ORGANIZATION

Location:
Chicago, IL

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carol Moseley Braun	Politician	16-Aug-1947		First black female US Senator
Frank M. Clark	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Commonwealth Edison
William T. Coleman, Jr.	Government	7-Jul-1920		US Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77
W. Don Cornwell	Business	1948		CEO of Granite Broadcasting
Willie D. Davis	Football	24-Jul-1934		Businessman, former football player
John Deutch	Government	27-Jul-1938		CIA Director, 1995-96
Marian Wright Edelman	Activist	6-Jun-1939		Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Cleo Fields	Politician	22-Nov-1962		Congressman from Louisiana, 1993-97
Harold Ford, Sr.	Politician	20-May-1945		Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97
Donald Fowler	Government	12-Sep-1935		DNC chairman, 1995-97
Brenda J. Gaines	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Diners Club NA, 2002-04
Kim Gandy	Activist	25-Jan-1954		President of NOW
Berry Gordy	Business	28-Nov-1929		Founder of Motown Records
Mellody Hobson	Business	3-Apr-1969		President of Ariel Capital Management
Valerie B. Jarrett	Business	14-Nov-1956		White House Office of Public Liaison
Robert L. Johnson	Business	8-Apr-1946		CEO of BET
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Don King	Boxing	20-Aug-1931		Boxing promoter
Celinda Lake	Government	?		Lake Research Partners
John W. Rogers, Jr.	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Ariel Capital Management
Russell Simmons	Business	4-Oct-1957		Def Jam Records
Ruth J. Simmons	Educator	3-Jul-1945		President, Brown University
Eleanor Smeal	Activist	30-Jul-1939		Founder, Feminist Majority Foundation

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