February 04, 2021

James Armistead Lafayette: Slave Turned Revolutionary War Spy

By Faith Karimi James Armistead’s life would make a great movie. Under Lafayette, the French general who helped the American colonists fight for their freedom, he infiltrated the British army as a spy near the end of the Revolutionary War. He once reported to Benedict Arnold, the traitorous colonist who betrayed his troops to fight

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Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier Retires After Decade of Leadership

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, who is currently one of the few Black CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, is retiring in June, ending a nearly 30-year run with the company. The pharmaceutical giant announced the change Thursday, naming Chief Financial Officer Robert Davis as its new leader effective July 1.

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