{"id":84140,"date":"2018-11-18T17:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84140"},"modified":"2018-11-18T18:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:31:50","slug":"african-american-business-leaders-annual-awards-gala-a-night-in-wakanda-photos-by-john-delgrosso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84140","title":{"rendered":"African American Business Leaders Annual Awards Gala \u2013 \u201cA Night in Wakanda\u201d | Photos by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The African American Business Leaders Council gala is celebrated its annual formal dinner, and award ceremony on Saturday November 17th, 2018 at <span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Maven Pro',sans-serif; 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Nelson<\/b> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grossmcginley.com\/attorneys\/constance-k-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gross McGinley LLP<\/a>.\u00a0 The African American Business Leader of the Year Award is presented to an individual who is a community icon, has made significant contributions to the community, and has distinguished himself in the business world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The African American Business Leaders Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mission of the African American Business Leaders Council is to support economic empowerment and increased participation of the African American community in business in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The Vision of the African American Business Leaders Council is a Lehigh Valley community in which the quality of life is enriched by diversity, inclusion and engagement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/african-american-business-leaders-council.html\">http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/african-american-business-leaders-council.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,2294,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-john-delgrosso","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wakanda.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}