A 2006 report by the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative found that of 64 game-changing innovations in Massachusetts - from wiping out smallpox to the invention of the mini-computer - fully a third featured a woman, immigrant, or African-American in a leading role. And yet an important survey by the University of Massachusetts at Boston last year found that among Globe 100 companies - the cream of the region's corporate sector - just a tiny fraction of board members (5 percent) were people of color.
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