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CHSOC Alum on the Move! featured in Howard Magazine NICOLE BLACK: CO-OWNER, PHILADELPHIA DIAMOND COMPANY BY:  BRIAHNNA BROWN Like the diamonds she sells, Nicole Black (B.A. ’92) became the embodiment of The Howard Woman while under pressure.  “ The Howard Woman is  bold,” Black said. “She’s resilient, she’s a trendsetter, she’s unbelievably resourceful, she’s a groundbreaker, she’s fearless, she’s conscious.”  As co-owner of the Philadelphia Diamond Company, with her husband, Kenyatta Black, Nicole Black credits a great deal of her success to the opportunities she was given while a student in the School of Communications.  ALUMNIPROFILE---NicoleBlack-QueenCut2.jpg “When you have the exposure at Howard where it’s like you can make a way out of no way ... day in and day out ... that really set me on a course of success, quite frankly,” Black said.  While at Howard, she knew she wanted to focus on public relations, so she landed an internshi