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Albert C. Black, Jr. (born July 24, 1959) is an American business entrepreneur and community trailblazer. Black served as the first African American Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber〔http://www.dallasobserver.com/2005-11-17/news/money-for-nothing/full〕 in Dallas, Texas from 2000 to 2002. He traveled to 16 countries on joint trade missions with former Mayor Ron Kirk promoting good will and business relationships. During his term as Chairman, Black continued to manage the day-to-day operations of his regional logistics firm, On-Target Supplies & Logistics.〔http://www.otsl.com/〕 Black is featured in Zig Ziglar's ''God's Way Is Still the Best Way'' and Michael Hamel's ''Executive Influence: Impacting Your Workplace for Christ''. Additionally, Black was included in ''Black Enterprise'' magazine's Top 100 Minority Companies for 2005, 2006, and 2007. He has received three Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Awards and is a recipient of the 30th Congressional District Award for outstanding achievement in the field of business.〔http://www.charterschoolpolicy.org/bio_albert_black.html〕 As the advisor and board member of many corporations and organizations in Dallas,〔http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/10/dallas-mayor-tom-leppert-to-ru.html〕 Albert Black is an influential figure in the city of Dallas and to Dallas County politics. ==Early life== Black was born in 1959, the youngest of seven children and raised in the Frazier Courts housing projects in South Dallas. As a doorman at a hotel in downtown Dallas, his father, Albert Black Sr., came to know influential city business leaders who would regularly meet with the Chamber of Commerce. After work, Black Sr. would return home and explain to his son how these men would determine which individuals would hold powerful positions within the city. He would tell Black Jr., “I want my boy to be like those men running the city.” Hearing these words were Black's initial inspiration to become an entrepreneur, nonprofit volunteer, and civic leader.〔http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2008/12/04/The_Next_Mayor.aspx〕 Black began his business career at age ten, when he and his friends borrowed a lawn mower and started Best Friends Lawn Service,〔http://www.christianbooksummaries.com/archive.php?v=2&i=24〕 charging $2 per lawn, and eventually becoming "the first in the neighborhood to get a power mower."〔http://www.telecomcorridor.com/chamber/action/200605/newteachers.html〕 During this time, President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty began. Government service trucks made stops to the projects Black resided in to deliver free lunches to the low-income area. Black, however, refused to participate in this program. He later was quoted as saying, "I distinctly remember how much disdain I had for the free-lunch program, I would have my own lunch instead. Welfare has a place, but it’s a poor substitute for gainful employment. One is loaded with ambition, and the other is not."〔 He attended high school in the Dallas Independent School District and after graduation, he continued his studies at the University of Texas at Dallas,〔http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archive/2003/alblack-distinguishedalum.html〕 graduating with a Bachelor's Degree of General Studies with a focus on business and political science. Following the completion of his studies at UTD, he enrolled at Southern Methodist University where he received an M.B.A. from the Cox School of Business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Black」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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