops Bottom 50 Graduation Rates

As reported in the article 'A Net Loss' by Jimmie Briggs in the December 1993 / January 1994 issue of Emerge Magazine, "African-Americans dominate basketball like no other sport. Sixty-four percent of the NCAA Division I men's basketball players are black, but when it comes to academics, the schools that recruited them usually foul out."

A study of the 1993 NCAA Division I Graduation Rates Report reveals that more than 40 major universities have graduated, within a six year period, none of there black basketball players...



Rank / School / % of Blacks graduating / % of Whites graduating
(NA = Statistics not available)

1. University of Akron 0% / 100%
2. University of Hawaii 0% / 100%
3. University of Texas - El Paso 0% / 100%
4. University of Nebraska - Lincoln 0% / 83%
5. University of Oregon 0% / 83%
6. University of Idaho 0% / 75%
7. Indiana University - Bloomington 0% / 75%
8. University of Vermont 0% / 75%
9. University of Toledo 0% / 73%
10. McNeese State University 0% / 67%
11. Mississippi State University 0% / 67%
12. University of California - Irvine 0% / 60%
13. Hofstra University 0% / 60%
14. University of Missouri - Columbia 0% / 57%
15. Butler University (NY) 0% / 50%
16. University of Florida 0% / 50%
17. University of Georgia 0% / 50%
18. Long Island University - Brooklyn 0% / 50%
19. University of New Orleans 0% / 50%
20. University of North Texas 0% / 50%
21. University of Wyoming 0% / 50%
22. Brigham Young University 0% / 46%
23. Liberty University (Va) 0% / 43%
24. California State University - Fresno 0% / 33%
25. University of Massachusetts 0% / 33%
26. California State University - Northridge 0% / 33%
27. Indiana State University 0% / 25%
28. North Carolina State University 0% / 20%
29. Idaho State University 0% / 17%
30. California State University - Fullerton 0% / 0%
31. California State University - Long Beach 0% / 0%
32. Central Connecticut State University 0% / 0%
33. Lamar University 0% / 0%
34. Louisiana State University 0% / 0%
35. San Diego State University 0% / 0%
36. San Jose State University 0% / 0%
37. University of South Alabama 0% / 0%
38. University of Tennessee - Chattanooga 0% / 0%
39. Tulane University 0% / 0%
40. Weber State University 0% / 0%
41. Chicago State University 0% / NA
42. Fairleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck 0% / NA
43. Georgia State University 0% / NA
44. University of Houston 0% / NA
45. Tennessee State University 6% / NA
46. Northwestern State University - Louisville 7% / 0%
47. University of Louisville 8% / 0%
48. Youngstown State University 8% / 33%
49. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa 9% / 0%
50. Jacksonville University (MS) 9% / 0%

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Today's Black Woman: 10 Things Women Do That Men Hate!

As reported by Jamilah Oliver in the November / December 2000 issue of Today's Black Woman, the "10 Things Women Do That Men Hate".

1. Nag. Nag. Nag.
2. Goldiggers
3. Reliving Past Relationships
4. Male Bashing
5. Overreacting
6. Women who lead men on
7. Women who use a man to make another man jealous
8. Women who will not cook
9. Not being forgiving
10. Trying to change a man

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FORTUNE Magazine: The 40 Richest People Under 40

As appears in the September 20, 2004 issue of FORTUNE Magazine available from Jaymo's Garage Sale.

America's 40 richest under 40: A billion dollars may be a bit harder to come by these days, but some youngsters are still finding their pots of gold.

Rich Kids
1. Michael Dell (39), Dell Computer - $17.95 billion
2. Pierre Omidyar (37), eBay - $10.05 billion
3. Jeff Skoll (39), Skoll Foundation - $4.69 billion
4. Larry Page (31), Google - $4.19 billion
5. Sergey Brin (31), Google - $4.17 billion
6. Jerry Yang (35), Yahoo - $2.81 billion
7. David Filo (38), Yahoo - $2.57 billion
8. Ken Griffin (35), Citadel Investment Group - $1 billion
9. Dan Snyder (39), Washington Redskins - $823 million
10. Marc Benioff (39), Salesforce.com - $376 million
11. Jeffrey Citron (34), Vonage - $346 million
12. Elon Musk (33), Space Exploration Technologies - $328 million
13. Sean Combs / Diddy (34), Bad Boy Entertainment - $315 million
14. Tiger Woods (28), golfer - $295 million
15. Halsey Minor (39), Grand Central Communications - $286.1 million
16. Shawn Carter / Jay-Z (34), Roc-a-Fella Enterprises - $286 million
17. Jerry Greenberg (38), Sapient - $278 million
18. Raul Fernandez (38), ObjectVideo - $263 million
19. Jennifer Lopez (35), Sweetface Fashion - $255 million
20. Marc Andreessen (33), Opsware - $253 million
21. Joe Liemandt (36), Trilogy - $234 million
22. Shaquille O'Neal (32), Basketball player - $222 million
23. Michael Robertson (37), Linspire - $220 million
24. Marc Ewing (35), Alpinist magazine - $217 million
25. Julia Roberts (36), Actress - $212 million
26. Will Smith (35), Actor / Rapper - $188 million
27. Andre Agassi (34), Tennis player - $162 million
28. Jared Polis (29), Colorado State Board of Education - $160 million
29. Jeff Gordon (33), NASCAR racer - $155 million
30. Sudhakar Ravi (39), retired - $137.1 million
31. Ashley Olsen (18), DualStar Entertainment - $137 million
31. Mary-Kate Olsen (18), DualStar Entertainment - $137 million
33. John MacFarlane (38), Sonos.com - $136 million
34. Jeffrey Zients (37), Advisory Board Co. - $132 million
35. Sreekanth Ravi (37), retired - $131 million
36. Paul Gauthier (32), retired - $129 million
37. W. Glen Boyd (37), retired - $125 million
38. Britney Spears (22), Entertainer - $123 million
39. Michael Saylor (39), MicroStrategy - $113 million
40. Kevin Garnett (28), Basketball player - $106 million

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FORTUNE Magazine: America's Most Admired Companies

As appears in the March 7, 2005 issue of FORTUNE Magazine available from Jaymo's Garage Sale.

Falling prices. squeezed margins. Brutal competition. For this elite set of corporations, it's the perfect time to do business.

The Top Ten
1. Dell
2. General Electric
3. Starbucks
4. Wal-Mart Stores
5. Southwest Airlines
6. FedEx
7. Berkshire Hathaway
8. Microsoft
9. Johnson & Johnson
10. Procter & Gamble

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FORTUNE Magazine: The 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

As appears in the October 18, 2004 issue of FORTUNE Magazine available from Jaymo's Garage Sale.

Who's Up?
Who's Down?
And is that a new No. 1?

Meet the alpha females of American business, 2004.

1. Meg Whitman, President and CEO (eBay)
2. Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO (Hewlett-Packard)
3. Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO (Avon Products)
4. Anne Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO (Xerox)
5. Marjorie Magner, Chairman and CEO - Global Consumer Group (Citigroup)
6. Oprah Winfrey, Chairman (Harpo)
7. Sallie Krawcheck, CFO (Citigroup)
8. Abigail Johnson, President (Fidelity Management & Research)
9. Pat Woertz, EVP Global Downstream (ChevronTexaco)
10. Karen Katen, EVP President - Global Pharm (Pfizer)
11. Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO - MTV Networks (Viacom)
12. Indra Nooyi, President and CFO (PepsiCo)
13. Ann Moore, Chairman and CEO - Time Inc. (Time Warner)
14. Pat Russo, Chairman and CEO (Lucent Technology)
15. Christine Poon, Worldwide Chair - Medicines and Nutritionals (Johnson & Johnson)
16. Zoe Cruz, Worldwide Head - Fixed Income... (Morgan Stanley)
17. Doreen Toben, EVP and CFO (Verizon)
18. Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair - Disney Media; President - Disney / ABC Television (Walt Disney)
19. Amy Woods Brinkley, Chief Risk Officer (Bank of America)
20. Susan Arnold, Vice Chair - Global Beauty Care (Procter & Gamble)
21. Amy Pascal, Vice Chairman; Chairman of Motion Picture Group (Sony)
22. Ann Livermore, EVP - Technology Solutions Group (Hewlett-Packard)
23. Myrtle Potter, President - Commercial Operations (Genentech)
24. Susan Desmond-Hellman, President - Product Development (Genentech)
25. Gail Berman, President Entertainment - Fox Broadcasting Co. (News Corp.)
26. Shelly Lazarus, Chairman and CEO - Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (WPP)
27. Sherry Lansing, Chairman - Motion Picture Group, Paramount (Viacom)
28. Stacey Snider, Chairman - Universal Pictures (General Electric)
29. Heidi Miller, CEO - Treasury and Security Services (J.P. Morgan Chase)
30. Cathleen Black, President (Hearst Magazines)
31. Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO - Frito-Lay (PepsiCo)
32. Linda Dillman, EVP and CIO (Wal-Mart Stores)
33. Mary Sammons, President and CEO (Rite Aid)
34. Janet Robinson, EVP and COO (New York Times Co.)
35. Judy Lewent, EVP, CFO, President - Human Health Asia (Merck)
36. Susan Ivey, President and CEO (Reynolds American)
37. Nancy Peretsman, EVP and Managing Director (Allen & Co.)
38. Vivian Banta, Vice Chairman and CEO - Insurance (Prudential Financial)
39. Brenda Barnes, President and COO (Sara Lee)
40. Vanessa Castagna, EVP; Chair and CEO - Stores, Catalog, Internet (J.C. Penney)
41. Deb Henretta, President - Global Baby and Adult Care (Procter & Gamble)
42. Lois Quam, CEO - Ovations (United Health Group)
43. Lisa Weber, President - Individual Business (MetLife)
44. Ursula Burns, SVP; President - Business Group Operations (Xerox)
45. Claire Watts, EVP - Merchandising (Wal-Mart Stores)
46. Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman and CEO (Carlson Cos.)
47. Jenny Ming, President - Old Navy (Gap)
48. Susan Decker, CFO and EVP - Finance and Administration (Yahoo)
49. Anne Stevens, Vice President - Canada, Mexico and South America (Ford Motor)
50. Carol Kovac, GM - Healthcare and Life Sciences (IBM)

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