Entrepreneurs Conference: Fashion Icon Beverly Johnson on Branding And Reality TV
Beverly Johnson is highly regarded as the premier African-American supermodel. She was the first black woman to appear on the magazine covers of Vogue and Elle. 

MC Hammer Launching "Deep Search" Engine WireDoo
Webpreneur Stanley K. Burrell, better known as former rapper MC Hammer, is working on a new search engine

Women-Owned Businesses on the Rise
With daily headlines highlighting the importance of creating more jobs and getting Americans back to work

Aretha Franklin : I Never Loved A Man
Aretha Franklin is one of the most-honored artists in Grammy Award history, with 21 wins to date, including the Living Legend Grammy and the Lifetime Achievement Grammy.

The Ten Largest African American Markets
African Americans like most American families spend 80% of their disposable income within a 20 mile radius of home. In 2007 the 10 largest African American markets accounted for 61% of buying power.

Barbara Mason : Yes I'm Ready
Barbara Mason has been credited as the "Originator" of what is "Philly Soul". Inspired by Major Lance as a teen, in 1965 at age 17 she penned the all-time classic ballad

Affluent Communities
Some places have everything any family could want - economic opportunity

Barbara Lynn : You'll Lose A Good Thing
With her parent's consent, music producer Huey P. Meaux brought Lynn to New Orleans to record at the legendary Cosimo's studio.

Jason Njoku Taking The West African Tech World By Storm
Jason Njoku has been busy. The Nigerian Internet entrepreneur just completed what is being called possibly the largest fundraising round in the West African tech world.

Bloodstones : Natural High
Formed in 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri, the group was originally a high school doo-wop group named the Sinceres.

Barry White : Let The Music Play
While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone, to which he reluctantly agreed.

Ben E. King : Super Natural Thing
Ben E. King scored his first solo hit with the ballad "Spanish Harlem" (1961).

Bill Withers : Ain't NoSunshine
In early 1970, Withers demo tape was received favorably by Clarence Avant of Sussex Records.

Billie Holiday : The Blues Are Brewin
Billie Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing.

 Full Figure Plus, Big Business Move
It’s a commonly held perception that most men loathe shopping for their wife, but Glen Johnson was able to turn that opportunity into a full-time job.

 VIDEO: Curly Girl Collective
The official video recap from Collective Expressions - A Celebration of Textured Beauty, held at Brian Farrell's Art Studio at Chelsea Modern in NYC.

More Cyber Security Visionaries You Need to Know
In this sequel to the USBE&IT 2010 cyber security feature, Cyber Security Visionaries, we profile a broad array of public, private and non-profit sector digital guardians of our increasingly electronically connected and interdependent world.

Al Green : How Do You Mend A Broken Heart
Al Green's debut album with Hi Records was Green Is Blues, a slow, horn-driven album that allowed Green to show off his powerful and expressive voice, with Mitchell arranging, engineering and producing.

Anita Ward : Ring My Bell
Before signing a recording contract, Anita Ward obtained a degree in psychology from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and had become a schoolteacher.

How I Made $100,000 From Home
When Maxine P. Gill was laid off from her job as a sales and marketing director for Comcast Corp. in 2008, she decided to explore her longtime dream of entrepreneurship.

Tonya Lewis Lee. A Woman on a Mission
Tonya Lewis Lee is passionate - passionate about women's health, about infant mortality, about literacy. In fact, she has several projects that address the various issues she is concerned with.

Double Saving Divas, Shopping with a Purpose
For Chicago natives Tai and Tarin Perry, the gift of thrift was more of a necessity than a hobby.

 Top 10 R&B Songs From the ’90s
Oh, the ’90s.

Affordable Travel Tips
Rising gasoline prices and outrageous airline fees for checked luggage are enough to make a person stay at home. But, don’t.

Richard Mayhew: The Spirit of Self-Indulgence as Art:
For more than forty years, master artist Richard Mayhew has created distinguished landscapes gleaned from a well traveled memory

Young Patrons of The Apollo Theater Host Southern Social Soiree
NEW YORK - On Tuesday, April 24th, the Apollo Theater Young Patrons hosted a Southern Social Soiree at Neely's Barbecue Parlor in support of the Harlem landmark, the Apollo Theater.

VIDEO: Something Like A Fairytale Wedding
This has got to be one of the most romantic wedding videos we’ve ever seen (and you know we watch them all the time).

How I Did It: Web Entrepreneur Makes Finding Right Products Online Easy
Asmau Ahmed is founder of Plum Perfect, a visual search engine that provides personal beauty recommendations to shoppers when they upload their photos.