In 1960, armed with an MBA from New York University, Robert M. Waite went job hunting. Employer after employer told him: "We don't hire Negroes." Such was the reality of pre-civil rights America. Determined to succeed, Bob took his new graduate degree and his young family to Africa, the place of his birth. There he started as General Manager of the first radio factory in West Africa, and went on to become Adviser to the Nigerian Government on economic development. Returning to America several years later he found the country in the throes of the civil rights struggle. Businesses now actively...
In 1960, armed with an MBA from New York University, Robert M. Waite went job hunting. Employer after employer told him: "We don't hire Negroes." Such...