THE WORLD IS a different place today than it was in 1946, when, at age 16, Herman J. Russell bought his first parcel of land for $125 to develop a rental duplex in southeast Atlanta.

While Russell was able to penetrate the barrier of segregation and develop H.J. Russell & Co. into a $300 million annual revenue construction, real estate and food and beverage concession enterprise, he said there were few opportunities for minorities pursuing careers in commercial real estate to meet each other.

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