Lee Green:
On February 1, 1926, Scholar, Author,
Historian And Educator, Dr. Carter G.
Woodson Initiated What We Know Today As, Black History Month.
Dr. Woodson Wanted To Make Certain That
The Accomplishments Of Black People To
American Society And The World, Were
Recognized And Not Forgotten.
In Honor Of Dr. Woodson And The Vision
He Had For His People:
Today Members Of The National Black
Business Trade Association (NBBTA) And
Black Business Space Pay Tribute To
CEO/Founder. Lee Green.
A Husband, Father (Three Daughters) And
Grandfather ( Three Grandchildren), Lee
Green's Career As A Self-Made Business
Man Spans More Than Three Decades.
In 1979 He Started Capitol Planning
Corporation, Which Specialized In
Annuities, Mutual Funds, Insurance, Real
Estate, Mortgages, Oil And Gas Tax
Shelters, Diamonds, Rare Coins And Private
Placement Memorandums.
Four Years Later He Published, Financial
Independence Money Management
Magazine, A Pioneering Effort That
Introduced The First "How-To" Money
Magazine In The Country, Targeted At A
Black Audience.
According To Green, The Publication Was
To Serve As A Kind Of "Work-Book," Breaking Down Usually Complicated Financial
Jargon, So That Everyday Working People
Could Understand And Apply It, In Practical Ways.
Unlike Ebony, Jet, Black Enterprise And
Essence, Which Tended To Focus On
Successful African Americans After They
Made Money, Financial Independence
Money Management Magazine Presented
The Step-By-Step Process (Investing And
Growing Money) Required To Become Financially Successful.
Substantive Interviews With People Like
The Late Reginald Lewis, Melvin Van
Peeples And Dick Gregory, Helped The
Magazine Become A Success Nationally And
Abroad. It Was Distributed In 44 States And
Five Foreign Countries, And Had A
Circulation Of Approximately 100,000 People.
Financial Independence Radio, An
Extension Of The Magazine, Was A Financial News Radio Show That Aired On WHUR-FM In Washington, DC, Between 1983 And 1985.
Another Of Lee's Companies,
Determination, Effort, Attitude And Love
(D.E.A.L), Was Established In 1990. As One
Of The First Black Network Marketing
Companies, Its Goal Was To "Establish
Better Distribution For Black Products --
Helping Them More Easily Reach Their
Targeted Consumer Market." Using Items
From Over 30 Black Manufacturers,
D.E.A.L 's Product Line Included More Than
200 Items, Featuring Everything, From
Haircare Products To Toys And Games.
A True Global Networker, He Helped Establish The First Black Business Summit 2000, In Nova Scotia, Canada. The Event Attracted Participants Came From Africa, Europe And The United States.
Green's Impact In The World Of Business
Has Been Well-Documented. He And/Or His Companies Have Been The Focus Of
National And International Media Including:
The New York Times, The Afro-American,
BBC, CNN, The Chicago Tribune, Tony
Brown's Journal, Cathy Hughes (Radio-One), Black Enterprise, Magazine, Essence Magazine, BET (Bev Smith), The Los Angeles Times And The Wall Street Journal.
As Chairman Of The National Black
Business Trade Association, Which He
Founded In 1993, Green Has Mentored And
Inspired Countless Entrepreneurs For More
Than A 10 Years, Via Workshops, Black
EXPOS And The World-Wide Web.
Today, Lee Green Continues To Be A
Significant And Respected Presence In The
World Of {Black} Business And The Black
Community, At-Large.
The Messages Of "Self-Help," "Unity" And
"Black Business Advocacy" --- Themes
Running Throughout NBBTA And Black
Business Space, Are A Testiment To His Humility, Love For, And Committment To, His People -- Black People.
Lee Green Exemplifies The Kind Of Black
History Maker Dr. Woodson Would Want To
Be Recognized, Especially During The Month Of February. He Would Be As Proud Of Lee
Green, As We Are.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We
Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It". --
Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
