"An overwhelming percentage of our users agreed that Minister Farrakhan made the most positive impact on the Black community over the past year and chose him as the person most worthy to receive the honor of BET.com's 2005 Person of the Year," said Retha Hill, BET.com's vice president for Content.

For the second year Oprah Winfrey is the only black on Business Week's The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists list. Oprah became the first black person to ever be on this list last year. Business Week estimates Oprah has given to charity $253 million in her life time. She is in the 32nd position on t...

The Wall Street Journal, recently announced the results of its second global "Top 50 Women To Watch" ranking, which is designed to recognize women who have achieved noteworthy successes in business in the past, as well as those who are poised to play important roles in business in the years to come....

Oprah Winfrey is again the richest black person in America. She appears at #235 on the Forbes Magazine

Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman to become the U.S. secretary of state, tops the second annual “Forbes Magazine: 100 Most Powerful Women” for the second time. Rice, 50, is the most powerful woman in the world because she advises the leader of the world's largest superpower and has ...