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Monday
20 December 1993 |
A Memorial Tribute to Jackie Shearer
Charlayne Haynes, welcome and introduction
William Greaves
Ada Gay Griffin
Musical selection by Gloria McNeal
B. Ruby Rich
Open tributes from the audience
Alexa Birdsong
Lillian Jimenez
Cyrus Chesnut, solo piano for lobby reception |
Sunday
19 December 1993 |
Holiday Open House
Ensemble Sepia
The Jersey City State College Gospel Choir |
Saturday
18 December 1993 |
Holiday Open House
The Adam Clayton Powell Chorale, Junior High School 43
St. Matthew's Children's Choir |
Thursday
16 December 1993 |
African Zion Forum
The Sacred Art of Ethiopia. Development of the Church Alphabet,
Language and Liturgy |
Sunday
21 November 1993 |
A Theater Performance/Forum
The Name Game, The Phoenix Alights, The Most High Grand Worthy
by j.e. franklin
Featuring:
James Marshall Harris; Rosanna Carter; Rony Clayton; Larney Rutledge;
Esther Brown; Keith Johnston
The Status of Theater in Harlem Woodie King, Jr., moderator
Panelists:
Leon Denmark; Fred Hudson; Barbara Ann Teer; Garland Lee Thompson
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Wednesday
17 November 1993 |
Women of South Africa
Book Signing and Discussion with Peter Magubane |
Saturday
13 November 1993 |
Towards a New Literacy for the African-American Community Forum
The Image of Blacks in the World War II Era Films
Dr. Thomas Cripps, Film Historian, Professor, Morgan State University |
Wednesday
10 November 1993 |
1993 Langston Hughes Festival Conference
Mother is Gold/ Daughters of Africa: A Conversation on Writing
by African Women
Abena P. A. Busia
Rashidah Ismaili-Abubakr
Tess Osonye Onwueme
Ellease Southerland
Vinie Burrows |
Sunday
7 November 1993 |
A Choral Concert with The Cecilian Singers of Barbados and
The Great Day Chorale
The Program
The Cecilian Singers of Barbados
Director/Founder Doris Provencal
Accompanist John Bryon
Sopranos: Yvonne Thrope, Evelyn McClean, Janfotha Mascoll,
Juliette Rudder, Sharon Conliffe, Felicia Corbin, Beverly Lashley,
Maggie Franklyn
Altos: Christine Griffith, Carole Bishop, Rennee Farmer, Kay Crookendale,
Beverly Alleyne, Edith Moise, Austin Alleyne
Tenors: Anthony Kirton, Keith Yarde, Stanton Jordan, Andrew Hall,
Neville Phillips, David Corbin, Paul Brazant
Basses: Wayne Wilcock, Bertram Morris, Colin Hudson, Workeley Braithwaite,
Stephen Rollins Ronald Bruce, Norton Brewster
Percussionist: Nigel Griffith
I
Soul of the World - Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day (Purcell)
Shepherd's Dance (Edward German)
Eres Tu (Juan Carlos Calderon)
Carmena (H. Lane Wilson)
Love is the Answer (Raymond R. Hannison)
II
Shanendoah (American Folk Song, arranged by James Erb)
Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico (Spiritual, arranged by Haynes)
Swing Low Sweet Chariot, (Spiritual, arranged
by Peter Knight)
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (William L. Dawson)
III Barbadian Songs
Ballad of the Old Woman (Christopher Spencer)
Island in the Sun, (Belafonte and Burgie)
De Ice House, (Barbadian Folk Song arranged by Doris Provencal)
We are the West Indian People (Aubry Cummings)
Cocoa Tea (Barbadian Folk Song arranged by Doris Provencal)
The Great Day Chorale
Director/Founder Louvinia Pointer
Assistant Director Samuel Wesley Henderson
Sopranos: Margaret Forbes, Ophelia Gilliam, Kathleen Grosvenor, Irene
Hunter,
Joyce Polacia, Gloria Price, Julia Stith, Jeneanne Welch, Linda Wilson
Altos: Enid Author, Louise Cummings, Patricia Cunningham, Ruthlyn DuBerry,
Beth Heard, Jacintha Greenaway, Lucilda Griffith, Sherry DesChamps,
Louise Mike, Louise Owens, Procilla Owens, Doris Sergeant, Jeanette Theusdee
Tenors: Charles Allen, Edward Cunningham, John DesChamps, Albert Greenaway,
Julio Martinez, Arthur Moody, Charles Small
Basses: Edgar Henry, Terence Hunte, David Bourne, Robert Browne,
Norris Coburn, William Pointer, David Wilson
I Spirituals Arranged for The Concert Stage
Great Day (Hall Johnson)
In Brightness Mansions Above (Leonard DePaur)
Cert'ny Lord (Hall Johnson)
I've Been 'Buked (Hall Johnson)
Ain't Got time To Die (Hall Johnson)
soloists: C. Allen, J. DesChamps
II Work and Play Songs
I Got A Mule (Hall Johnson)
A Hole In De Bucket (Traditional)
Jump Down Spin Around (Harry Belafonte)
soloists: K. Grosvenor, E. Henry, D.Wilson
III Camp Meetin' Songs
Way Over In Bullah Lan' (Traditional)
You Ken Tell De Worl' About Dis (Traditional)
I'm So Glad Trouble Don' Las Always (Traditional)
De Ol' Sheep Done Know De Road (Traditional)
Prayer Is De Key (Traditional)
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Prayer (Traditional)
Dry Bones (Leonard DePaur & L. Pointer)
Run Lil' Chillun, (Hall Johnson)
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Wednesday
3 November 1993 |
A Tribute to James Weldon Johnson
Howard Dodson, welcome and introduction
Wynton Marsalis, 1993 James Weldon Johnson medalist
Haywood Burns, 1992 James Weldon Johnson medalist
Dramatizations and Songs: The Poetry and Lyrics of James Weldon Johnson
O Black and Unknown Bards
Cast of Ain't Never Been Told
The Awakening (J. Rosamond Johnson)
Since You Went Away (Leslie Adams)
Elsium (Harry T. Burleigh)
The Glory of the Day Was In Her Face (Harry T. Burleigh)
Floating Down the Nile (J. Rosamond Johnson)
What It Takes to Make Me Love You - You've Got It (James Reese
Europe)
Roll Them Cotton Bales (J. Rosamond Johnson)
I've Got Troubles of My Own (J. Rosamond Johnson)
Every Woman's Eyes (J. Rosamond Johnson)
Everybody Wants to See The Baby (Bob Cole)
Cupid's Ramble (J. Rosamond Johnson)
Patricia Pates Eaton, soprano
T. Ray Lawrence, baritone
M. Roger Holland, II, piano
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Troupe: Catherine Peppers & Company
Sondra Kathryn Wilson, Executive Producer
Jonathan Robinson, Director
Patricia Pates Eaton, Musical Director
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Wednesday
20 October 1993 |
International Update Forum on Somalia
Moderator: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Panelists: Asha Samad; Alain A. Peters |
Tuesday
19 October 1993 |
Vee-Jay Records 40th Anniversary and Donation to the
Schomburg Center
James Briggs Murray, Schomburg Center
Gordon Bossin, Chief Operating Officer
Pookie Hudson, The Spaniels
Gene Chandler, Duke of Earl
Presentation |
Sunday
17 October 1993 |
Youth Open House (UNICEF)
Sekou Quantu
Waayl Shahid
Nashamoreh Lindo
Marie Brooks
Dr. Rheinard Freiberg, Director, UNICEF
Sharon Johnson, Executive Director, Northside Center for Child
Development
Latoya Hunter
Jersey City State College Baptist Choir |
Sunday
10 October 1993 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and The Jazz Legacy Ensemble
Thelonious Monk's Harlem. Celebrating Thelonious Monk's
76th Birthday
Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Larry McClellan,trombone/
bass/trumpet; Yoron Israel, drums; Donald Smith, piano; Don Braden,
saxophones; Bheki Khoza, guitar
Narrator: Phil Schapp, WKCR-FM, Columbia University
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Thursday
30 September 1993 |
Harlem Futures: Development Symposium
Keynote Address
Howard Dodson, welcome
Joyce Brown, Deputy Mayor
Economic Development Project Presentations
Wallace Ford, II, moderator
Panelists:
Beverly Lydeatte; Marie Runyon; Barbara Ann Teer; Barbara Askins;
Kevin McGruder; Edwin Greenidge; Stephan Henriquez
Development Partners Panel
Moderator: Wallace Ford, II
Panelists:
Gary Hattem; Richard Greene; Mark Willis; Mary Cogsgrove;
Christopher Garlin; Ronald Shelp; Lloyd Williams
Housing Development Project Presentations
C. Virginia Fields, moderator
Panelists:
Reverend Calvin Butts; Dr. William James; Canon Frederick B. Williams;
Lucille McEwen; John Edmonds; Maurice Callendar
Closing Plenary Session
Dr. M. William Howard, Jr., moderator
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Tuesday
23 September 1993 |
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City University
of New York Medical School. The Harlem Hospital Physician's
Assistant Program. Class of 1993
Commencement Exercises
Processional, Oleta Adams
Introduction of Class, Janet Wright, PA-C,MS
Director's Speech, William D. Stanhope, PA-C
Words of Inspiration:
Dean Stanford A. Roman, Jr, MD and Bruce Goldman
Conferring of Certificates:
William D. Stanhope, PA-C and Brenda A. Bennett, MD
Keynote Speaker: Joyce Nichols, PA-C
Interlude: Eleanor Gail Cooke, PA-C
Class Farewells: Class of 1993
Closing Ceremony: Edwin Eustaquio, PA-C and William Stanhope, PA-C
The Graduating Class of 1993
Eulalia Andreasen; Lorraine Chambers; Vernon Chin; Danny Chun;
Graciano Clause; Eleanor Gail Cooke; Simone G. Courtines; Noriel
DeGuzman; Kadajdra Duckett; Edwin S. Eustaquio; Telesforo Llamas;
Karyn J. London; Franz Nicholas; Juilia Nieves; Michael Nogan;
Aurore Oriol; Sajeda Pathan; Avraam Pipko; Alan Jay Pollack; Caroline
Rath; Jesus Santiago; Mary Springston; Gilbert A. Thelwell; Carol
Wilson; Okezie Ukebu |
Wednesday
22 September 1993 |
The 1993 Franz Fanon Distinguished Lecture On the Question
of Violence
Dr. Manning Marable, Professor of History and Political Science
Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies,
Columbia University |
Saturday
18 September 1993 |
A Literary Harlem: Celebrating the Right to Read
African Americans and the Right to Read and Publish
Moderator: William Strikland, Professor, University of Massachusetts
at Amherst
Panelists:
Derrick Bell, author, Faces at the Bottom of the Well
Charles F. Harris, founder and publisher of Amistad Press
Walter Dean Meyers, author, Malcolm X: A Biography
Jill Nelson, author, Volunteer Slavery
Ralph Wiley, author, What Black People Do Now |
Sunday
22 August 1993 |
The United States Postal Service, New York Metro Area
Heroes of Our Heritage: The African American Tradition
Nicolo L. Rawlings, master of ceremonies
United States Army Color Guard
Percy McRae, The National Anthem
Mary Pryor, The African American Anthem
Imam Izak-El M Pasha, invocation
Henry A. Pankey, welcome
Howard Dodson, remarks
Terrence McCaffrey
Howard Paine
David P. Usher
Thomas Blackshear II
David Preston Sharp, poet/writer
Ruth W. Messinger
Hazel Dukes
Maimouna Keita School of African Dance
Marie Base Wiles, director
Olukose Wiles, director
Darin Griffin, benediction |
Sunday
1 August 1993 |
Aaron Davis Hall at City College presents Max Roach
We Insist
Featuring Max Roach and Ossie Davis |
Thursday/Friday
1/2 July 1993 |
The New Federal Theatre presents
Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil
Written by Bill Harris
Directed by Woodie King, Jr.
The Cast: James Curt Bergwell, Guy Davis
Denise Burse-Mickelbury, Grenaldo Frazier
Herman LeVern Jones
Musical composer: Guy Davis
Musical arranger: Grenaldo Frazier
Stage Manager: Malik
Set Designer: Ricahrd Harmon
Set Construction/Installation:Kent Hoffman
Costume Designer Judy Dearing |
Sunday
15 May 1993 |
Malcolm X Youth Open House
Ful Swyng
National anthem
Howard Dodson, welcome
Mina Robinson, Kimberly Burgess
Yuri Kochiyama
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Thursday
13 May 1993 |
Nannette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre
The Second Annual Renaissance Awards Gala
Savion Glover
Carol Jenkins, Mistress of Ceremonies
Tess Marsalis and Trio
Tribute to Gregory Hines
Brenda Rose Metze, introduction
Leatrice Sutton
Martin, special live performance of dance excerpt
a film by Gordon Parks
Choreography by Rael Lamb
Performed by Lowell Smith and Sheila Rohan with The Nannette Bearden
Contemporary Dance Theatre
Presentation of the Renaissance Award to Gordon Parks
Sherman Edminson, Jr., remarks
Excerpt from Roll 'Em peformed by students of the Nannette Bearden
Contemporary Dance Theatre |
Wednesday
12 May 1993 |
The Panama Deception
Film Screeinng and Discussion
Joanne Doroshow; Humberto Brown |
Monday
26 April 1993 |
Into the Light: A Celebration of the Light and Love of Harry
Poe
Lift Every Voice
Ful Swyng; Victoria Platt; Mind Builders; City Kids Rep.
Yoruba Blessing & Pouring of Libations
Melvin Deal
Innovation into the Light
Paulette Bell
Breaths
Poe Concept Concert
Elmina Blues, Opus II
written by Carl Hannock Rux
Carl Hannock Rux, Marcelle Lashley, Helga, Gordon Chambers
Poe-Purri
City Kids Rep.
In His Name
choreography by Anthony Marshall
music: Prince and Michael Pluznik
Selection from Tapestry
directed by Harry Poe
performed by Ebony Impromptu Theatre Company
If I Could Read your Mind
written and performed by Shelton Beckton
Musical excerpts
performed by The Mind Builders
directed by Harry Poe
composition and arrangement by S. Sefus Henderson
The Common Thread
written by Carl Hannock Rux
Wish
written by Rodney Stringfellow
No Laughing Matter
written by Will "Onaje Halsey
Missing You
Shelton Beckton
His Eyes on the Sparrow
Lucille Harley
accompaniment by Charles Wingate
Remembrance
Diane Houston
Gestures for a Bird Man
music by Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway
Nikki Davis, Phyllis Bethel
Prayer of Ascension to Ancestors Amazing Grace
performed by Lucille Harley
accompanied by Charles Wingate |
Friday
23 April 1993 |
International Update Forum: Haiti
Howard Dodson, welcome
Joseph Placide, greetings
Michael Ratner, greetings
Jonathan Demme, greetings
David Korb
Madame Irama, with translation by Patricia Benoit, translator
Chevannes Jean-Baptist, with translation by Sabine Albert |
Thursday
15 April 1993 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Ifeachor Okeke Jazz Ensemble
Ifeachor Okeke, piano; Regina Carter, violin; Carla Cook, vocals;
Corinthia Cromwell, alto saxophone; Gregory Hutchinson, drums
Calvin Jones, bass; Sango of the Valley, percussion
Dorothy Donegan Trio
Dorothy Donegan, piano; Jon Burr, bass; Ray Mosca, drums
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Sunday
4 April 1993 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Rockin' in Rhythm. A Retrospective of the Music of Edward Kennedy
Ellington
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Under the direction of Mercer Ellington
Trumpets: Barry Lee Hall, Ron Tooley, Roger Walls, John Longo
Trombones: Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyr, Gregory Royal, Raymond Harris,
Charles Connors
Alto Saxophone/Flute: Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyr
Alto Saxophone/Clarinet: Zane Paul
Tenor Saxophone/Flute/Vocals: Shelly Carroll
Baritone Saxophone/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: Charles Young
Piano/Synthesizer: Thomas James
Latin Percussion: Sal Rodriguez
Bass: Hass Abdul Ashakur
Drums: Rocky White
Vocals: Betty Joplin
Tap Dance: Jackie Patterson
Interpretive Dance: Cerise Johns |
Monday
29 March 1993 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Straight Ahead
Regina Carter, violin/background vocals; Cynthia Dewberry,
lead vocals/; Marion Hayden-Banfield, bass/background vocals
Gayelynn McKinney, drums, background vocals; Eileen Orr, piano/
synthesizers/background vocals
Abbey Lincoln Quartet
Abbey Lincoln, vocals; Mark Helias, bass; Rodney Kendrick, piano
Aaron Walker, drums
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Monday
22 March 1993 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Sathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima Bea Benjamin, vocals, Kenny Davis, bass; George Gray, drums;
Onaje Allan Gumbs, piano
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott, piano, Arthur Harper, bass; Aaron Walker, drums
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Saturday
20 March 1993 |
Schomburg Center Theater Festival
Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday
A National Black Touring Circuit Production
Written by Reenie Upchurch
Directed by Woodie King
Reenie Upchurch as Billie Holiday.
Rahn Burton, piano; Warren Benbow, drums |
Monday
15 March 1993 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
The Spelman College Jazz Ensemble
Joseph W. Jennings, director
alto saxophone: Ingrid Cook
Baritone saxophone: Kera Bell
Tenor saxophone: Ramona Houston, Ruqayyah Perkins
Trombone: Sharri Mattison, Ratina Tate
Trumpet: Erinn Gordon, Tina Hearron
Flute: Ramona Houston, Tamika Sterrs
Keyboard/piano: Chanda Bailey
Vocals: Kimberly Coleman, Karlotta Patterson, Shona Pinnock,
Mary Randle, Angela Thomas
Guitar: Jennifer Bliss
Bass: Tuliza Flemming, Jackie Howard
Drums: Alyson Jones
Persussion: Jackie Howard
Gloria Lynne
Hilliard Green, bass; Billy Kaye, drums
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Monday
8 March 1993 |
We'll Understand it Better By and By: Pioneering African
American Gospel Composers
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon |
Saturday
20 February 1993 |
Schomburg Center Theater Festival
Miss Truth
A National Black Touring Circuit Production
Written by Glory Van Scott
Musical Concept & Choreography by Louis Johnson
Dr. Glory Van Scott as Miss Truth; Wayne Davis,
Barbara Purdy, Karen Mobley, Randy Donaldson,
Carol-Jean Lewis, Zebonee Bonie Ryner
Musical Director/Conductor/Pianist: Tony Booker
Bill Toles, bass; Ralph Dorsey, percussion;
Lloyd McNeil, flute/artist/painter
Lighting Designer: Louis Johnson
Stage Manager: Leonard Buggs
Costume Design & Wardrobe: Alice E. Carter
Costume Design & Wardrobe: Judy Dearing
After program dialogue: Paula Giddings |
Sunday
7 February 1993 |
A Dialogue with African-American Women Authors
Hosted by Joyce B. Dinkins, First Lady of the City of New York
Howard Dodson, welcome
Joyce B. Dinkins, opening and closing remarks
Susan L. Taylor, program introduction
Paula Giddings
Gloria Naylor
Toni Morrison |
Sunday
31 January 1993 |
Heritage Weekend 1993
A Tribute to the Ancestors: Certificate Presentation Ceremony
Collection Donors
Maya Angelou; Richard Avedon; Dorothy Beam; Joan Bunche; Margaret
Burnham,
CIBA-GEIGY; Jacqueline Collins; Michael A. Cummings; Lenore Daly;
John & Nicole Dintenfass; Alma "Nomsa" John Estes; Olivia Pleasants Frost;
Solomon C. Fuller, Jr., Gwendolyn Hall; Clara Berry Gaines; James Garner;
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Georges; The Girlfriends, Inc.; Albert Gollin;
Edmund Gordon; Sol Gordon; William H. Gray III; Leonard & Evelyn Grumet;
Mark & Virginia Grumet; Eugenia Guinier; Robert Hatem & Frank Henderson;
Chester Higgins, Jr.; Sandy Hodges; Bill Hutson; Jack & Jill of America;
Leandre Jackson; Vann Jones; Kenneth T. Lassiter; Rosetta LeNoire;
Dr. J. Fred MacDonald; Pegene Wiggins McPhaden; Cheryl Miller;
Evelyn Neal; Kenneth P. Neilson; Frances Lee Pearson; Mr. & Mrs. Klaus
Perls;
Ersa Hines Posten; Hon. Charles B. Rangel; Kay Reese; Judith W. Rogers;
Seth Rosner; Claire & David Schirtzer; Chiz Schultz; J. Alfred Smith;
John Steptoe Family; Bert Stern; Olivia Pearl Stokes; Arnold Joanne Syrop;
Dr. Billy Taylor; United States Information Agency; Grace E. Watson;
James L. Watson; Lennie Williams; Shirley B. Williams; Oprah Winfrey;
The World Institute of Black Communications; Wilhelmina Wynn
Music by Noel Pointer
Readings by Maya Angelou
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Saturday
30 January 1993 |
1993 Heritage Weekend Symposium
African Americans in Colonial New York and the Americas
Session IV
Part I
Africans in the Colonial Americas
Panelists:
Jane Landers [Colonial Florida]
Gary Puckein [Colonial Barbados]
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall [Colonial Louisiana]
Part II
Africans in the Colonial Americas
Panelists:
Phillip Morgan [Colonial Florida]
Carolyn Fick [Colonial Haiti]
A.J.R. Russell-Wood [Colonial Brazil]
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Monday
25 January 1993 |
Black Power Forum
Kwame Toure
Elaine Brown
Charles V. Hamilton |
Thursday
14 January 1993 |
1992-93 Martin Luther King, Jr. Forums
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
Forum III
The African American Family: Chaos or Community
Lectures and Readings:
Andrew Billingsley
Haki R. Madhubuti
Sonia Sanchez |
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