Saluting and Honoring Hollywood Legend Bill Duke – A New Operation HOPE Advocate

Saluting and Honoring Hollywood Legend Bill Duke – A New Operation HOPE Advocate

Tonight, I had the honor of introducing a quiet giant. At the 2nd Annual ACE Honors Awards, we celebrated the extraordinary Bill Duke—a man whose career spans more than four decades, but whose impact reaches even further. Most people know Bill Duke the actor—Predator,...
Paying Respect: With Ambassador Andrew Young, Honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson

Paying Respect: With Ambassador Andrew Young, Honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson

Rev. Jesse Jackson laying in state at the South Carolina State Capitol This past Monday, civil rights icon Ambassador Andrew Young and I traveled to the State Capitol of South Carolina to pay our final respects to a man who bent the arc of history with his bare hands...
Honored by Black Enterprise at the 2025 XCEL Summit for Men

Honored by Black Enterprise at the 2025 XCEL Summit for Men

There are moments that stop you in your tracks — not because of the award itself, but because of who is doing the honoring. Earl ‘Butch’ Graves Jr and John Hope Bryant at the Black Enterprise ECEL Summit 2025 Black Enterprise has been a cornerstone of...