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See how Debra Lee changed the game for women in business and beyond.

California Live’s Jessica Vilchis sat down with former CEO of BET and business leader, Debra Lee, about her memoir “I Am Debra Lee,” now available in paperback. Hear how she broke barriers of race and gender from a segregated school in North Carolina to the C-Suite of the entertainment industry and beyond.

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