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- John H. Johnson
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- Soul Train
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- The RLJ Companies
- Robert L. Johnson
- Thomas J. Burrell
- Motown
- Mays Chemiical Co.
- Eddie Brown
- Burrell Communications Group
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- Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference
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- Jesse Hill Jr.
- Comer J. Cottrell
- A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award
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Clarence Smith
- Jr.
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- Essence Music Festival
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- Sr.
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- black business history
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- Ed Lewis
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- Time Inc.
- B.E. Titans
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No. 13: Ed Lewis/Clarence Smith/Susan Taylor, The Voice Of Black Women
- Ed Lewis
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