welcome to "our world with black enterprise" as we celebrate our 100th episode. in the past five year, we've covered ground breaking story, featured celebrities and showcased trendsetters. we've been this for the triumphs and tragedies. let's take a look back at the highlights of our world starting now.

welcome to this special 100th edition of our world. we've seen breath taking strides for black americans in the political arena. we were on hand for an incredible series of firsts including the historic run for the white house. across the nation, there was change in the air. for the first time, the country actually seemed ready to entertain the candidacy of a woman seeking the nation's highest office. or prepare to reconsider a politician who had run before. but there was a young community organizer who had a different outcome in mind. it was on our very first show the then junior senator from illinois expressed his intention. >> it was a joke that, you know, every senator in the senate the day they arrive are already -- >> they're looking down -- >> they're looking down the street. and i would be foolish not to

think about the most influential position in my field. i stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> from that moment, our world was there with barack obama all the way to the white house. >> that is why i'm running to the president of the united states, so i can listen to you and help set the agenda for change in this country. the best thing for me to do is just make sure that i am delivering my message with clarity, a message of unifying the country, getting beyond some of these old stereotypes, making sure that people feel that i'm sincere in terms of how i want to move the country forward. if we do, then i'm confident that we can still win. if there is anyone out there who

still doubts that america is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. i barack obama do so many llemn wear -- >> congratulations, mr. president. >> there was a michael steele before there was a barack obama. i was the only african-american lieutenant governor in the nation for two years before senator obama was elected. >> michael steele was tapped as the first african-american chairman as the republican national committee. >> the republican party is often

criticized because you don't do anything to lift blacks up within the party and encourage them, so you're nothing more than racists. when we do lift blacks up and encourage them and give them positions of leadership, hen we g then we get it's just a token. so we can't win.hen we then we get it's just a token. so we can't win.en we then we get it's just a token. so we can't win. then we get it's just a token. so we can't win.then we get it's just a token. so we can't win. >> black americans scored a series of firsts. >> you find yourself governor f of -- of people well beyond massachusetts that a whole lot of people place their hopes and their aspirations in you and in your success. and i appreciate that. i'm honored by that, i'm humbled by it and it's certainly something i will have in mind as i try to perform pot junot just first black governor, but the best massachusetts has ever had. >> charles rangel came the first black chairman of the powerful

house ways and means committee. up next, the hottest stars in our world. >> i know that if this is successful, then it will open the doors for more movies. and i didn't care if i was in it this movie for two minutes. i just wanted to be a part of it.

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with black "enterprise." since the beginning, celebrities have always been front and center. they've entertained us and shocked us when they pushed the envelope. >> i guess nobody told you that i'm maddea and what i want i get. >> i the only reason i started doing this character is to make people laugh and give them a message. there are so many messages that need to be brought to our community and there is no way to do it like nobody has an effective way to do it. this character has been such a great tool to get a message into the community. i'm so proud of that. >> tyler perry made great inroads of the first african-american to own a film studio. but he received sharp criticism for the type of films he was making. >> a lot of stuff that's on today is bafoonery. and i know it's making a lot of money and breaking records.

but we can do better. >> our first five years turned out to be break through years for black actors on the big screen, the small screen and broadway. >> reading the play, it was obvious that caved was willing to kind of put on page and then on the stage thoughts and ideas that people have all the time about race and aren't necessarily willing to say.and the time about race and aren't necessarily willing to say.on t that people have all the time about race and aren't necessarily willing to say. >> to do this role with this cast, i jumped at. so it's definitely a high point in my career for me. >> i've had more people coming up to me, i can't wait for -- people are fascinating with gangster movies. even my own son. a child can be susceptible. some child might watch american gangster and say i want to be a gangster, but it's really about what's going on in your home. >> gaedream girls is using the success and now it's going to be

a no-brainer. when somebody starts to talk about another african-american or black film, it works because we allowed it to be black, say that it is black. >> and i know if will this is successful, it will open the door it is for more movies and it is so relevant and so important. i didn't care if i was in the movie for two minutes. i just wanted to be a part of it. >> even in animation, the first black princess in disney history. >> this is opening up a world to which children to think of themselves as beautiful with their full lips and their brown skin as something beautiful and worthy of being held aloft. ♪ >> and yet black hollywood's resolve to create game changing

opportunities as never been stronger. >> it's just unfortunate because what they do, the industry meaning they, they belittle your worth. i know that i can fill a theater. like i know that i can at least get $500,000 worth of tickets. but yet i'm not making that. but at the end of the day, i'm a soldier and i'm going to kick the doors down if i have to do it manually with my own foot. >> when you're a black entertainer, you get the word stereotyped and pigeon holed and for the white actor, it's called character acting. >> you think of all the money spent to do transformers and harry pot te eter and spidermand not one black got a big movie. the ratio is so's not fair. >> we have to maintain the standard of work. because that's what's changed.

we expect more of ourselves. that's what made the difference. >> there is opportunity for us. i'm not going to say more, but the door is open. only a select few are welcomed in. the rest of us have to kick the door down and make our presence known. >> and harper offered a critical view of hollywood in his book. >> part of the reason why i felt the need to do the book was because i'm part of an industry that i believe has decimated the self-esteem of our young people. simply put. >> chris rock raised eyebrows with their film good hair. >> this is $1,000. >> yes, it is. >> it was unbelievable to me. >> it has an actual impact on african-american relationships

between men and women. this cost is like, you know -- >> it's a habit. >> it's like dating an addict almost. >> those in the spotlight helped point out concerns to be addressed. john legend called for action in education. >> there are so many kids around the country that are in that same environment, black and white, hispanic, all over the country who are in schools that just aren't getting the full potential out of them. and we need to do more to make sure every kid has a quality education. too often i think we end up blaming the students themselves and we blame their parents. when their parents were in the same system, you know, 20 years ago and we're expecting different results, but we're not changing system. >> celebrity shared their challenges with us.

charlie wilson talked about his fight against prostate cancer. >> they did a biopsy and he called me in and said i got good news and i got some bad news. which one do you want to hear first? i said give me the bad news first. he said you have prostate cancer. and at that moment, everything that i loved i thought just went out the window. that i thought. i looked at my wife. she looked at me and said, okay, what's the good news? he said the good news is we've -- this is early stage and i've been doing this for 30 years and i think we can get this. >> eddie recounted his struggle with losing his son. >> i don't think i'll ever heal. i don't feel like it's fair that i'm still -- i'm 64. it should have been my time. it this

this is the worst thing that could ever happen to me in my whole life. when we return, how our world covered the triumphs and tragedies. >> i went yuunderground for a b rkt picking up body, bringing them to the morgue, digging hole, burying certain people.

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welcome back to this special edition of our world with black enterprise. in 100 show, we've explored major issues. our world cameras cost the best that humanity has to offer and the worst that nature can create. ♪ we were there for the floods of katrina. we saw the african woman in the chair, but there was no story. it was an image.

when i saw that picture, my grandmother 100 years old and still alive today in atlanta, georgia, so when i saw ethel freeman, i saw my grand mother. so we found her son and got the story. >> and the earthquake in haiti. dealing with a little kid here. we don't know if they're eight or nine years old, you know what i mean? will is t this is the reality. >> i went underground for a bit, picking up body, bringing them to the morgue, digging holes, burying certain people. that's what we was going through, you know? everything they used to say

about, you used to talk about, that you believe about, it gets tested at that moment because it's like, you know, you wore that flag on your back at the grammys, you know, and that's the first time they saw haitian flag on the tv, but what does that mean, though, if you can't be on the ground right now picking up your own brothers and sisters, you see. ♪ >> in our years, we've covered race. >> for the young brothers and sisters who have like i had a rage at the center of my soul, how do you transform that rage or channel that rage in the positive venues. >> we questioned responsibility. >> we have to take immediate responsibility for the images that we portray of ourselves.

we cannot respect for others to respect us if we don't respect ourselves. and, therefore, we go out of the way to show that the positive images of african-americans as much as we can. >> and targeted violence in our community. >> we have to stand up. this isn't just about saving a child. this is about saving thousands of kids. >> we asked are the police friend or foe? >> the concept of police is a friend, but when you have those agencies that cannot properly monitor police behavior, that's when it becomes a foe and that's the aspect it that we want to fight against. >> we tackled topics like young black athletes. >> you have to set an example that people expect of their children, et cetera. and especially when you are put in the public eye.

i don't think it's fair, but it's a responsibility that isn't going anywhere. >> to images of black women in music videos. >> they haven't gotten better. it's not like we're having this conversation and all of a sudden the women are more dressed. it's not like they're glorified props. they continue to be these characters that are constantly degraded. so, yeah, we need to have the conversation until things change. >> we say something degrade, it's not like we're talking about all women. you have women that definitely respect themselves and you have some women that don't respect themselves. >> you think different of the fact that i was raised by my mother and my grandmother was around a lot and i seen strong powerful women. it was like i got another image of what a woman should be. good and considered the relevance of black leadership from education to mentoring to bullying. nothing escaped our focus. >> too many educators and adults

across the country shook it off, shrugged it off as this is a right of passage. the unspeakable tragedies over the last several months, what happened to her son, is that a right of passage? we need to flip that. >> people are not paying attention to the pain and the sadness that's in our children. >> the day i found out that i was hiv positive, i had been in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks, in and out of icu. there was a knock at the door and i told the doctor he could come in. and he said i have something more serious to tell you. me being 19 years old, i said am i pregnant? and he said no, you're not pregnant, you're hiv positive. >> these are the questions to a. what's your status? not your loan status. what's your hiv/aids status.

do you sleep with women and men? those are hard questions to ask and if your self-esteem and your personal power is not in the right place, it's hard to say that to a man. because you won't one. and if you got one, you want to keep him. >> our world was witness to an extraordinary milestone as two major civil rights organizations, the ncaap and the national urban league, reached their 100th anniversaries. and we took pride as our parent organization black enterprise celebrated its 40th anniversary.

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