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Mellody Hobson
Read more: Mellody HobsonMellody Hobson (born April 3, 1969) is an American businesswoman who is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dreamworks Animation. Early life Hobson was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is African-American.[2] She was educated at St. Ignatius College Prep high school, and subsequently attended Princeton University, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and…
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Paulo Paim
Read more: Paulo PaimPaulo Paim (born March 15, 1950) is a Brazilian steelworker turned politician. He served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT) from 1987 to 2002. On 2002, he was elected Senator from the same state. Re-elected in 2010, he is currently the only Afro-Brazilian Senator. He also served as Vice-President of trade union center Central Única dos Trabalhadores(CUT) from…
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Abdias do Nascimento
Read more: Abdias do NascimentoAbdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011[1]) was a prominent Afro-Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician. Biography Pan-African topics General[show] Art[show] People[show] v t e Born in Franca, São Paulo state, Nascimento attended public school as a child and joined the military in 1930, but was discharged for disorderly conduct a few years later. He received a B.A. in Economics from the Federal University…
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Celso Pitta
Read more: Celso PittaCelso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento (Portuguese: [ˈsɛwsu ˈpitɐ]; 1946–2009) was a Brazilian economist and politician. He is a Bachelor in Economics by Fluminense Federal University, master in Economics by University of Leeds and specialist in Advanced Administration by Harvard University. Mayor Pitta was the second Afro-Brazilian mayor of São Paulo, from 1997 to 2000, elected as the successor of Mayor Paulo Maluf under whom he was Municipal Secretary of Finance.…
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