Black Enterprise

CTL-E-0653 · Publication · other · 1970-present; 1970–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Business magazine founded 1970 by Earl G. Graves Sr.; the first magazine devoted to Black entrepreneurship; diversified into a multimedia company with the annual BE 100s rankings.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-019; source research type(s): Publication.

Sources

Wikipedia (Black Enterprise); BlackEnterprise.com
Wikipedia (Black Enterprise)
Wikipedia (Black Enterprise); BlackEnterprise.com, 2020
Wikipedia (Black Enterprise); Congressional Record, 2022-03-31; BlackEnterprise.com
Wikipedia, 'Black Enterprise'; Black Enterprise, 'BLACK ENTERPRISE Turns 55 Years Old'
Black Enterprise, 'Elevating Your Excellence: Earl 'Butch' Graves Jr. Leads Black Enterprise's 55-Year Charge' (primary source)
Digiday, 'Black-owned publishers' ad businesses grow'
blackenterprise.com anniversary coverage; hiphopwired.com
blackenterprise.com, 2025
blackenterprise.com 'Greatest Moments in Black Business'

Record CTL-E-0653 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 10 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: MEDIA-001.
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