- Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her critically acclaimed novel "The Color Purple". - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the highest rated talk show in television history. She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. - Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel); she has also won two Golden Globe Awards. - Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams (born Tenitra Michelle Williams on July 23, 1980) is an American gospel and R&B singer, songwriter, and actress, who was a background singer for Monica, before rising to fame as one-third of the successful Grammy Award-winning musical group Destiny's Child, the world's best-selling female group of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide. - Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned more than 70 Grammy Award nominations, more than 25 Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of two of the top-selling records of all time: the album "Thriller", by pop icon Michael Jackson, … - Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30 1984), or simply Fantasia, is a Grammy nominated, award-winning, American pop, R&B, soul singer and Broadway actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series "American Idol" in 2004. Her first album, "Free Yourself", was a commercial success, earning her three Grammy nominations and selling over 2.1 million copies. - Lachanze
LaChanze (whose name means "one who is charmed") is an African-American actress, singer, and dancer. She attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. On September 11, 2001, while she was pregnant with her second child, her husband, Calvin Gooding, worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. LaChanze has since remarried, to artist Derek Fordjour. - Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery (born in Mangum, Oklahoma) is an American singer and actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, 1985) for her role as Shug Avery in "The Color Purple" (the film of Alice Walker's novel, filmed by Steven Spielberg with Whoopi Goldberg). - Gary Griffin
Gary Griffin, born 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American theater director. Griffin grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where he graduated from East High School in 1978. From there, he moved to Chicago, where he began his directing career in 1988. - Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Norman won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play "'night, Mother". She has also written the book and lyrics for the Broadway musicals "The Secret Garden" for which she won the Tony Award, and "The Red Shoes" as well as the libretto for the musical "The Color Purple". She has also written for television and film. - Latoya London
La Toya Renee London (born on December 29, 1978) is an American R&B and soul singer and actress who was the fourth-place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series "American Idol". She released her debut album, "Love & Life", in September 2005 and is currently in Chicago starring as Nettie in the touring edition of the Broadway musical, "The Color Purple." - Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian born actress and daughter of Tommy Chong. She is of African, First Nations, Chinese and Irish ancestry. Her half-sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. She is best known for appearing in the films "Quest for Fire" (1981), "The Color Purple" (1985), "Choose Me" (1984), "Commando" (1985), "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers" (1984), … - Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American movie producer and director, often working in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen Kennedy. With Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, he was one of the founders of Amblin Entertainment. He is a partner with Kennedy in The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company formed in 1991, which presently has a contract with Universal Pictures. Marshall has worked on many of Hollywood's biggest films since 1973. - Menno Meyjes
Menno Mayjes in The Netherlands is an Academy Award and BAFTA nominated screenwriter. He was nominated for his screenplay to the 1985 film The Color Purple, adapted from the novel by Alice Walker. He later won a Goya Award for El Sueño del mono loco. - Akosua Busia
Akosua Busia 's first novel, The Seasons of Beento Blackbird is one of the most talked about debuts from a young author. The story of an African-American teacher and writer who divides his life by the seasons in Africa, the Caribbean and America, The Seasons of Beento Blackbird delves into the changing nature of racial and cultural identity in America and abroad and is already in development as a major motion picture. - Dana Ivey
Dana Robins Ivey (born August 14, 1942) is an American character actress. - Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renee Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelors degree in theater, and went on to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, where she received her masters degree in vocal jazz performance. In 2002, she married New York attorney Alexis Johnson. - Peter Guber
Howard Peter Guber (b. 2 March 1942 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American film producer and executive. One of Hollywood's most accomplished producers, Peter Guber was formerly the studio chief at Columbia Pictures and chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures. He is now chairman of Mandalay Entertainment, which he founded in 1995. The films he has produced -- including Midnight Express, The Color Purple, Rain Man, and Batman, … - Cori Robinson
Ok, the survey I had on my page was a bit much. Time will soon reveal all you need to know about me. Just hold on to your seats, cause it's gonna be an adventure ;-) - Patty Boyle
ORIGINALLY FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND HAVE RELOCATED TO DELAWARE, I KNOW REAL FAR HUN? FOR ME IT IS, BUT I'M WITH THE ONE I LOVE "BILL" WE HAVE A HAPPY HOME, OUR LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN. I'M AN OPERATIONS AGENT IN THE OVERNIGHT FREIGHT BUSINESS, THAT KEEPS ME BUSY FOR SURE. I LOVE HUMOR, MUSIC AND NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GET, I TRY TO FIND THE HUMOR IN IT. AS MY SISTER ALWAYS SAYS, LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU, CRY AND YOU CRY ALONE. - Lisa Phillips
I think you don't need to know anything! But if you really do just ask............. - Danielle
FYI: I am a psychology student at USF and one of the few friendly sistas on this campus. - Kristyl Dawn Tift
I'm an Actress, Singer, and Writer. I love Starbucks and Barnes & Noble (coffee and books), as well as non-corporate coffee shops where I can just breathe and create! Me and my trusty laptop like to meld, in peace. And I'm trying to do my part to further the Human race, one sucka at a time... - Donta
My name is W. Donta Andrews. I'm 26, black, and misunderstood. I'm just...me. I love to laugh and be silly, but I'm very much into the serious aspects of life and looking toward the future... I work full time, but I'm a writer. I run a writers group here in Kalamazoo... As far as my work, I write solely to be affective. Entertainment is a bonus. Dramatic character studies centered on "ordinary" life is my genre of choice. - Drea
I am: Dakota, Anishinabe, Apache, Yaqui and Tsalagi - along with some other heinz-57 mix in my blood. I like working with kids and participating in my Native Community. - Patty Harris
I'm a 41 year old mother of 2 and i still like to party, have fun and Entertain my friends. I'm tired of drama and i hate liars, thieves, and people who don't know whats real. A little obsessive compulsive, somewhat of a neat freak. I believe in god, friends, family, and karma. Because what comes around always goes around. Live, Love, Have Fun, and cry once in a while, its good for the soul. ~~ Miss Patty ~~. - Sandra Wise
First, before you "ACCESS" or "READ" this page. If your intentions are not good or if they are devious, mischievious, or sexual in content - please bypass my webpage - DON'T EVEN BOTHER going any further. Any such content such as what have been stated will be DELETED AT ONCE! I am all about GOD and I do not have time for foolishness. - Jason Poole
I was born in Galveston, Texas, but I've lived in Tulsa almost all my life. I have an older brother and sister that both live in Tulsa along with my Mom. I got my first place when I was 18. My first job was in fast food as was my second. Currently, I work for Blockbuster Video as a Sales Manager going on 8+ years now. I live in the downtown area with my roommate and my cat, Fatoompsch. - Tanisha
Super sensitive, love reading and talking with people who have a way with words. - Rebecca
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I have recently joined forces with Gessie Thompson of The Uplift Group (home of Da' T.R.U.T.H., Felicia Scott, the Ambassador and J.R.). I am running The Uplift Agency. We are the premiere booking agency for ministry-minded artists. Our roster includes The Ambassador and J.R. from Cross Movement Records. Check out J.R.'s new website, www.myspace.com/jrinstereo. NOTE: Any inquiries for Daryl Coley will still be facilitated by me. - Patrice
Hello All, I'm Patrice, a 25 year-old from Marion, Arkansas. Currently living and working in Memphis, Tennessee. I married my wonderful husband Mark, on August 14, 2004 after 5 years of dating. We don't have any children, but plan on it in the future. We do have 2 furbabies, Cleo, a Great Dane, and Ginger, a miniature Dachshund. Give me a few years on the human babies! - Angela Robinson
"""The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called JESUS, you will make it to a place called Success!!!!""". - George Sabol
JUST REMEMBER>>;>LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER, SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE......... HELLO TO ALL AND EVERYONE!! LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER ISN'T IT? AND THATS' WHAT MAKES IT GREAT!!YOU APPRICIATE THE UPS EVEN MOR, AND DESPISE BUT LEARN FROM THE DOWNS AT THE SAME TIME. SOoooo WHO AM I? SAID SAM I AM... I LOVE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, AT ANY COST. EVEN IF I LOOK FOOLISH. I LOVE TO HAVE FUN, AND DO DARENING AND FUN THINGS, BE ADVENTEROUS. - Eva Winchester
These are my first thoughts on myspace. Bizzare concept indeed. It's my diary for the whole world to read. I remember when there was only black and white tv, when the answering machine came out, when you could buy and quite frankly steal cigarettes out of a machine and the days where beta max was still a contender for recording tv shows. I thought anyone who would post their thoughts on myspace was nuts. - Ray
You Are 76% Indie. - Meshall Hills
Hello my fellow MySpace users!! A little bit about me... I am originally from the South (shout out to TEXAS) but grew up on the West Coast. I am a not so recent graduate of Hampton University class of 2003 (SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY HAMPTONIANS!!!) I just relocated to the Charlotte, NC area from Washington D.C. I am a down to earth young lady looking to meet new friends and reacquaint myself with old ones. Hope you enjoy my page. - Tiffany Baker
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My Egyptian Name is. - Hutson
Cool, Calm and Collective Capricorn/.
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