Born in Jamaica, Mr. Bert N. Mitchell immigrated to the United States in 1958 in search of new opportunities. After graduating at the top of his accounting class at Baruch College of the City University of New York, Mitchell sought employment at many of the "Big 8" firms and other firms around the country. However at the time, more than two dozen firms refused to hire him due to concern that clients would not want a Black CPA working their accounts. In 1978, Mitchell and his partner founded Mitchell & Titus, LLP, which would later become the largest minority-owned firm in the United States.
On a cold day in December 1969, nine African American men left their fo
