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Backtalk with Lalah Hathaway

Contemporary R&B vocalist Lalah Hathaway has created a catalog of music that spans more than…

By Carolyn M. Brown

Posted: January 1, 2012 Tags: Backtalk, breast cancer, cancer, executive health, Lalah Hathaway, Susan G. Komen

Dr. Gause's mother, Dr. Suzette Sines, is also a dentist and traveled with him to organize the group of Haitian medical and dental students, as well as pediatricians and dentists, to screen 300 students.

Looking Back and Giving Back: How Entrepreneurs Use Profitable Skills for Philanthropy

Three professionals who use their talents to help communities

These professionals are using their talents and skills not just for profit but to give…

By Janell Hazelwood

Posted: December 27, 2011 Tags: breast cancer, cancer, career advancement, career transition, charity, Cocoa Mane, dentistry, entrepreneurship, giving back, health awareness, healthcare, Incarceration, Indique Hair, international charity, international missions, philanthropy, prison, prison programs, Trinidad & Tobago

All I Want For Christmas is… Balance in My Life

The holidays bring out the best and worse in people but there is a middleground

Christmas is a time for family & friends but it can be a stressful period…

By Caroline Clarke

Posted: December 21, 2011 Tags: birthday, cancer, Caroline Clark, Christmas, holidays, Winging It, Yale

Derrick Bell walking with a group of Harvard law students (Image: Getty)

Legal Scholar Derrick Bell Dead at 80

The first African-American dean of a non-historically Black law school dies

Derrick Bell, the first tenured Black professor at Harvard Law School, died Wednesday of carcinoid…

By Janel Martinez

Posted: October 6, 2011 Tags: cancer, Derrick Bell, Harvard Law School, In the News, naacp, Thurgood Marshall

Destination: Happiness

You have more control over getting there than you think

A diagnosis of cervical cancer at the age of 25 changed Tamika Felder’s perception of…

By Tamara E. Holmes

Posted: October 1, 2011 Tags: cancer, executive health, Health and Wellness

MARVIN GAYE, 44: A Motown legend and gifted songwriter, Gaye racked up an impressive musical catalogue of timeless hits records that ranged from political commentary to love ballads to poetic soul that touched millions of fans. Having several bouts with drugs and depression throughout the years, Gaye’s personal demons got the better of him when he and his father got into an altercation on April 1, 1984 that led to the legendary singer’s death from a fatal gunshot wound. Gaye died just one day shy of his 45th birthday.

15 Black Artists Who Died Too Young

In the wake of Amy Winehouse's passing, we reminisce on other musical greats that were taken before their time

Amy Winehouse recently passed of mysterious causes in her London apartment, marking another example of…

By Anslem Samuel

Posted: July 26, 2011 Tags: 2Pac, Aaliyah, Aaliyah Haughton, addiction, alcohol abuse, Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, black music, Bob Marley, cancer, Christopher Wallace, Donny Hathaway, Dorothy Dandridge, drug use, jazz, Jimi Hendrix, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Marvin Gaye, Minnie Riperton, Motown, Nat King Cole, Otis Redding, reggae, Sam Cooke, soul music, Tammie Terrell, The Notorious B.I.G., TLC, Tupac Shakur

Could You Handle Losing Everything?

Finding inspiration and strength in the worst life has to offer

Author Iyanla Vanzant told Oprah Winfrey how she lost everything but still managed to find…

By Caroline Clarke

Posted: July 7, 2011 Tags: cancer, Great Recession, Iyanla Vanzant, natural disaster, Oprah Winfrey, Winging It

Saying Goodbye to Barden

In the wake of Don Barden's passing, we remember the casino tycoon at his best and share his lasting words of wisdom

Casino tycoon and millionaire Don Barden passes away from cancer. Black Enterprise editor Alan Hughes…

By Alan Hughes

Posted: May 20, 2011 Tags: cancer, casinos, Detroit, Don Barden, entrepreneur

This Week on Our World: Hollywood Star Blair Underwood

Also: the relationship between gays in America and the Black community; how a father and daughter each beat breast cancer.

This week on Our World with Black Enterprise, host Marc Lamont Hill sits down with…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: January 6, 2011 Tags: Blair Underwood, breast cancer, cancer, D.L. Foster, David J. Malebranche, Dr. David Malebranche, Gay in America, NBC's The Event, Our World with BLACK ENTERPRISE, Russell Simmons, Stacey Ann Chin

My Turn to Take the Stage

The magic of pow-wowing with like-minded women

At the Women of Power Summit, moderator Chana Garcia loved all the bold-faced names in…

By Chana Garcia

Posted: February 18, 2010 Tags: cancer, healthcare, healthcare reform, Lisa Nichols, Women of Power Summit, women's health