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1991

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Sunday
22 December 1991
Holiday Open House
Abyssinian Baptist Church Chancel Choir
Forces of Nature Dance Company
Sunday
22 December 1991
Holiday Open House
Book Signing
Dr. John Henrik Clark; James H. Cone; Charles Hamilton
Bert Andrews; Derrick A. Bell, Jr.; Walter Mosley
Sunday
15 December 1991
The Films of Charles Burnett
Film screening and discussion with Charles Barnett
Saturday
7 December 1991
1991-1992 Martin Luther King, Jr. Forums
With Liberty and Justice For All

Forum I: Racial Justice
Heywood Burns, moderator
Panelists:
Derrick A. Bell,Jr.
Randall Leroy Kennedy
Patricia Williams
The Honorable Bruce Mc M. Wright

Forum II Economic Justice
Robert S. Brown, moderator,
Panelists:
Anita Allen
James H. Cone
Bill Strickland
Robert Woodson

Wednesday
4 December 1991
1991-1992 Martin Luther King, Jr. Forums
With Liberty and Justice For All

Keynote Address: Cornel West
Sunday
17 November 1991
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Max Roach Presents The Uptown String Quartet

Diane Monroe,violin, composer; Maxine Roach, viola, composer;
Lesa Terry, violin, composer; Melanie Punter, contrabass
Thursday
14 November 1991
Viewpoints: Blacks in the Military
William Miles, moderator
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Jr.; Anne L. Chaney; Samuel R. Cassius
Gene Doughty; E. G. McConnell
Thursday
23 May 1991
The Spirits of Our Ancestors
Randy Weston African Rhythms Ensemble Honoring Melba Liston

Randy Weston, piano; Talib Kibwe, soprano and alto sax/flute;
Benny Powell, trombone; Alex Blake, bass; Big Black, African
percussion
Special guests:
Yassir Chadly, guenbri, kakobars, bendir, taarija, vocals
Azzedin Weston, kakobars
Sunday
14 April 1991
A Celebration of the New Schomburg Center Complex
Saluting the African Presence in the Americas

Videotaped at The Apollo Theatre
Howard Dodson, introduction, Director, Schomburg Center

Hugh Masekela and Company
Hugh Masekela, conductor
Morris Goldberg, pennywhistle/sax; Richard Cummings, keyboard;
Damon DueWhite, drums; Bakithi Khumald, bass; Remi Kabaka, percussion
Ralph Johnson, production assistant
Valerie Wright, production assistant

Gilberto Gil

Ray Barretto

Harry Belafonte
Richard Cummings, conductor
Chi Sharpe, Neil Clarke, percussion; Sipho Kunene, drums;
Angus Nunes, bass; Jose Neto, guitar; Rob Robinson, keyboard
Sharon Brooks,Branice McKenzie, and Rournel Reaus, singers

Jenny Burton

Saturday
13 April 1991
Schomburg Center Grand Opening Symposium
New Frontiers of Africana Scholarship: Theory, Method
and Resources. Kemetic Studies

Dr. Maulana Karenga; Dr. Joye Hardiman; Dr. Rodger Birt
Dr. Robert Farris Thompson; Pearl Bowser; Professor Maude Wahlman
Friday
12 April 1991
Schomubrg Center Grand Opening Symposium
New Frontiers of Africana Scholarship: Theory, Method
and Resources African Peoples and The Global Political Economy

Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton; Dr. Roy Simon Bryce-Laporte;
Dr. Anani Dzidzienyo; Dr. Robert Hall
Sunday
7 April 1991
Grand Opening of the New Schomburg Center Complex
Open House Events - Archives

Valerie Naranjo, mirimba; Kevin Burrell, percussions;
Valerie Capers, piano; Allen Gibbons, saxophone; John Robinson, bass;
Earl Williams, drums
Sunday
7 April 1991
Grand Opening of the New Schomburg Center Complex
Open House Events - American Negro Theatre

Tato Laviero, welcome
My Cells are Awake and Remember
Marilyn Worrell, dancer; Phyllis Pascelle, percussion; Secreto Benitez, artwork
The Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop:
Patrick Phibbs; Eldon Bullock; Sam Foster; Lofton Mitchell
Judge Albert Grant
Dick Campbell
The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
Tony Batten
Michael Wimberly, introduction
Valentine, by Bridgitte Wimberly
Saturday
6 April 1991
Grand Opening of the New Schomburg Center Complex
Open House Events - Langston Hughes Auditorium