WHAT IS A SINGLE MOM?
She's a phenomenal woman doing phenomenal things
SHE'S AN INVENTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE
Joy Mangano, Inventor Extraordinaire (Self-wringing Miracle Mop, Huggable Hangers) - Divorced Mother of 3 children
SHE'S A MEDIA SUPERSTAR
Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson of RadioOne - Mother at 17. Later married, and then divorced. She is the first African-American woman to head a firm publicly traded on a New York stock exchange in the United States.
Her son, Alfred Liggins, III, who attended Wharton School of Business, is President and CEO of RadioOne and chairman of TVOne.
SHE'S A MODEL & MOGUL
Kimora Lee Simmons, Fashion mogul (founder of Baby Phat), Author, Model,Mom - Divorced mother of 2 daughters
SHE'S A PULITZER PRIZE NOMINEE
Maya Angelou, Dancer, Poet, Author, Pulitzer Prize Nominee - Teenage mom
SHE'S FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Susan L. Taylor, Former Editor-in-chief, Essence Magazine; Author - Former single mother of 1 daughter
SHE'S A WIDOW OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Betty Shabazz, Coretta Scott King, Myrlie Evers, Widows of the Civil Rights Movement
SHE'S ROYALTY...PERSONIFIED
The Late Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, Humanitarian - Divorced mother of 2 sons
SHE'S AN ADVOCATE
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York - Founder, Children in Crisis and The Sarah Ferguson Foundation; Spokesperson for Weight Watchers International; A 2005 global ambassador for Ronald McDonald House Charities’ World Children’s Day - Divorced mother of 2 daughters
SHE'S AN OVERCOMER
Paula White, Minister, Life Coach, Author, Motivational Speaker - Former Single Mom
SHE'S A FRIEND
Gayle King, Editor-at-Large for O, The Oprah Magazine - Divorced mother of 2
SHE'S AN AMERICAN IDOL
Fantasia Barrino, Season 3 American Idol Winner, Grammy Award-nominated R&B/soul singer, Broadway actress in The Color Purple - Teenage Mom
SHE'S AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST
Katie Couric, Former co-host of NBC Today, First woman solo-anchor of the weekday evening news on one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks - Widowed mother of 2
SHE'S A FIRST LADY
LisaRaye Misick, Actress, First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands - Former single mother to 1 daughter
SHE'S A RESTAURANTEUR
Paul Deen, Restauranteur and Emmy-Award-Winning Personality - Divorced mother of 2 sons
SHE'S A FORMER MAYOR
Sharon Sayles Belton, Former Mayor of Minneapolis, MN - Was a single mother to a disabled mother child before becoming mayor
SHE MARRIED A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING R&B AND POP SINGER
Tameka Foster, Wife of Usher Raymond, IV - Divorced mother of 3
SHE RAISED A PIONEERING SURGEON
Dr. Ben Carson, Neurosurgeon, Medal of Freedom Recipient - Raised by a single mom.
Dr. Carson performed the world's first successful operation separating twins joined at the back of the head in 1987.
SHE RAISED AN ACTOR
Tom Cruise, Actor - Mother separated from his abusive, alcoholic father when he was 12
SHE RAISED AN ACTRESS
Sarah Michelle Prinze (nee, Gellar), Actress - Estranged from her father. Raised as an only child by her divorced mother.
Halle Barry, Actress - Raised by a single mother
SHE RAISED THREE DOCTORS
Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, also fondly known as The Three Doctors - Raised in the projects by single moms.
Dr. Hunt is a Board certified internist at University Medical Center at Princeton and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Jenkins serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry at Columbia University. Dr. Davis is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician at St. Michaels Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center. Davis is also consultant for the Violence Prevention Institute focusing on gang awareness and preventative medicine in Essex County.
SHE RAISED A JUDGE
Judge Greg Mathis, The Judge Mathis Show; The youngest elected judge in Michigan history - Former gang member (Errol Flynns), in and out of jail as a teen - Mother raised 4 sons as a single mother
SHE BIRTHED A MEDIA TYCOON
Oprah Winfrey, Media Queen - Born to a single mother
I'd like to meet:
Jesus Christ, but I'm in no hurry...See you when I get there.
Susan L. Taylor, Cathy Hughes, Angela Bassett. People who define themselves from the inside out.
Music:
I LOVE Gospel music
Movies:
Love & Basketball, Two Can Play That Game, The Color Purple, Philadelphia, Malcolm X
Television:
Sunday Best, America's Most Wanted, Forensic Files, HGTV
Books:
No Disrespect
Think and Grow Rich, a Black Choice
A Child Called "It"
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Makes Me Wanna Holler
