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Wall Street Project Historical Timeline
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1997
WSP launched by Rev.Jackson and prominent
minority business owners on Dr. King's birthday |
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1998
1st WSP conference co-convened by
SandyWeill, Dick Grasso, and Rev. Jackson.Speakers included
President Clinton, Alan Greenspan, and Arthur Levitt
Opens Media and Telecommunications Project
(MTP) in Washington, D.C. and Automotive Project
in Detroit |
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1999
Facilitates $23 million purchase by
minority-owned firm of Lockheed Martin’sCommercial
Systems and Services Unit
Hosts its first career fair expo,which
has grown to attract nearly 1,000 employment candidateseach
year
Helps minority-owned auto dealership secure
$37 million in financing
Opens LaSalle Street Project in Chicago, Silicon
Valley Project in East Palo Alto andWall
Street West in Los Angeles
MTP hosts its first conference in
New York: Minority Broadcast Financing—Restoring
theEconomic Backbone of Diversity” |
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2000
AT&T breaks the glass ceiling and
sets a precedent in the financial services sector by
naming a minority firm as co-manager on a billion dollarequity
offering
Rev.Jackson leads 20 minority business
leaders on sub-Saharan Africatrade Mission
TeleCommunication Systems becomes
the first Trade Bureau member to engage in an IPO listing
on the NASDAQ.
Historic Event: WSP and the NYSE host
first in a quarterly series of Ministers on Wall Street,a
series of financial literacy seminars for pastors
Opens Peachtree Street Project in
Atlanta
The Media & Telecommunications Project
(MTP) releases a study entitled “The
Three-Legged Stool of Telecommunications Policy: Access
Charges,Universal Services and Competition.” |
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