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Earl Graves Sr., founder of Black Enterprise magazine, dies

| April 9, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Earl Graves Sr., who championed black businesses as the founder of the first African American-owned magazine focusing on black entrepreneurs, has died. He was 85.

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