Barbara Graves – Black Enterprise

‘Nothing More Powerful Than A Woman’: Loretta Devine, Vera Moore and More Honored With Black Enterprise’s Legacy Award

Stacy JacksonMarch 11, 2023March 10, 2023

by Stacy JacksonMarch 11, 2023March 10, 20231192

Following a cocktail-flowing reception at the Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel & Casino, hosted by ADP, guests showed out in gowns, suits, and all of their...

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Bad Ass Black Women: Time to Claim Your Place in History

Caroline ClarkeFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 2019

by Caroline ClarkeFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 201910499

Social media, the rise of TED and the public speaking industry have amplified the voices of an emerging generation of women, offering platforms to share...

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Women of Power: My Motherâ€™s Legacy

Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.March 10, 2015January 16, 2019

by Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.March 10, 2015January 16, 20191690

We would have never launched the Women of Power Summit, though, if not for its greatest champion: my mother, Barbara Graves. She was integral to...

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Cicely Tyson to be Honored at Women of Power Awards

Alfred Edmond, Jr.December 13, 2013January 16, 2019

by Alfred Edmond, Jr.December 13, 2013January 16, 2019936

Black Enterprise will present the Legacy Awards, its highest recognition of women's achievement, at the 2014 Women of Power Summit in Boca Raton, Fla...

Lessons From My Loving Mother

Darcel J. ChurchJuly 26, 2012November 18, 2017

by Darcel J. ChurchJuly 26, 2012November 18, 2017612

You were the anchor of our family. Although you had to contend with a testosterone-charged home with four alpha males, you ruled our household; we...

The Eternal Love of My Life

Earl G. Graves, Sr.July 26, 2012November 18, 2017

by Earl G. Graves, Sr.July 26, 2012November 18, 2017525

On the many nights I came home exhausted, beaten, bloodied, and bruised from the daily battles of building a fledgling publishing company against all manner...

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WATCH: Earl G. Graves, Sr. Remembers His Beloved Wife, Barbara Kydd Graves

Black EnterpriseJune 6, 2012October 8, 2012

by Black EnterpriseJune 6, 2012October 8, 20122546

In a loving tribute, Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves, Sr. remembers his wife, Barbara Kydd Graves, who was laid to rest on June 2,...

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Celebrating the Life of Barbara Graves, Wife of Black Enterprise Publisher Earl Graves, Sr.

Elayne FlukerJune 1, 2012November 14, 2017

by Elayne FlukerJune 1, 2012November 14, 20174023

Remembering the life and family moments of Barbara Graves, who passed on May 25, 2012, after three-year battle with gall bladder cancer...

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Barbara Graves, Wife of Black Enterprise Founder Earl Graves Sr., Dies

Black EnterpriseMay 25, 2012January 17, 2019

by Black EnterpriseMay 25, 2012January 17, 20194499

Family matriarch and a guiding force of Black Enterprise, Barbara Eliza Graves succumbed early this morning at Howard University Hospital after a more than three-year...