The Black Family Who Built America
September 4, 2025
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September 4, 2025
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<p>McKissack & McKissack is the oldest minority-owned professional design and construction firm in the United States. A family-owned business for more than 120 years, the firm provides a wide range of services to a variety of government agencies, municipalities, private institutions, industries, designers and developers, and attributes its longevity and success to the talented, service-oriented professionals that comprise the McKissack organization.<br /><br />Cheryl McKissack Daniel, the company's President and CEO, examines the key issues impacting American infrastructure, including tariffs, and details the new book about her family's story, The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers. Cheryl speaks with Tim Stenovec and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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