Set against a backdrop of international business, politics, and civil rights, “Portrait of an American Businessman” is the inspiring story of how Carl Ware, The Coca-Cola Company’s first black group president, and how he used his power to hasten the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Set against a backdrop of international business, politics, and civil rights, “Portrait of an American Businessman” is the inspiring story of how Carl Ware, The Coca-Cola Company’s first black group president, and how he used his power to hasten the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Carl Ware’s remarkable American success story, with foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is a historical memoir that stands as a testament to one man’s ability to overcome hardship and change the world.
Carl Ware’s remarkable American success story, with foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is a historical memoir that stands as a testament to one man’s ability to overcome hardship and change the world.
Carl Ware is an American success story. Born in 1943 to humble Georgia sharecroppers, he faced hardship while growing up black in the Jim Crow South. His father made history as the first black man to vote in Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since Reconstruction.
Carl Ware is an American success story. Born in 1943 to humble Georgia sharecroppers, he faced hardship while growing up black in the Jim Crow South. His father made history as the first black man to vote in Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since Reconstruction.
South Africa President Nelson Mandela
in a 1993 letter to Carl Ware
South Africa President Nelson Mandela
in a 1993 letter to Carl Ware
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"When the history of our struggle is properly reviewed … only then will the world be privy to fully understand your catalytic role in that struggle. We know of countless contributions made to innumerable individuals and organizations in our country through your direct intervention. This you did, not only in your capacity as one of the decision-makers within Coca-Cola, but also in your own right as a conscientious human being of African descent.”