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Minority representation on corporate boards has improved in the past four decades, but blacks remain absent from most of them, reports Black Enterprise in its February issue. Its survey of the 250 largest corporations by annual revenue identified 197 black directors at those companies. But 16 serve on three or more boards.

John Rogers, chairman of Ariel Capital Management and a member of three boards, organizes an annual Black Corporate Directors Conference to coach attendees on networking and leadership.

"We want to make sure we are inspiring each other to get the civil rights agenda on the boardroom table," Rogers tells Black Enterprise. "If the few of us who have this good fortune to be in the boardroom are uncomfortable bringing up race issues, they're not...