cathy hughes made mainstream go black. >> hi, i'm cathy hughes.ive praise and thanks to god from whom all blessings flow. what a tremendous honor it is to be recognized as an inductee of the 2020 cable hall of fame. i am thrilled to be recognized alongside my colleagues, fellow inductees and my son and business partner alfred liggins for this distinction and i offer my sincere congratulations. i would like to thank everyone at the cable center for their kind consideration of alfred and me for the 2020 hall of fame. it is hard to believe that more than 40 years have passed since our entree into the media industry. an african proverb states that until the lion is able to talk, the story of the hunt will always be from the hunter's perspective. so we had to create a space for black stories to be hold in ways that best represented who we are as a people. however, our mission demanded continued growth and expansion. we sparked a journey that held us to diversify into the cable television industry. without diluting our message. as we grew, so did our se