BIO Pearl Jr. Pearl Jr. (born May 6, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author, activist, journalist and producer. Pearl Jr. is the author of three books, one documentary and has successfully ran four websites (award-winning) and serves as the founder and owner of Elbow Grease Productions (EGP) and Pearl Jr. Publications. She is best known for her work in the African-American community. Pearl Jr. graduated from Cal State Northridge and majored in Radio, TV, Film with a minor in African-American Studies. She finished in just 3 years. Before publishing her first book, Pearl Jr. was a sales person and was in the business of marketing and advertising. She produced the first- annual Rap Music Awards in 1994 but has sense completely changed her mind on rap music. Many years later, Pearl met activist/author Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson and he took her under his wing. After several successful protest with Dr. Hutchinson, her lifelong career as an activist was cemented in her heart and soul. In 2001, Pearl Jr. wrote and published her first book The Climate: A Perspective Unvisited, which chronicles the development of race and the creation of racism. The book has been listed as required reading at several universities, which is a major accomplishment for a self-published author. She also has been considered an expert on race-relations and has been an invited speaker at University of California Irvine, California State University, Northridge, USC, Brown University, West Los Angeles College, Cal State Dominguez, and many other colleges. In 2004, she produced a series of half-hour T.V. shows called, "TRUtalk: Straight Outta LA." Also displaying her determination to control her own messages as an independent producer, she worked diligently to have her voice available to over 1,000,000 people in the Southern California area and that lead her in February 2005, to cover the Michael Jackson Trial. Due to her hard-work and refusal to fail, she became fully-credentialed media at the trial. She and her company, Elbow Grease Productions also produced the documentary Behind The Scenes At The Michael Jackson Trial. The DVD has been sold to individuals in more than 30 countries. Pearl Jr. has also been a repeated guest on KCET's [[Life and Times]] Television program for PBS in Los Angeles discussing the status of Black relationships. In 2006, she wrote her third book Black Women Need Love, Too![1], previously known as "How To Tame A Dawg." After the books release, she went on an ambitious promotional trail, which paid off and lead to her being a reoccuring guest on several powerhouse radio shows with over 50 appearances on KABC talk radio. She has been interviewed more than 100 times on local and national news programs and has been a recurring guest on CBS radio as well. She has been on The Larry Elder Show, The Al Rantel Show, The Michael Medved Show, The Bev Smith Show, The Tavis Smiley Show, Stevie Wonder’s KJLH, Radio One’s KKBT, WAOK FM in Atlanta, GA (The Shelley Winter Show), XM Radio (GW On the Hill), Brown University (Brother R.A.), Christian radio stations, and a myriad of Internet radio programs, such as The Maxine Thompson Show & LIBRADIO.com. [2] As an activist, Pearl Jr. has successfully challenged major corporations to respect the Black community, she has protested and forced major corporations such as Nissan Motors, Ebay, and the NAACP to change their ways to better represent a positive image for African-Americans. Pearl Jr. has also led the charge against negative rap music. She writes widely published articles such as, "The Rap Crap Treason Act" and "The Golddigger lie leads to Black Male Failure", which has awaken the sleepy giant in the hearts and minds of the Black public. She has been the Mistress of Ceremony at over 50 events, such as the Malcolm X Festival, Honor Thy Father, The African Marketplace, Black Chamber of Commerce, and Black Business Expo (combined attendance 165,000). She has established a name for herself as a force to be reckoned with in Los Angeles and has expanded her popularity nationwide. [3] Most recently, EGP was fully credentialed media for a major speech in Los Angeles featuring Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama and offered to her viewing audience (www.TRUtalk.us) more than a sound-bit, and made the entire speech available, so people can have a clearer perspective of the man that has a real shot of being the first African American President in U.S. History. Also, an up close and personal discussion with hip-hop Mogul, Russell Simmons. She has ran the successful websites TRUtalk.us, MichaelJacksonInsider.com, and BlackWomenNeedLoveToo.com with her business partner and husband, Cecil Holmes. Pearl currently resides in Los Angeles and runs the very successful website, BlackMediaReview.com. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jr."