- </a>"The Mack" (played by <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/tv-video/our-world-with-black-enterprise/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Our World with Black Enterprise</strong></em></a> producer and Black Enterprise Business Report correspondent Shannon Lanier) gets a hug from Black Enterprise VP/Director of Broadcast Genevieve Michel Bryan at the welcome reception of the <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/gt/" target="_blank"><strong>17th Annual Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge</strong></a>, which kicked off at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. on Sept. 2, 2010. To celebrate the first decade of Black Enterprise, attendees of the reception, hosted by FedEx, took it back to the 1970s, with the theme "Love, Peace & Soooooul!" (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a> Black Enterprise Small Business Editor Tennille Robinson, welcome reception emcee and Our World with Black Enterprise Host Dr. Marc Lamont Hill and Black Enterprise Assistant Editor LaToya Smith recognized the <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/07/26/40-next/" target="_blank"><strong>40 Next</strong></a> business achievers featured in the <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/?date=2010-8" target="_blank"><strong>August 2010 issue of Black Enterprise</strong></a>.
- </a>Black Enterprise CEO Earl "Butch" Graves and Founder and Chairman Earl Graves Sr. with 40 Next business achievers honored at the welcome reception. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Jeff and Lauren Allen just moments after watching daughter Latoya Wall receive Black Enterprise's 40 Next Award. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Golf & Tennis Challenge attendees get up and get down on the dance floor! (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Black Enterprise Staffers Nancey Flowers and Germine Benton rock 1970s style. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Sol Factor lead vocalist belts out Rufus featuring Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing." (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Gale Jones and Black Enterprise Magazine Editor-in-Chief Derek Dingle. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Sol Factor band member brings the thundering bass to the party. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Zara Green and BlackEnterprise.com Editor-in-Chief Alfred Edmond Jr. get funky on the dance floor. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Sol Factor vocalist delivers a groovin' rendition of Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell." (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Kimberly Dawkins and Denise Thackston appreciate the groovy '70s vibe. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>The music is hot and the dance floor is full. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Dance hit diva <a href="http://www.cecepeniston.com/" target="_blank"><strong>CeCe Peniston</strong></a> ("Finally", "We Got A Love Thang", "Keep On Walkin'") stops by to feel the funk. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Awe, sooky sooky! Media personality, author and motivational speaker Mother Love steps out on the dance floor and shakes a tail feather. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
- </a>Ivan Hopkins of Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Corporate Growth Management LLC does some '70s style networking. (Photo by LaToya M. Smith)
Posted: September 3, 2010
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