Obituary: Olympic medalist Herbert P. Douglas Jr., who has died at 101, helped make Hennessy a top-selling brand among Black Americans and was named a vice president in the late 1960s, when Black people were extremely rare in corporate executive suites
May 17, 2023 10:00 am ETHerbert P. Douglas Jr. in 2019. He became one of only a few Black corporate executives in the late 1960s.completed his career as a long jumper in the late 1940s, there was no clear career path for an aging Black athlete.
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