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Sunday 18 December 1994	Holiday Open House Reverend Kenton Rogers and Company Izulu Dance Theater & Music/THOKOZA
Saturday 17 December 1994	Holiday Open House The Brewery Puppets performing The Crowtations in Rhythm City
Tuesday 13 December 1994	Poetry Series New Voices Raymond R. Patterson, Host Tony Medina Tracie Morris Willie Perdomo Kevin Powell
Saturday 10 December 1994	A Celebration of the Life of Booker T. Washington, III Lee Walker, National President, New Coalition for Economic and Social Change Rev. Dr. Nathan Wright Jr., Senior Priest, St. Philips Church Rufus N. Ragin III Harold Hills, Jr., Musical Director, Newman Memorial United Methodist Church Carl E. Johnson, Community Board Member, District 16 Arthur Gaine, Tuskegee University, Class of 1938 Sister Theora Richard, President, Booker T. Washington Appreciation Circle Nancy E. Fitch, Ph.D. Professor, Manhattanville College Elizabeth Wright, Editor-In-Chief, Issues and Views Dr. Aaron W. Wells, Physician, The New York Hospital Dr. Larry H. Washington Mrs. Joyce D. Washington
Saturday 10 December 1994	Common Ground ForumCommon Ground Forum Bringing Our Children to Read and Write Moderator: Marie Brown Tonya Bolden Tom Feelings linda michel lebaron
Wednesday 7 December 1994	Invoking the Spirit Exhibition Forum Worship Traditions in the African World. African Foundations of World Religion Dr. Yusef Ben-Jochannan and Dr. John Henrik Clark
Tuesday/Monday 5/6 December 1994	Premiere Performance Langston Hughes' Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz Rawn Spearman Vinie Burrows Hale Smith, Original music and arrangement Jazz Ensemble Anthony Mele, conductor Kenneth Adams, alto saxophone, flute Jimmy Cozier, tenor saxophone, flute Kamau Adilifu, trumpet Clark Gayton, trombone Greg Maker, bass Joel Martin, piano Brian Grice, drums Dr. Bruce Ronkin, MIDI wind synthesizer Mitchell Shuldman, Rick Harvey, slide projection
Tuesday 15 November 1994	Poetry Series Sonia Sanchez, author, Under a Soprano Sky Michael Weaver, author, Stations in a Dream
Sunday 13 November 1994	A Tribute to James Weldon Johnson God's Trombones. Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (filmed on location at The New Canaan Baptist Church of Christ) Welcome and Presentation of the James Weldon Johnson Medal: Reverend Perry Hopper, Liturgist of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ Mildred Bond Roxborough, 1994 James Weldon Johnson Medalist presented by Bobby Short Introduction, Bobby Short Listen Lord - A Prayer Bethany Baptist Church under the direction of Edward Richard Muse Music Selection: In Dat Great Getttin' Up Mornin Choir and Soloist: Dennis Henson The Creation Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Under the direction The Prodigal Son Washington - Memorial Baptist Church Under the direction of Reverend Dr. Preston Go Down Earth - A Funeral Sermon Canaan Baptist Church of Christ Under the direction of Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker Swing Low Sweet Chariot Soloist: Rebecca King Noah Built the Ark Friendship Baptist Church Under the direction of Rev. Ella Ivey The Cruxifiction St. James Presbyterian Church Under the direction of Reverend Dr. Lenton Gunn Let My People Go Mariner's Temple Baptist Church Under the direction of Reverend Susan Johnson Cook Music Selection: Go Down Moses Soloist: Carl Murray The Judgment Day Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network Lift Every Voice and Sing Remarks, Reverend Perry Hopper
Wednesday 9 November 1994	Invoking the Spirit Exhibition Forum Worship Traditions in the African World Prayer Traditions: Ecumenical Prayer Vigil Rev. Dr. James Washington, Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, Author, Conversations with God and Two Centuries of Prayer by African Americans Leroy Applin, Executive Director African Peoples Christian Organization, House of the Lord Church Rev. Calvin O. Butts, Abyssinian Baptist Church Rev. James A. Forbes, Riverside Church Rev. Carolyn Knight, Evangelist Father Lawrence Lucas, Our Lady of Lourdes Church Minister Munir Muhammad, Muhammad's Mosque #7 Hru Ankh-ra Semahj, Keeper of the Shrine of Ptah Rev. Preston Washington, Memorial Baptist Church and President and CEO of Harlem Communication and Community Improvement Canon Frederick B. Williams, Church of the Intercession Archbishop Abba Yesehaq, Ethopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere
Wednesday 2 November 1994	Critical Perspectives Forum Race Matters Moderator: Cornel West, Professor, Afro-American Studies and the Philosophy of Religion, Divinity School, Harvard University Panelists: Lani Guinier, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Hugh B. Price, President and CEO, National Urban League Patricia J. Williams, Professor, Columbia University School of Law
Sunday 30 October 1994	Schomburg Sunday Sounds Marian McPartland and Trio Play the Music of Mary Lou Williams Marian McPartland, piano; Brian Blade, drums; Christian McBride, bass
Tuesday 25 October 1994	Poetry Series Host: Raymond Patterson, Professor Emeritus, City College, poet and author, Elemental Blues Cornelius Eady, author, The Gathering of My Name Quincy Troupe, author, Weather Report: New and Selected Poems
Saturday 22 October 1994	Teacher's Forum Sylvia Wynter
Saturday 22 October 1994	Caribbean Cultural Center presents Defining An Aesthetic for New World African Working with the Spirit Force: Resistance and Trans-Formation Opening Remarks, Lowrey Stokes Sims, Associate Curator, 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art Dr. Angela Jorge, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, State University of New York at Old Westbury Mesa-Blanca and Santeria: Forces of Personal Resistance and Transformation Yvon Jean Joseph, Haitian Vodun Priest The Traditions of Altars in Haiti for the Contemporary Age Dr. Jolene Ricard, Professor of Fine Arts and Art History, University of Buffalo Re-Traditionization in Indigenous America Katherine Dunham A Conversation with Katherine Dunham John Mason, Yoruba Traditional Leader Resistance: What A Drag Kaylynn Sullivan-Two Trees, Women's Center, Miami University Being Multi-Racial in a Multi-Racial Society Closing Remarks, Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies Maryland Institute College of Arts
Friday 21 October 1994	Caribbean Cultural Center presents Defining An Aesthetic for New World African Working with the Spirit Force: A Salute to the Pioneers Opening Remarks, Marta Vega, Executive Director, Caribbean Cultural Center Dr. Veve Clarke, Associate Professor African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley The Vision of Katherine Dunham Joe Nash, Dance Historian A Visual Essay on Miss Dunham James Briggs Murray, Curator, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, Schomburg Center Documenting Miss Dunham's Career Camille Yarborough Some Social Implications of the Katherine Dunham School & Company Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham on Katherine Dunham Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Chairman, Department of African Studies, City College, City University of New York W.E.B. DuBois and His Pan-Africanist Vision of the 20th Century Dr. Tony Martin, Chairman, Black Studies Department, Wellesley College The Honorable Marcus Garvey's Pan-African Aesthetic Vision Dr. Cheryl A. Wall, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University Asymmetry: Zora Neale Hurston and The New Negro Renaissance Lowery Stokes Sims, Associate Curator, 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art Wilfredo Lam and The Cuban Cubanismo Movement Dr. E. Anthony Hurley, Associate Professor of Francophone Literature of the Caribbean and Africa, State University of New York at Stony Brook Does the Tiger Need to Proclaim Its Tigritude After All? Revisioning Cesaire Amiri Baraka, Professor, Department of African American Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook The 60's Black Arts Movement
Thursday 20 October 1994	Critical Perspectives Forum Cultural Wars Moderator: Cornel West, Professor, Afro-American Studies and the Philosophy of Religion, Divinity School, Harvard University Panelists: Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor, African American Cultural Center, University of California Edward Said, Professor, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Adelaide L. Sanford, Regent, State of New York Sylvia Wynter, Emerita Professor, African American Studies, Stanford University
Sunday 16 October 1994	Schomburg Sunday Sounds Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble perform 'Take the Coltrane' Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Donald Smith, piano; Charles Davis, tenor saxophone; Ray Appleton, drums
Saturday 15 October 1994	Common Ground Forum The Struggle for Identity Moderator, Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center Pearl Cleage, author, Deals with the Devil Kelvin Christopher James, author, Secrets Julianne Malveaux, author, Sex, Lies and Stereotypes
Thursday 13 October 1994	Invoking the Spirit Exhibition Forum Worship Traditions in the African World Diasporan African Religious Traditions K.Kai Bunseki Fu-Kiau, author, Mbongi: The African Political Institution Joseph M. Murphy, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Georgetown University Sulayman S. Nyang, Professor, Department of African Studies, Howard University
Monday 3 October 1994	Harlem Health Crisis A Town Meeting with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders Master of Ceremonies, Sheila Throne, President, Coalition of 100 Black Women, NYC Welcome, Nell Gibson, Chairperson, Balm in Gilead, Inc. Honorable Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President Prayer & Remembrance, Chairperson of the Board, Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc. Remarks, Dorothy Triplett, Assistant Director Minority & Other Special Problems, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, NYC Department of Health Musical Selection, ARC Choir Harlem Health Crisis Overview: Dr. Mindy Fullilove, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health; NYC Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University School of Public Health AIDS: Dr. Janet Mitchell, Chief of Perinatology, Harlem Hospital
Sunday 2 October 1994	Invoking the Spirit Exhibition Concert Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World Babatunde Olatunji and Company
Tuesday 27 September 1994	Poetry Series Samuel Allen, Jayne Cortez
Saturday 17 September 1994	Global Black Voices Forum Multiculturalism in the African World Thulani Davis, moderator Panelists: Maryse Conde, author, I Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Manthia Diawara, author, African Cinema: Politics and Culture Sindewe Magona, author, To My Children's Children Walter Mosley, author, Black Betty Elizabeth Nunez, author, Bruised Hibiscus
Saturday 21 May 1994	An Afternoon with the Center for Constitutional Rights Creating a Peace and Justice Society Ron Daniels Michael Deutsch Dr. Vicki Alexander Arthur Kinoy Adjoa Aiyetoro Elaine Bernard Janet Black Damu Smith Nydia Velasquez
Sunday 15 May 1994	The Riverside Club's Fourteenth Annual Founder's Day Award Ceremony A Salute to Excellence in Education, Business Community Service and Cultural Heritage Dance Theatre of Harlem Dr. Janet L. Mitchell William Michael Yorker Dionell Tinsley, Posthumously Yvonne R. Sawyer Phyllis M. Harewood Shawn Dove
Friday 13 May 1994	The National Rainbow Coalition's Host Committee Annual Conference The Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc Honorable Percy Sutton, welcoming address Debra Fraser-Howze Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow's New York Office 10 Point Plan
Sunday 1 May 1994	RejoicEnsemble! Songs of Faith, Songs of Freedom Carl MaultsBy, Executive Artistic Director Soprano: Mary Bentley LaMar, Margo Cooper Mezzo soprano: Jeanine Fuller Tenor: David Whitley Baritone: Russell Brown, Solomon Thompson Alto: Paula Tann Luico Hopper, bass fretboards; Brian Brake, drums The Program Freedom Medley I [Traditional] Oh Freedom No More Auction Block For Me I'll Be Waiting Up There I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free composed by Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas Freedom Medley II [Traditional] Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around Jacob's Ladder No Coward Soldier Freedom Train a-Comin'/People Get Ready Traditional/composed by Curtis Mayfield Someday We'll Be Free Composed by Donny Hathaway Buked Again (World Premiere) Composed by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson Status Symbol Composed by David N. Baker Lyrics, from I am A Black Woman by Mari Evans Free At Last: A Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Remarks, Dr. Ansley Lamar, Vice President, Rejoicensemble!, Inc. Soon and Very Soon/Martin Luther King Tina Singu [Basutoland] Nkosi Sikeleli [Enoch Sontonga] Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing/Nweni Sauti Mwimbe Composed by James Weldon Johnson & Rosamund Johnson/Carl MaultsBy We Shall Overcome [Traditional] His Eye is on the Sparrow Composed by Civilla D. Martin & Charles H. Gabriel
Monday 25 April 1994	African Women: Three Generations Introduction: Jane Tillman Irving Welcome: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center Mark Mathabane Jane Tillman Irving introduces three actresses who play the role of "Florah", "Geli," and "Granny" in the book: Mamie Louise Anderson as Florah, Elain Graham as Geli and Yvette Hawkins as Granny
Tuesday 19 April 1994	A Conversation about South Africa with Danny Glover Welcome: Nashormeh Lindo Delroy Lindo, reading from A Day Like Any Other: Writings by Street Children in South Africa Introduction of students from Martin Luther King Jr. High School Danny Glover Presentations by students from Community School District 5 Balloting for audience participants (Children's Rights Issue)
Monday 18 April 1994	Essence and Johnson & Johnson present Fantasy Storytelling Hour CoCo Butter & Ding-A-Ling the Magic Clown Susan Taylor, welcome on behalf of Essence and Johnson & Johnson Nancy Lane, J & J Director, Corporate Affairs Book presentation to Tracy Griffin and Graham Windham Camille Yarborough, songs and readings
Saturday 16 April 1994	The Fannie Lou Hamer Educational Organization and Women for Racial and Economic Equality present The Tenth Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Awards Welcome, Barbara Wilson Fannie Lou Hamer, A Life, Georgia Wever Performance: Novella Nelson & Company Presentation of Awards: Marilyn Albert - presented by Gail Gordon Jayne Cortez - presented by Vinie Burrows Madaha Kinsey-Lamb- presented by Laura Johnson Digna Sanchez - presented by Concha Mendoza Reprise, Barbara Wilson
Wednesday, 13 April 1994	National Urban League, Inc. Youth Services Department Video Premiere of Rap: Good? Bad? or Both? No Gun Shot, A PSA Prayer for Peace, Rev. Darcel Holloway Tashan, solo Introductions Renita E. Carter, National Coordinator, NULITES Co-host, Kyesha Bennett "Stop the Violence Week", Youth Spokesperson Mildred Love, National Urban League Musical Performance: Worl-A-Girl Introduction of Special Guests: Chuck D, Pubic Enemy Stop the Violence and The Message Video Presentation Chandra D. Llewellyn, Director, NUL Youth Services Department Comments: Chandra D. Llewellyn & Sandy White
Sunday 10 April 1994	Schomburg Sunday Sounds Larry Ridley and The Jazz Legacy Ensemble South African and African-American Musical Ties Larry Ridley, bass; Mike Mossman, trumpet; Larry McClellan, trombone/bass/trumpet; Dion Parson, drums; Donald Smith, piano; Joel Frahm, tenor saxophone; Bheki Khoza, guitar
Tuesday 29 March 1994	African Zion Forum Dr. Yusef Ben-Jochanan and Dr. John Henrik Clark
Monday 28 March 1994	A Women's Jazz Festival Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, vocals; Bryce Sebastien, bass; Richard Sylvester, drums; Victor See Yuen, percussion; Donald Smith, piano Dorothy Donnegan Trio Dorothy Donnegan, piano; Jerome Hunter, drums; Ray Mosca, bass
Sunday 27 March 1994	Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Book Signing and Discussion George Wolfe, Director, Public Theater, New York City Anna Deavere Smith, author, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Thursday 24 March 1994	African Zion Forum Dr. William Scott, 20th Century Manifestations Dr. Joseph Harris, Migration: Egypt, Ethiopia, Nubia
Monday 21 March 1994	A Women's Jazz Festival Spelman College Jazz Ensemble Director, Joseph W. Jennings LaLisa Anderson, vocals; Canangela Boyd, vocals; Dawn Counts, vocals; Kyra Mitchell, vocals; Shona Pinnock, vocals; Jacqueline White, vocals; Tamika Sterrs, flute/soprano saxophone; Leslie Rollins, alto saxophone; Shakawn Kinney, alto saxophone; Ruqayyah Perkins, tenor saxophone/clarinet; Omnika Simmons, baritone saxophone; Tina Herron, trumpet; Erinn Gordon,trumpet; Chanda Bailey, piano; Jennifer Bliss, guitar; Tuliza Fleming, bass; Alicia Ferriabough, drums; Lorenzo Sanford, drums Stage Manager, Winifred Dorce The Uptown String Quartet Diane Monroe, Violin; Lesa Terry, Violin; Maxine Roach, Viola; Eileen M. Folson, Cello
Monday 14 March 1994	A Women's Jazz Festival Valerie Capers Trio Valerie Capers, piano; John Robinson, bass; Earl Williams, drums Straight Ahead Cynthia Dewberry, lead vocals, flute; Regina Carter, violin, background vocals; Marion Hayden-Branfield, bass, background, vocals; Gayelynn McKinney, drums, background vocals; Eileen Orr, piano, synthesizers, background vocals
Sunday 13 March 1994	Schomburg Sunday Sounds Larry Ridley and The Jazz Legacy Ensemble A Miles Davis Retrospective Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Larry McClellan, trombone/bass/ trumpet; Noel Parrish, drums; Donald Smith, piano; David Hubbard, saxophone Narrator: Phil Schapp, WKCR-FM, M.C
Friday 11 March 1994	The American Red Cross in Greater New York Harlem Service Center presents Irene Reid & Her Trio In Concert Master of Ceremonies: Eustis Guillemet Welcome: Ruth E. Morgan, Director, Harlem Service Center Dance Performance, JARDIS Irene Reid and her Trio Presentation of Board of Directors, Edward F. Fordham, Chairman
Thursday 10 March 1994	African Zion Forum Ethiopian Peoples and Religion: Culture and Tradition Archbishop Tesehaq, Archdioceses Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere Dr. Fikre Tolossa, Peoples of Ethiopia
Monday 7 March 1994	A Women's Jazz Festival Fostina Dixon and Winds of Change Fostina Dixon, soprano/alto/baritone saxophones, flute, clarinet and vocals; Carlton Holmes, keyboards; Paul Ramsey, bass; Brian Kirk, drums Abbey Lincoln Quartet Abbey Lincoln, vocals; Rodney Kendrick, piano; Michael Bowie, bass; Alvester Garnett, drums
Sunday 6 March 1994	African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia Family Day Ethiopian Basket Weaving Workshop, with Abdul Kamus The Ethiopian Tewahedo Church Comes to Harlem, drama performed by The Abyssinian Youth Troupe Fashion Show of Ethiopian National Dress, by Positive Vibrations Ethiopian Music and Dance, by The Ethiopian Unity Cultural Group
Monday 28 February 1994	Alex Haley: An American Griot Film Screening and Discussion George Haley Vicangelo Bullock, producer/director
Sunday 27 February 1994	Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection - Dedication Welcome, Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center Musical Selections: Richard Curtis Singers Remarks, Westina L. Matthews, Ph.D. Special Presentations: Dr. Gwendolyn Calvert Baker, President, U.S. Committee for UNICEF Dr. Martin Pops, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Inc., Joyce B. Dinkins, First Lady of the City of New York Closing, Building Great Minds Youth Development Program
Saturday 26 February 1994	A Celebration of Africa's Contribution to the Americas African Dance performed by the Ifeayo Dancers Welcome; Esmeralda Simmons, Esq. and Dennis Walcott Invocation, Father Lawrence Lucas, Our Lady of Lourdes Remarks, Ramon C. Cortines, Chancellor, Board of Education of the City of New York Victor Smythe, Early Ethiopian Art: Its Connection to the African Presence in the Americas
Thursday 24 February 1994	African Zion Forum Ethiopian Sacred Art: Context and Meanings Dr. Ephraim Isaac, Religious Monuments and Architecture Archbishop Melke Sedek, Art in Liturgy Dr. Marilyn Heldman, Major Periods in Ethiopian Sacred Art History
Wednesday 23 February 1994	Celebrating the Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois Welcome: David G. Du Bois, President, W.E.B. Du Bois Foundation, Inc. Edmund Gordon (Director, Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean) Excerpts: W.E.B. Du Bois Film Project, Louis Massiah, producer, director, A Biography in Four Voices Presentation by David Levering Lewis, author of W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 Reflections: The W.E.B. Du Bois We Knew, Esther Jackson and Abbott Simon
Thursday 10 February 1994	African Zion Forum History and the Origins of Ethiopia Dr. Ephraim Isaac, Early History Victor Smythe, Early Church
Sunday 6 February 1994	The Manhattan Program Breaking The Silence, Al-Lace James Lift Every Voice and Sing, performed by Lilias White Hostess: Jane Tilman Irving Greetings: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center Proclamations by Mayor Rudolph W. Guiliani Ruth Messinger, Calvin Hill Readings by: Jeanette Adams - Love Lyrics Valerie Wilson Wesley - Where Do I Go From Here Malaika Adero - Up South: Stories & Letters of Century's African American Migrations Jill Nelson - Volunteer Slavery Wesley Brown - Darktown Strutters Violet Leigh Coleman Edwards - Thoughts on the Negro Burial Ground Susan L. Taylor - In the Spirit Claude Brown - Manchild in the Promised Land Charlayne Hunter-Gault - In My Place
Saturday 29 January 1994	Heritage Weekend 1994 Sacred Music of Africa and the African Diaspora Kermit Moore and The Classical Heritage Ensemble, with: Alpha Floyd, soprano Arthur Thompson, baritone Carlos Baptiste, violinist Majorie Landmark DeLewis, pianist The Schubert Music Society The Noel Singers/Brooklyn Youth Arts Ensemble, Inc. The Program Cumbia y Congo from Danzas de Panama Composed by William Grant Still Credo, Patrem, Omnipotenum, Sacrementus, Benedictus Composed by Ignacia Parrieras Neves Alpha Floyd, soprano The Schubert Music Society The Noel Singers/Brooklyn Youth Arts Ensemble Adagio from Violin Concerto in F# Minor Composed by Josh White Carlos Baptiste, violin Majorie L. DeLewis, piano A Death Song Composed by Howard Swanson Text by Paul Lawrence Dunbar Arthur Thompson, baritone Randolph Noel, piano In Celebration Composed by Dorothy Rudd Moore Texts by Langston Hughes Alpha Floyd, soprano Arthur Thompson, baritone The Schubert Music Society The Noel Singers/Brooklyn Youth Arts Ensemble The Classical Heritage Ensemble Come Sunday Composed by Edward "Duke" Kennedy Ellington The Noel Singers/Brooklyn Youth Arts Ensemble Randolph Noel, conductor When I Am Sinking Down Spiritual transcribed by Kermit Moore The Classical Heritage Ensemble Ethiopian Coptic Chants Transcribed by Kermit Moore Eptithi Epchois, "Verily O Lord" Arthur Thompson, baritone (Priest) Mombassa Ostinga Copmposed by Kermit Moore The Classical Heritage Ensemble
Thursday 13 January 1994	The First Annual Publishers Roundtable and Gala Performance by Tashan Robert Jason Jackson Mistress of Ceremonies: Charlayne Hunter-Gault Franklin Lee Rogers Reginald Ware Debra Lee Sharyn Skeeter Butch Graves Edward Lewis John Johnson, Sr.