Highlighting Black Accounting Trailblazers
CPAacademy.org is committed to honoring the rich history of the first black accounting trailblazers, who took the initial steps to break into this once "exclusive" profession and make their mark on the accounting world. Each Wednesday during the month of February, we'll publish a new article highlighting these trailblazers. Through this 4-part series of articles, we encourage you to learn more about the black accounting community, the issues they face, and their contributions to the accounting profession.
Week 4 of 4: MIT Professor, Pioneer Female CPA, Newsletter Publisher, Author/Commentator/TV Host, and Stratification Economist
William A. Darity Jr., earned his Ph.D. from MIT, where he would later work as a professor. He eventually became the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. In 2020, he co-authored the book From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century with A. Kirsten Mullen.
Bernadine Coles Gines graduated first in her class from Virginia State College in 1946 and then moved to New York because of its reputation for more opportunity for Black Americans. Once there, she struggled as even black-owned firms were reluctant to hire women. She eventually became the first African American woman CPA in New York in 1954.
LeCount R. Davis, Sr. earned the Certified Financial Planning designation granted by the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado, becoming the first African American to do so. For over six years, he published a quarterly financial education newsletter titled “Finance and the African American Family.” He is a licensee of the Certified Planner Board of Standards.
Dr. Julianne Malveaux has long been recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She is a labor economist, noted author, and commentator. Dr. Malveaux’s popular writing has appeared in numerous publications, including USA Today, Essence Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, and more. She has hosted television and radio programs and appeared widely as a commentator on networks that include CNN, BET, PBS, NBC, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and others.
Darrick Hamilton is the Kirwan Institute’s executive director for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. He is a pioneer and internationally recognized scholar in the field of stratification economics, which fuses social science methods to examine the causes, consequences, and remedies of racial, gender, ethnic, tribal, nativity, etc. inequality in education, economic, and health outcomes. He is frequently cited in the media, consults with various public officials, and serves as an adviser to or fellow with several nonprofit and think tank organizations.
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Published Date | 02/21/2023 |