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Kamala Harris Finally Says What We’ve All Been Thinking
In a speech at the Leading Women Defined Summit in California, Kamala Harris reflects on Trump's first months in office.
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If You Like “The Other Black Girl,” You’ll Love These Books About Working While Black
Debra Lee's moving memoir and Elizabeth Leiba's guide to the workplace for Black women on my list of favorite books about navigating the workplace while Black.
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Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Failures and Breaking the Glass Ceiling
As part of our Start.Build.Grow. series during August’s Black Business Month, the TV exec describes how her past failures led her to securing the bag.
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Debra Lee On Greenlighting BET Hits Being Mary Jane & The Game | Securing the Bag: Part 2
The former BET CEO played a pivotal role in reviving The Game and launching Gabrielle Union's hit series. She also talks about her new memoir, "I Am Debra Lee."
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Former BET CEO Debra Lee on Growing Up In The Segregated South | Securing the Bag: Part 1
Debra Lee has a new memoir out called "I Am Debra Lee." She described to us the role education and her parents played in her early years.
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A Supersized List of March 2023 Books by Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read
Colin Kaepernick, Daymond John and Debra Lee are just a few of the authors on our must-read list for March 2023.
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Quinn Coleman, Capitol Records Executive, DJ and Son of Debra Lee, Dies at 31
Quinn Coleman, the Senior Director of A&R at Capitol Records and son of former BET Chairman and CEO Debra Lee, has died at the age of 31, Billboard reports. Coleman’s cause of death hasn’t been confirmed at this time. “Quinn was a loving son, brother, cousin and friend, a passionate DJ and A&R executive with…
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Get in the Spirit: Celebrating 60 Years of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Ailey Spirit Gala
Legends gathered at the Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday night to attend the 2018 Ailey Spirit Gala celebrating the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, now in its 60th year. Cicely Tyson, Carmen de Lavallade, honorary chair Jussie Smollett and more were in attendance as the company kicked off the spring season with…
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NFL No-Knee Rule Blasted as Slap at Blacks
Opinion Writers Ask Whether Protest Isn’t Patriotic Debra Lee Departs BET After Three Decades Detained Mexican Journalist Wins New Hearing Reporter’s Experience With Freeman Led to Exposé What It’s Like to Win a Lawsuit Against Trump Why We Still Need a Month for Asian Americans Shaun King Says He Was Duped by Woman’s Story Short…