Background
Graves, the son of Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves, Senior, attended Yale University and earned an Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
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Harvard Business School. Harvard University.
Career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is a Scarsdale High School graduate. He currently is the all-time leading scorer in Yale men"s basketball history and third all-time in Ivy League. He was drafted into the National Basketball Association by the Philadelphia 76ers and later played briefly for the Cleveland Cavaliers (1984-1985).
Graves has worked for Morgan Stanley, as president and Chief Executive Officer of Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, publisher of Black Enterprise, and director of Autozone, Incorporated.
In 1995, Graves was detained and searched by two New York Metro-North Police looking for a suspect who did not resemble Graves in any way except race.
The police department publicly apologized and Metro-North Railroad purchased ads featuring a printed apology in three New York newspapers, including The New York Times. On July 22, 2009, Graves stated to the media that "there"s nothing post-racial about United States.", as he responded to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.
Membership
While at Yale he was a member of Skull and Bones and captained the college basketball team
