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Celebrities and other motivational icons who made it to the top, from real actors, athletes and authors who used to be just like you.
Margaret Busby: The Pioneering Black Publisher who Upset the FBI
In 1967, Ghana-born, Margaret Busby had the idea to start her own publishing company in Britain with her friend Clive Allison. Not only did they have virtually no money to begin a business, but Margaret was young, female, and black. Who would take her seriously in the competitive world of book publishing?
By Sophie Jackson5 years ago in Motivation
Why Is Everyone Talking About Tiffanie Drayton?
In March 2020, all of our lives changed forever as the COVID-19 pandemic started to terrorize the world. I was in beautiful, sunny Tobago to visit my son, his mother, and my family. It would be during this chaotic yet inspiring year that I would realize the real power of words. While in Tobago, I witnessed one of the most innovative and thoughtful authors daily. Tiffanie Drayton is a prolific, accomplished writer who is a 2013 New School graduate. She went on become a freelance journalist writing literary pieces, including "Black Lives Matter protests reveal that white supremacy is a problem everywhere" for Vox, "Officer calls on police to stop justifying George's Floyd's death" for dailydot.com. She also wrote "Why Minority Male Oppression is a Feminist Issue" for Huffington Post, among many other literary pieces. Ms. Drayton has performed interviews with MSN, CNN, NPR, Huffington Post, Complex, and several other mainstream news outlets.
By Coach Cooke5 years ago in Motivation
Iyanla Vanzant
Some may call her God’s secretary, the woman I am referring to is Iyanla Vanzant. She is truly a remarkable Black African American Woman of Color. The purpose that God has put on her life to empower, motivate, encourage, uplift, and to be the light in someone’s darkness is the same calling that God has put on my life. Ms. Vanzant is a life coach, inspirational speaker, ordained minister, spiritual teacher, author, TV personality, and some may not know that she is also a lawyer. I inspire to be like her daily in my journey as a Life Coach/Therapist.
By Faith Walker5 years ago in Motivation
The Shark Daymond
Being black in business often means meandering through imminent struggle, reaching a point of survival and ultimately, transitioning to thriving status. Daymond John who boldly states, "You can make the world happen to you or you can happen to the world," is a prime example of what hard work during humble beginnings can do. He turned a dream into a dynasty and a budget of $40 into a $300 million dollar net worth plus a $6 Billion Fashion Empire called FUBU - For Us By Us.
By ItalixVEVO5 years ago in Motivation
No Elevator, Take The Stairs
Louisiana Strong, Hard Working, Go-Getter, Black Female Boss, Genuine, Supportive, Loyal, Committed, Giving And Nurturing Are Just A Few Words That Come To My Mind When I Think Of Raynell Steward, Better Known As Supa Cent. She Is The Very Definition Of Black Excellence In A Black Business Woman. From Buffing Tables To A Millionaire In 90 Minutes, This Woman Is The Epitome Of A Strong Black Woman In Business.
By LaToya Flowers5 years ago in Motivation
The Greatest Fairytale
Many men and women of today's culture brag about how they are kings or queens and even princesses or princes of what they are doing in life. That title of royalty means that you, indeed, are handling your businesses and doing things like a boss. We know what it means to be royal as it would show the world you are entitled to all the country has to offer plus more. Each day even the children are inspired by the fairytale stories of royalty like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Princess and the Frog, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and The Little Mermaid. I, myself as a child was raised on Disney Princesse's stories with the favorite princess being Sleeping Beauty.
By Michelle Mathis5 years ago in Motivation
Focus on Possibilities and not Limitations
Leslie Calvin "Les" Brown is one of the most inspirational and motivational speakers in the world, ranking as the top 5 in the industry. Brown was born February 17, 1945, with his twin brother Wesley in Liberty City, a low- income section in Miami, Florida. Adopted at six weeks old by Mrs. Mamie Brown, she had a great impact in his life and has been one of his major reasons to succeed.
By Jackie Velasco5 years ago in Motivation
Cyrus Webb: An up and comer, self-made media personality
Cyrus Webb is a Mississippi native writer and a talk radio host. He started his radio show Conversations Live 17 years ago. He is celebrating having 10,000 guests on February 11 and 1.1 million listeners. He had many notable guests, including Pulitzer Prize winners (Jon Meacham and Eugene Robinson), media personalities (Stedman Graham, Leeza Gibbons, Levar Burton) and celebrities (Devon Franklin, Tyler Perry and Billy Ray Cyrus).
By Asiya5 years ago in Motivation
Regina King
If I could only choose one word to describe Regina King, I would say POWERFUL. On-screen certainly. The Leftovers (2014-2017 on HBO) is my number one favourite tv show and in it, Regina King exudes strength. Not only through her physical appearance but in her words, emotions, and actions. The same goes for her role in Seven Seconds (2018 on Netflix). Then, when I found out she was going to be the star actress in Watchmen (2019 on HBO) the tv show I could not wait to see her again.
By Kelsey Reich5 years ago in Motivation
Black In Business
The black person who has really inspired me as I’ve been able to live this life has been Malcolm X. Even though he has passed on and his life was cut shorter than an unwanted conversation, the legacy he left behind has really caught my attention. From the charisma in his attitude to the knowledge stored in his unique mind. I strongly believe that with a little more time on planet earth he would have been able to sway this country along with many other countries in any way he wanted. In "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," the alluring dark strict patriot reviews his earth shattering 1964 journey to Mecca, a visit that would modify the course of his life and vocation. For a very long time this clergyman of the Nation of Islam had been trumpeting a convention of the characteristic evil of white individuals, comparing the fantasy of American correspondence to a bad dream for American blacks and advocating an arrangement to reclaim dark Americans by saving them from the tide of indoctrinating that had suffocated familiarity with the dark race's actual prevalence. It is around Malcolm's inexorably autonomous political action during the last 50 weeks of his life, joined with his surprising inversion of feeling about the chance of reclamation for white America, that such a lot of discussion and disarray have accumulated. Despite the fact that Malcolm X made numerous suggestions to a more extensive way of thinking of human local area, he just didn't live long enough to satisfy the guarantee of his critical yet provisional initial steps. While we may close with assurance that Malcolm X had dismissed the whites-are-villains professions that assisted with centering his prior life and presented to him the consideration and criticism of a country, we are raised short when attempting to manage the general compassion of his last days. Despite the fact that Malcolm X's heritage up to this point has been belittled and excused by the customary foundation, his prevalence never hailed among a framework of dark patriot activists, columnists and autonomous educated people who for 25 years have discussed seriously his importance to dark governmental issues, dark culture and American culture. These discussions have had a stream up impact; they made the justification for the current battle of understanding being pursued throughout Malcolm's significance presently. Yet Malcolm X has received nothing like the intellectual attention devoted to King. As the central figure of the civil rights movement, King justifiably has been the subject of extensive scholarship, but his cultural visibility also has to do with the style, content and aims of his leadership, which for most of his life were both easily translatable and largely attractive to white America. On the other hand, Malcolm X's complex leadership positions, which visited rhetorical scorn on white supremacy and which appealed especially to working-class and poor black people, have typically invited derision, caricature and dismissal forces that undermine extensive and balanced scholarly investigation. To be sure, a flood of writings about Malcolm X's legacy has been published over the years in alternative and black newspapers, journals, pamphlets and books; they have been vigorously discussed throughout this country's black communities. (Nearly two dozen books about Malcolm, ranging from biographies for young adults to collections of his writings, have been reissued or published for the first time this year.) Yet with notable exceptions, both mainstream and alternative literature on Malcolm X has often missed the mark, offering praise where critical judgment is called for, trapping itself in intellectual frameworks that neither illuminate nor surprise. So as you can see the amazing individual has had a major impact on me. Not even being able to meet such a person due to cruel circumstances is disheartening, but at the same time he left a lot of information for me to research and possibly continue the legacy the best way I know how.
By George Saunders5 years ago in Motivation
