Cora Daniels

...author-journalist and provocative commentator on diversity, family and business issues “The bar has dropped so low (for acceptable behavior) that we don’t even know where it is anymore...this is not a black thing. It’s a national thing”. Cora Daniels, USA TODAY, 4-17-07

Cora Daniels is an award-winning journalist and author. Her work has appeared in Fortune, The New York Times, Essence, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Heart & Soul, FSB: Fortune Small Business, and Savoy. She has been a staff writer at Fortune and an editor at Working Mother magazine and is currently a contributing writer for Essence. As an author, Cora has been called "dynamic", and "perceptive" and "a powerful voice from the younger generation."

Cora’s much-anticipated second book, GHETTONATION: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless (Doubleday), was published in March, 2007. In it, she puts forth social commentary on the lure of the ghetto lifestyle and how it has contributed to the decline of American culture. There are myriad examples cited by Cora of how bling-infested hysteria has altered our speech, dress and mindset but more importantly our standards. GHETTONATION is a call for action that stirs up opinions with the purpose of furthering the debate on a topic that is profoundly affecting our culture.

Her first book, BLACK POWER, INC.: The New Voice of Success (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) was dubbed "thought provoking" by The Washington Post and a "must read" by Black Issues Book Review. In it, Cora explored the emergence of a new black elite that viewed business and economics as the true base of American power, rather than politics. To fully analyze this development, she revealed both the professionals who drive this movement and their motivation for doing so.

A sought after expert on diversity and business issues she has served as a commentator on ABC News, CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, and “The Charlie Rose Show”. In 2002, she spearheaded Fortune's first ever search for the 50 most powerful Black executives in America. In 2005, her much acclaimed Fortune cover story, The Bravest Generation, about the original Black corporate pioneers, created national attention for this overlooked part of civil rights history.

Cora is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in History and earned an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.

Suggested Speech Topics:

Ghettonation: The National Impact of Lower Standards on Future Generations

The African-American Challenge: Maintaining a Strong Self-Image in the Face of Ghetto-ization

Black Power Inc.: How the Elite Benefit from Working the System Without Resorting to Politics

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