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White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year — but their numbers are rising

  • Written by: Richie Zweigenhaft, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Guilford College
White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year — but their numbers are risingWho gets a seat at the table?AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

Historically, corporate board rooms have been mostly white and mostly male. Yet the trend started shifting in the 1970s, in part due to gains from the civil rights era and pro-diversity efforts by activists and business groups.

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