Sweeney, John J
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Sweeney, who was born in 1934 in the Bronx, New York, NY, became president of the AFL-CIO in Oct 1995. He helped the Service Employees International Union become the third-largest labor union in the US during his presidency of the New York, NY, union, which lasted from 1980 to 1995.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1996
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Pamela Thomas-Graham
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Pamela Thomas-Graham has 3 Harvard degrees and as president and chief executive officer of CNBC.com she is the highest-ranking black executive at NBC. In 1998 her first novel "A Darker Shade of Crimson" came out.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
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