Joseph L. Searles III

On February 13, 1970, Joseph L. Searles III became the first black floor member and floor broker in the New York Stock Exchange.^[1]

Searles graduated and played football at Kansas State University, then played professionally for the New York Giants.^[2] He subsequently became an aide to New York mayor John Lindsay.^[2] He was a member of the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club and The New York Young Republican Club.^[3]^[4] He worked as a floor partner in the firm of . He later earned a law degree from Georgetown University.^[5]

References[]

^ "Diversity Lecture Series Bio, K-State College of Business Administration" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b Aguilera, Kristin (February 13, 2012). "Breaking Wall Street's Color Barrier: Echoes". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "History".
^ Bell, Gregory S. (2002). Joe Searles. In In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street. John Wiley and Sons. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-471-21485-4. Google Book Search. Retrieved on January 3, 2010.
^ "NYSE Recognizes African-American Pioneers (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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[1] "Diversity Lecture Series Bio, K-State College of Business Administration" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[:0-2] Aguilera, Kristin (February 13, 2012). "Breaking Wall Street's Color Barrier: Echoes". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[3] "History".

[4] Bell, Gregory S. (2002). Joe Searles. In In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street. John Wiley and Sons. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-471-21485-4. Google Book Search. Retrieved on January 3, 2010.

[5] "NYSE Recognizes African-American Pioneers (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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