American - Businesswoman | May 22, 1958 -
The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in your personal life wherever you go.
Linda Johnson Rice
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Along with my father, Mandela is my hero.
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They couldn't have a little kid occupying an important spot on the front row, so I sat in the back where all the models changed clothes. I remember vividly the rustling and the rush of the fabrics of the clothes and the swoosh of textures and color as they went by. I was in the back, but I had a front-row seat, in my opinion.
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We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.
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My playground was our company. That's really where I grew up.
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There's a sense of authenticity that comes with 'Ebony.' There are very few national media outlets that are majority-African-American owned and really speak to our community with a sense of pride, authority, and ownership. That's what we do.
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We have to tell our story at 'Ebony' and 'Jet' like no one else can. We have the authenticity; we have the believability. And I think that's what we have to own.
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You have to stay current to compete.
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My father is the CEO, and there's no question he is my boss. But we work very much in tandem.
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I would describe my mother as a steel magnolia. She was very intelligent, very persuasive.
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We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.
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We're not trying to push the real provocative edge.
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