Let's March Forward Together: The Rise of Black Advertising Professionals and Consumers

Tom Burrell

"Portrait of Tom Burrell"

Portrait of Tom Burrell, Burrell Communications, undated.

Thomas J. Burrell is a Chicago-based advertising executive. Born in Chicago in 1939, Burrell received a BA in English from Roosevelt University before going to work as a copywriter and copy supervisor at a number of prominent Chicago ad agencies, including Wade Advertising, Leo Burnett, Foote Cone Belding, and Needham Harper Steers. In 1971, Burrell co-founded the Burrell McBain agency with Emmett McBain. The agency was renamed Burrell Communications in 1974 and merged with the Publicis Groupe in 2000. Burrell received the Albert Lasker Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986 and was inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame in 2005.

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    Burrell Communications for Coca-Cola, 1977.

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    Burrell Communications for Stroh Brewing Company, ca. 1983.

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    Burrell Communications for Sprite, 1991.

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    Burrell Communications for Coca-Cola, 1994.

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    In a rare photo, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. plays with his daughter, Bernice. Burrell Communications for Coca-Cola, 1990. @1975 Flip Schulke.

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    Burrell Communications for Polaroid, 1992.

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    Burrell Communications for SONY, 1993.

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    Burrell Communications for Crest, 1994.

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    Burrell Communications for Nielsen Media Research, 2005.

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    Burrell Communications for Proctor & Gamble, March 25, 2008.

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    Burrell, Tom. Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority. New York, NY: Smiley Books, 2010.

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