You Can Still Count The Number of Black CEOs On One Hand
Executives pledged to make diversity a priority, but the past year has highlighted how difficult it is to implement change in corporate America.
When protests erupted after George Floyd's murder, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, a philanthropy focused on social justice and inequality, says he fielded phone calls from more than a dozen chief executives who were "disturbed and deeply concerned."
There was a lack of diversity among upper management and on the boards of directors, and many of these CEOs did not know how to respond.
"There was not both lived experience and
