A former managing editor of Gallaudet University’s American Annals of the Deaf journal, Briscoe was born with a hearing impairment. Country, and A Long Way from Home, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Her other works include Money Can’t Buy Love, P.G. Sisters and Lovers, her first novel, sold 500,000 copies and her second novel, Big Girls Don’t Cry, was a New York Times bestseller. Here she is receiving BET’s Ultimate Icon Award back in 2018Ĭonnie Briscoe | You Never Know: A Novel of Domestic Suspense - In conversation with Diane McKinney-WhetstoneĪcclaimed for her literary portrayals of Black women’s relationships, Connie Briscoe's historical and romance novels have found acclaim and a wide readership for nearly three decades. I Am Debra Lee charts her journey from girlhood in the segregated South to heading the first Black company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, along the way offering personal anecdotes, celebrity stories, and lessons about motherhood while trying to make a career. One of the Hollywood Reporter’s '100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment' and Billboard’s 'Power 100,' Lee is an inductee into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. She is the founder and chairwoman of Leading Women Defined Foundation, an organization of Black female thought leaders, and is the co-founder of Monarchs Collective, a group that empowers men and women of color to sit on corporate boards.

Discovery, Revlon, Burberry Group Plc, and Marriott International. The former longtime CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Debra Lee currently serves on the boards of several of the world’s leading corporations, including Proctor & Gamble, Warner Bros. Debra Lee | I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir - In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6abc Action News morning edition

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