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 Montel Williams
His Life and Passion
Montel Williams is charismatic, intelligent, resilient and passionate. And he's a man on a mission when it comes to encouraging Americans to live well physically and emotionally. True to character, after years of struggle with his own health and a transforming self-discovery, this husband and father of four talks the talk and walks the walk. His rallying cry? “Own the definition of you.”
The youngest of four children born in a Baltimore ghetto, Montel went on to become a decorated naval officer trained in engineering, cryptology and Russian. He parlayed his stint as a motivational speaker in the nation's schools (“Mountain, Get Out of My Way!”) into 17 seasons of The Montel Williams Show.
Over the years we have watched him teach felons about the need for social responsibility, shed tears over the tragedy at Ground Zero, goad drug addicts into recovery programs and coax the survivors of the Virginia Tech Massacre into answering the question on everyone's lips: How could this happen?
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 MJ Will be Missed
This year we gained the first ever Black president but unfortunately lost the greatest entertainer of all time who just happened to be Black also, Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson is important not just to Blacks but to music lovers around the world. His sell-out concerts around the globe are a testament to that.
Sadly though, not many people seemed to show much appreciation for the man and his music during the last several years of his life.
When you hear about Michael Jackson it was usually negative. They say he's a child molester, no proof though, they say he wanted to be white, but no one really knows the true story behind the lightening of the skin, and they say he was bankrupt but no doubt the tour he was rehearing for when he passed away would have taken care of the debt he had. But who was Michael Jackson, really?
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First Lady Michelle Obama working to make education an option for all students
The goal of secondary education to many children is just as fantastical as Wall·E, the latest big screen robot. Without parents or other immediate family members to introduce them to the merits of higher education, they are disillusioned and unaware of the options available to them. This lack of knowledge is evident particularly in urban environments, despite the existence of some of the best universities in cities like Cleveland, Chicago, New York and other urban centers.
The disconnect that exists between institutions of higher learning and communities in their backyards is central to First Lady Michelle Obama's efforts as it relates to the education of America's children.
Recently the First Lady delivered the commencement speech at the University of California at Merced where she commended the students for their perseverance in achieving their goals of obtaining a college education, as well as their efforts to bring her to their university.
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 Vivica A. Fox is an actress,
producer, play writer and independent film producer.Constantly reinventing herself, the youngest of three is happily single by choice and has continued to have her finger on the pulse of the movie industry. According to her father; "Hollywood is ever changing like chapters in a book, they are chapters of your life both personal and professional and one must be willing to change." Consequently, she learns as much as possible and takes time to experience new ideas and go with the flow. She has done several independent films and is exploring stage acting as well. She was a viable dancer on the hit TV show dancing with the stars.
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 Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981) better known by her stage name Alicia Keys is an American recording artist, musician actress and Humanitarian Ambassador. She was raised by a single mother in Manhattan area in New York. Alicia Keys had learned to play classical music on the piano at age seven. She attended professional performing arts school and graduated at 16 as Valedictorian. She went to Columbia University for a while and left to pursue her music career.
Keys was strongly influenced by music from all different generations and disciplines from Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gay and Stevie Wonder to the classical compositions of Frederic Chopin, Eric Satie and Leontyne Price, not to mention the trendsetters such as Tupac Shakur, The Notorious BIG, Jay-Z and the Wu- Tang clan. Discovered by manager Jeff Robinson at a Harlem PAC when she was 14, Keys road to stardom was not easy. She has paid her dues and forged an incredible musical hybrid of soul, hip-hop and classical. This medley resulted in her five time Grammy winning 2001 in her inaugural release, Songs in A Minor. Minor sold more than 235,000 copies in its first week and later sales exceeded 10 million units worldwide. Key has a formidable team which comprises her manager, Robinson, President of MBK Entertainment, producer Kerry BMG Label Group have been an integral part of her music success and yet, Keys says, "They encourage me to be who I am creatively."
After numerous tours all over the world, Keys produced her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys in 2003 which sold over 8 million copies. This album awarded her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the US. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
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