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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.
Thanks from your biggest fan....
Dear Soror Phylicia Rashad, You have been someone I have looked up to for over 3 decades. The class, poise, confidence and sophistication you exude are what kept my eyes on you, even after the Cosby Show. I have talked about you to anyone who would listen. As an educator, I always would tell my students that I was blessed to grow up in an era where class was accepted and respected. I praise you for always dressing and acting with class and decency. You were the type of woman I always wanted to be once I “grew up”.
By Drama Kueen 5 years ago in Motivation
An open letter to one of the strongest women i know.
An open letter to one of the strongest women I know, Miss Taylor Allison Swift. Dear gutsy women like Taylor Swift Have you ever paused and had the realization that if you hadn't met or discovered a certain person, place or thing in your life, your life would be completely different?
By James Eli5 years ago in Motivation
Michelle Obama, The Black Queen
As being a Millennial Woman, or any woman involved in Business or in North America. You’d be very aware of who Michelle Obama is, unless you had lived in a very remote dark place on the Earth and were unaware of your surroundings. Michelle Obama, First Lady and a fashion icon for North America, she wore American Fashion to promote their growth. Her fashion style influenced me that you can still be beautiful even though you dress very classy and in a very conservative way.This influential Black QUEEN, affected the USA if not the WORLD.
By Avril Doucette5 years ago in Motivation
The Dreamers.
Screaming on top of her lungs, a black girl child prayed to God to be taken away from her impoverished life. She pleaded if God's there and if he loves her, she wants to be gone forever. Then she shut her watery red eyes, commenced counting for 10 numbers, and waited for God to take her back. A loud yell of "TEN!" concludes the yelling of time down. She cracked her eyes open, and the world was still the same. The slaying hunger and helpless pain hadn't perished yet. She did what she had to do to feed her starving body. She scoured through the trash containers; she stole food. She was just a hungry kid. But she has begun to own it and fight it. And things have changed by her persistence and relentless endeavors.
By Lazywriter415 years ago in Motivation
Why don't you talk Black?
Being born in the late '80s and growing up in the '90s meant that black looked, sounded, and acted a certain way that I didn't always quite live up to. I sucked at basketball, wore button ups and payless shoes, and wasn’t allowed to listen to my first rap album until the age of 17 solely because the artist had a song called "Jesus Walks;” only to have it quickly taken away because my Dad didn't want me listening to such a "lost young man."
By Isaac brown III5 years ago in Motivation
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
