June 1, 2022
By Congressman Kweisi Mfume
As a distinguished Black economist and activist, as well as the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate of economics at Yale University, Dr. Phyllis A. Wallace paved the way for women of color to enter the field of economics. Her endeavors were largely based on racial and gender discrimination within Fortune 500 companies, a pursuit aimed to ensure no one felt invisible within these colossal organizations.
Dr. Wallace holds an important place in history as her work developed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) into the civil rights backstop it is today.
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