The story takes place in modern day Harlem and in Bethlehem two thousands years ago.

Nativity: A Life Story is the retelling of the classical biblical story surrounding the birth of Jesus, inspired by Langston Hughes' Black Nativity, utilizing African and African American rhythmic traditions.

In 1990, with the help of Phylicia Rashad, James Stovall, Hattie Winston and Harold Wheeler adapted Mr. Hughes' Nativity at The Master Theater in New York. The Production won five New York Audelco Awards, including Best Director for Stovall and Winston and Best Musical for the 1990-91 season. This experience provided the inspiration to take the production to the next step of its evolution: a new story based in Harlem, New York, yet taking us to Bethlehem, with Ethiopian, Nigerian, Hebrew and North African historical influence, underscored with rhythm and blues, as well as contemporary gospel and jazz.

Nativity speaks directly to the current universal need for hope. It represents each person's ability to combat adversity, resulting in a ressurection of values and a renewal of spirit. Nativity: A Life Story simply says "every birth is important."

The Cast: Barbara Montgomery, Narrator #1 James Stovall, Narrator #2 Ebony Jo-Ann, Muddear, Villager John Lathan, Sikele, Villager Steve Abrams, Big Eddie, Villager Greg Tapscott, Tyrone, Villager Warren Miller, Joseph Tina Bush, Mary Gayle Turner, Elizabeth Lillias White, Midwife Virginia Woodruff, Midwife Byron Motley, Villager Shirley Black Brown, Villager, Spirit Dwayne Grayman, Villager, Voice of Gabriel Obidiah, Gabriel Genovis Albright, Shepherd LaTanya Holmes, Vikllager Hilda Harris, Angel of Peace Holy Tabernacle Choir, Celestial Voices

Timothy Graphenreed, Conductor, Keyboards Genovis Albright, piano; Kenny Davis, bass; Frank Derrick, drums; Eli Fountain, percussions

Musical Performances: Yoruba Engagement Song performed by Nouri Nke Aka Mary Did Know performed by Dwayne Grayman; written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Green; arranged by Harold Wheeler Love is a Miracle performed by Virginia Woodruff and Byron Motley; written by Benny Diggs and Joseph Joubert Betelehemu performed by full cast; written by Wendell Whalum and Olatunji Most done Travelling Spiritual performed by Steve Abrams and Gayle Turner; arranged by Harold Wheeler, James Stovall and Margaret Harris No Room performed by Lillias White and female cast ensemble; written by Harold Wheeler, James Stovall and Margaret Harris Oh, Jerusalem in the Morning Spiritual performed by Virginia Woodruff and Ebony Jo-Ann; arranged by Harold Wheeler, James Stovall and Margaret Harris Sweet Little Jesus Boy Spiritual performed by Steve Abrams and Gayle Turner; arranged by Harold Wheeler Rise Up and Follow performed by Genovis Albright, Greg Tapscott, Full Cast and Choir; arranged by James Stovall and Harold Wheeler Behold the Star performed by Hilda Harris, Full Cast and Choir; written and arranged by William Dawson Ordinary People performed by Ebony Jo-Ann and John Lathan; written and arranged by Danniebelle Hall Spread the Word performed by Lillias White, Full Cast and Choir

Pre-Show music: Heal the World by Benny Diggs Go Tell It On A Mountain and Love Song arranged by Kirk Franklin

Post Show music: Shout and Sing by Benny Diggs and Joseph Joubert

Production credits: Shirley Black Brown, Choreographer Timothy Graphenreed, Musical Director, Conductor Natasha Graham, Choir Director Reginald Arthur, Production Stage Manager James Briggs Murray, Technical Director, Lighting Operator Shirley Prendergast, Lighting Designer Stan Wallace, Sound Designer, Engineer Lyvan Munlyn, Set Designer Nouri Nke Aka, Yoruba Dialectician, Consultant

A Concert of Negro Spirituals
Origins of the Negro Spirituals, by
Charles Dumas
Music Selections by the Abyssinian Baptist
Church Sanctuary Choir
Jewel T. Thompson, Director;
Dina Foster Osbourne, accompanist
Gimme Dat Ole Time Religion.
Traditional
Go Down Moses. Traditional.
John Anthony, baritone
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Traditional
Nobody Knows De Trouble I See.
Traditional,
Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
Arranged by Jewel T. Thompson
I've Been Buked, arranged by
Hall Johnson
In Bright Mansions, arranged Roland Carter
Soon-Ah Will Be Done, arranged by
William Dawson
Judgement Day. A Sermon by Edward Richard
Muse sung by Bethany Baptist Church
I Been in De Storm So Long, arranged by
Jewel T. Thompson; Sharmane Davis, soprano
I Don't Feel No Ways Tired.a Arranged by
Hairston Joubert; Joan Faye Donova soprano
Rocka My Soul.
Arranged by Howard Roberts;
Royal Harris, tenor

Lift Every Voice and Sing.
Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson
Composed by Rosamond Johnson.
Arranged by Roland Carter
Remarks: Esther Silver-Parker, Vice President,
Corporate Affairs and President AT&T
Foundation

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
CELEBRATING JAZZ: AMERICA'S CLASSICAL MUSIC
A Great Day in Harlem Jean Bach/1995/60 minutes Inspired by Art Kane's 1958 photograph of jazz greats for Esquire magazine's special edition, The Golden Age of Jazz, Jean Bach produced this documentary which includes interviews with many of those in the historic photograph, including Art Blakey, Buck Clayton, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Max Kaminsky, Marian McPartland, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver.

St. Louis Blues Dudley Murphy/1929/17 minutes In her only film appearance, "Queen of the Blues," Bessie Smith, sings the blues in this dramatization of a W.C. Handy song about a good woman's no-good man who takes her money and leaves her for another woman.

Black and Tan Fantasy Prod: Dick Currier; Dir: Dudley Murphy/1929/20 min Duke Ellington's film debut in which Fredi Washington plays the ill, but courageous, dancer. The film, mostly featuring Ellington's music, shows Washington on her deathbed, in love with Ellington, and only hearing Duke's Black and Tan Fantasy.

Symphony in Black Fred Waller/1935/10 minutes An elaborate composition by Duke Ellington, and an all-star cast including Ellington, Billie Holiday (in her first film appearance) and Earl "Snakehips" Tucker, in which The Duke gives his interpretation of four aspects of Black life.

Jammin' the Blues Gjon Milli/1944/20 minutes An extraordinarily creative jazz film for the era in which it was produced. Included is musical performance by Illinois Jacquet and Lester Young and dance by Archie Savage.

Dizzy Michael Vidor/1965/20 minutes One of the key developers of jazz' bebop style, Dizzy Gillespie explains his beginnings and his musical theories, interspersing talk with music along with James Moody (sax & flute); Kenny Barron (piano); Chris White (bass); and Rudy Collins (drums).

Machito Carlos Ortiz/1987/58 min Cuban musician and band leader, Frank "Machito" Grillo, talks about his life and music. His story is told within the larger framework of the history of the music in Cuba, particularly Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa, and their migration to and interaction with music in the United States.

Ella on Ella Angela Thame/1986/23 minutes Susan Taylor interviews Ella Fitzgerald about her work with Chick Webb, Duke Ellington and other jazz greats. Includes archival footage of television and concert appearances and soundies as well as comments from Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Leonard Feather.

Jazz on a Summer's Day Bert Stern/1960/85 minutes Highlights the performers and the performances of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival that included Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Dinah Washington, Big Maybelle, Chuck Berry, Chico Hamilton, Mahalia Jackson and others.

The Sound of Jazz Prod: Robert Herridge; Dir: Jack Smight/1957/57 minutes Among the most important presentations of jazz on TV ever, this 1957 CBS "recording session" documentation includes Henry "Red" Allen, Count Basie, Jimmy Giuffre, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Rushing, Ben Webster, Lester Young and others.

The Sound of Miles Davis Robert Herridge/1957/27 minutes Miles Davis' orchestra performs his own composition, So What (featuring John Coltrane) and the compositions of others (The Duke by Dave Brubeck, Blues for Pablo by Gil Evans and New Rhumba by Ahmad Jamal.

International Sweethearts of Rhythm Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss/1986/30 min Reminiscences and historic footage of band members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female band that originated at the Piney Woods School in Mississippi, and became the most popular female band in the 1930s and 1940s.

Mingus Thomas Reichman/1966/59 minutes Charles Mingus, the master jazz bassist, plays and philosophizes.

VIP Boogie 10 minutes Duke Ellington uses this piece to spotlight his soloists as he introduces (in order of appearance) Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Willie Cook, Paul Gonsalves, Brit Woodman, Russell Procope, Cat Anderson, Quentin Jackson, and Willie Smith.

Session 1: Community Forum on HIV
Dr. Kent Sepkowitz, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Monitoring the Individual with HIV

Dr. Sharon Mannheimer, Harlem Hospital Center
Update on Antiretroviral Therapy

Access and Adherence: Addressing the Real Concerns -
Dr. Diana Williamson, North General Hospital
-Clinical Issues

Michelle Hardy, Harlem Hospital Center
-Clinical Trials and Patient Education

Dr. Mary White, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
-Entitlements

Sheldon Julius, MA, CPCRA
-Patient Access to Clinical Trials

Anna Perez, Unique People Services
-Practical Issues of Access and Adherence

Session 2: Advances in HIV Management
Dr. Mary White, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Focused Approach to the Management of the HIV-infected
Patient

Dr. Samuel T. Merrick, New York Hospital
Update on Antiretroviral Therapy

Festival of Lights:
The Minisink Family:
Marilyn Holcomb Nance, Francis Kairson, Toni Fay, Frank Jones,
Helen Brodie Baldwin
Benediction

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
SELECTED WORKS OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS
Men of Bronze William Miles/1977/58 min The little-known story of the African American combat regiment that was recruited in Harlem and served under the Fourth French Army in World War I is told via photographs, vintage footage and statements by the veterans.

God's Stepchildren Oscar Micheaux/1937/65 min Naomi, a light-skinned child abandoned by her mother doesn't want to acknowledge her race and is forced by her foster mother to attend an all-black school. There, she resents this treatment and is sent to convent for 12 years. On her return, she is pressed into marrying a dark-skinned man whom she abandons and then "passes" into the white world. Later rejected by that world, she commits suicide.

Emitai Ousmane Sembene/1971/101 min Pioneering Senegalese filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene directed this depiction of a Senegalese culture struggling for the survival of its myths, rituals and history against French colonialism in the closing days of World War II.

The Last Supper Tomas Gutierrez Alea/1977/110 min Dramatizes the mixture of Catholicism and slavery which led to a revolt of enslaved African people at a Havana sugar mill at the end of the 18th century.

Making Do the Right Thing St. Clair Bourne/1989/61 min Documentary captures people, locations and events (often humorous) behind-the-scenes during the making of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing during the ten weeks of filming in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant community.

Hairpiece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People Ayoka Chenzira/1985/10 min An animated satire on Black consciousness from the perspective of the ritual of hair styling in the African American community.

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice William Greaves/1991/53 min This film (including readings by Toni Morrison) documents the life and times of Ida B. Wells, the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
MUSIC FROM AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Alhaji Bai Konte Oliver Franklin/1978/12 min In footage from the Gambia and Senegal, Alhaji Bai Konte, acclaimed Mandinka kora musician and griot demonstrates the technique of the West African instrument, which traditionally accompanies the griots.

African Music, Old and New George Lindsay/1978/23 min Two African musicians demonstrate the influence of modern Western instruments and styles upon traditional African music during a concert in which traditional African instruments, such as the mbira, various skin drums, flutes and rattles, are electronically amplified.

Berimbau Toby Talbot/1974/12 min The history, construction, playing techniques and actual performances of the berimbau, a musical instrument of African origin, are examined in its place of survival, the northern Brazil province of Bahia.

Mississippi Delta Blues Bill Ferris and Josette Ferris/1974/18 min Rare 1960s footage of musicians in live performance in shops, juke joints and house parties reveal the world of the Mississippi Delta blues and this genre's evolving use of modern and homemade instruments.

Musica Prod: Gustavo A. Paredes; Dir: John D. Wise/1984/58 min Traces the history (principally 1940s - 1970s) of Latin jazz in the United States via interviews, still photographs and moving images of some of the key artists in the field including Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie and Machito.

Beale Street Prod: Ann H. Rickey; Dir: Alexis Krasilovsky/1978/103 min Traces the residential, business, political and musical history of Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920s to the early 1960s through interviews with residents and still photographs.

Hot Pepper Les Blank/1974/54 min Documents the life and music of southwest Louisiana's zydeco-blues accordionist, Clifton Chenier and the daily lives of the Black, Creole-speaking people of southwest Louisiana.

Pan in "A" Minor: Steelband Music of Trinidad Inger Servolin/1987/48 min A journey into the world of "pan" (steel band) music in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, illustrating the many musical and cultural dimensions of this 20th Century Trinidadian creation from discarded 55-gallon oil drums.

Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins Les Blank/1969/30 min Through his lyrics and music, the legendary blues singer, Lightnin' Hopkins, reveals his inspiration and his Texas roots.

Konkombe: The Nigerian Pop Music Scene Jeremy Marre/1988/52 min Shows the dizzying array of sounds, rhythms, and melodies in African pop music: juju, Afrobeat, highlife, Afropop and Lagos street music. Features interviews, recording sessions and performances of such musicians as King Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, I.K. Dairo, Sonny Okosun and others.

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
CELEBRATING BLACK DANCE AND DRAMA
An African American Dance Forum James Briggs Murray/1990/118 min An historic coming together at the Schomburg Center to speak of personal recollections and the state-of-the-art including Talley Beatty, Marie Brooks, Honi Coles, Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, Donald McKayle, Arthur Mitchell and Pearl Primus

Carnival of Rhythm Stanley Martin/1940/18 min Set in Brazil, this short film features Katherine Dunham, Archie Savage, Talley Beatty and others in African/Caribbean dance.

Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum Ayoka Chenzira/1975/23 min Documents and celebrates the life and work of concert dance artist Syvilla Fort.

Remembering Thelma Kathe Sandler/1981/15 min A view of the life of dancer and dance instructor, Thelma Hill, via early performance footage and recollections by colleagues and students.

Over the Top to Bebop Prod: Dan Gallagher; Dir: Nick Havingha/1965/30 min Broadcast on WCBS-TV on 3 January 1965, Marshall Stearns leads an analytical discussion of tap dance and is joined for demonstration and comment by Charles "Honi" Coles and Charles "Cholly Atkins" Atkinson, formerly the tap dance team of Coles and Atkins.

The Black Theatre Movement: From "A Raisin in the Sun" to the Present Woodie King, Jr./1978/110 min Using an information-filled narrative and extraordinary performance footage, chronicles the evolution and transformation of African American theatre as it virtually paralleled the social and political evolutions in Black life during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Duro Ladipo Merrill Brockway/1967/30 min In addition to performance presentations, playwright, composer and actor, Duro Ladipo, shows and tells about his travelling theatre company in Nigeria.

Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama Ralph J. Tangney/1975/35 min The life and artistic growth of pioneering playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, is revealed through her own voice and through dramatizations of her works.

Woza Albert Prod: David M. Thompson; Dir: Barney Simon/ca. 1982/60 min Woza Albert! (Rise Up Albert!) Is the cry of the character of Jesus Christ to a theatrical audience in South Africa upon Christ's return to the self-proclaimed "Christian" nation of South Africa, referring to slain Freedom Fighter, Albert Luthuli.

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
MOVEMENTS AND MOVERS OF THE 1950s and 1960s
The Streets of Greenwood E. Emshwiller/1962/20 min Rare footage of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) shows the organization's early efforts in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Amazing Grace Gil Noble/1978/71 min Uses a series of sequences of footage of Dr. King's statements and various events to tell the story of Dr. King's views and the modern Civil Rights Movement for which he was the principal spokesperson.

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker Joanne Grant/1981/60 min Illustrates the work of Ella Baker, one of the behind-the-scenes pillars of strength and organization upon which the modern Civil Rights Movement was built.

Adam Clayton Powell Richard Kilberg/1989/54 min Reviews the extraordinary achievements and the ultimate demise of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the Harlem Congressman and minister, who was one of the most powerful and controversial politicians of his time.

Messenger from Violet Drive Richard Moore/1964/29 min From his home in Arizona, Elijah Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam, explains his religious, political, economic and social philosophies and programs.

The Oxford Union Debate Gil Noble/1975/28 min Documentation of Malcolm X's 3 December 1964 debate over conservative Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater's statement that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; and, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger David Loeb Weiss/1968/68 min Three Black Vietnam War veterans voice fact-based concerns over their having been better treated by Vietnamese than by their White fellow soldiers, and discuss their difficulties as returning Black veterans.

Civil Disorder: The Kerner Report Kirk Browning/1968/24 min Charles Hamilton, Bayard Rustin and Kenneth Clark review and analyze the findings of the Kerner Commission.

Bobby Seale filmmaker: unknown/ca. 1970/13 min A monologue by Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, articulating the political, social, economic and philosophical views that became the basis for the formation of the Black Panther Party.

A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues) Robert Van Lierop/1971/36 min Front-line guerilla warfare footage is combined with historical analysis to provide an inside view of Frelimo, the Mozmbique Liberation Front, in their self-help efforts and their struggle against Portugese colonialism.

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
FOLK ART, FINE ART AND FINE ARTISTS
The Shape of Darkness Prod: Max-Pol Fouchet; Dir: Gerard Pignol/ca. 1962/60 min A film crew visits villages along the Nile River, documenting various pieces of ceremonial and other objects seen as works of art.

Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African-American Artists Prod: Clayton Corrie; Dir: Christine McConnell/1992/30 min Based upon the highly acclaimed exhibition, Black Art: Ancestral Legacy, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, which toured the United States from 1989-1991, this video includes interviews with exhibition artists John Biggers, Bessie Harvey, Lois Mailou Jones, Jean Lacy, Ed Love, Charles Searles and Renee Stout.

Five Milton Meltzer and Alvin Yudkoff/ca. 1975/28 min Five black artists, Romare Bearden, Betty Blayton, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Richard Hunt, and Charles White show and tell about their creations.

Uncommon Images: The Harlem of James VanDerZee Evelyn Barron/1977/22 min Photographer, James VanDerZee talks about his life and work. Includes examples of his photographs which captured the proud and glamorous aspects of Harlem.

You Hide Me Kwate Nee-Owoo/1973/20 min Following a long effort, the filmmaker is permitted into the basement of the British Museum to review objects removed from Africa during Colonialism.

Black Dawn Prod: Robin Lloyd; Dir: Doreen Kraft/1980/20 min The animated paintings of fourteen Haitian artists are used to depict the history of Haiti from the years of enslavement to freedom from the French.

Two Centuries of Black American Art Carlton Moss/1976/26 min Based on the exhibition of the same name, explores the history of African American art in the United States from African influences during the period of enslavement to the bicentennial, using many visuals and remarks by artists Richmond Barthe, Romare Bearden, Selma Burke, Aaron Douglas, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, John Rhoden, Alma Thomas and Charles White.

Made in Mississippi: Black Folk Art and Crafts Bill Ferris/1975/20 min A quilt maker and a clay sculptor are among seven arts and crafts representatives of rural Mississippi who show and tell of their work and how they learned their technique.

Lois Mailou Jones: Fifty Years of Painting Abiyi R. Ford/1983/55 min The producer documents and interprets the life and work of master African American artist, Lois Mailou Jones.

Head and Heart: Tom Feelings Jimmie Mannas/28 minutes/1977 A look at the artist and his work for children's and other books.

Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt Linda Freeman/1991/30 min The artist discusses her life, education and art and shows selections of her work.

Griots of Imagery: A Comment on the Art of Romare Bearden and Charles White James Macove/1993/28 min A review of the styles, techniques, and cultural influences of artists Romare Bearden and Charles White, based on a 1993 exhibition of their works at the Manhattan East Gallery in New York City.

Black Modern Art Prod: Juan March Fundacion; Dir: Juan A. Ruiz-Anchia/1976/22 min Three black artists, Dana Chandler, Leroy Clarke and Valerie Maynard, discuss the origins and socio-political implications of their work as the camera captures their creations in detail.

Film and Video Screenings on the Global Black Experience
LITERARY GIANTS OF THE GLOBAL BLACK EXPERIENCE
James Baldwin: The Price Of The Ticket Karen Thorsen and William Miles/1989/ 87 min Traces Baldwin's life, philosophy and achievements in his own words and through interviews with friends, family members, and colleagues. Included are Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, David Baldwin, biographer David Leeming, William Styron, Bobby Short and others, as well as readings from his works and scenes fromhis plays.

Maya Angelou: Sharing The Dream Prod: Thomasena Morris; Dir: Vince Spoelker/1979/59 min Maya Angelou reads her poetry and the works of others while relating stories about her life and human conditions. Ms. Angelou speaks of the glory in literature, the universality of the spiritual, reads poems about love and urges college students to learn all they can while in school.

Black Heritage: Three Black Writers WCBS-TV/Columbia University/1969/ 30 min Larry Neal moderates, as Addison Gayle, Toni Cade and Charlie Russell analyze the works and philosophies of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin.

With Ossie And Ruby: Two From Langston David Dowe/1981/29 min Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Robert and Kevin Hooks, perform two short stories by Langston Hughes, entitled Thank You, Ma'am and Sailor Ashore. Ossie and Ruby also read two of Hughes' poems, entitled A Negro Speaks of Rivers and Harlem.

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper St. Clair Bourne/1988/60 min The life and career of Langston Hughes is related through photographs, readings from his works and commentary by poets, writers and critics.

Gwendolyn Brooks Prod: Roger Smith; Dir: Aida Aronoff/1966/30 min An introduction to the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks and the Chicago environment which inspired much of her work, including readings and descriptions of her creative process.

Ralph Ellison On Work In Progress Robert Hughes/1966/30 min During an interview, Ralph Ellison discusses his thoughts on writers, American novels, the unity of the American spirit, the genesis of his first novel, The Invisible Man, and other topics.

Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience In The Creation Of Drama Ralph J. Tangney/1975/35 min The life, works and inspiration of playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, are revealed, largely through her own words, as she speaks on her life from early childhood to Broadway success. Excerpts from A Raisin in the Sun and other selected works are included.

Program:
Master of Ceremonies: Jamal Joseph
Welcome: Howard Dodson, Director,
Schomburg Center
Libations/African Dance
Honoring Lumumba Shakur and all comrades
who have passed on
Greetings, Herman Ferguson, Yuri
Kochiyama and Elombe Brath
Tribute by Father Lucas. Always Remember
Haywood Burns
Video clips:
COINTELPRO Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Music and Poetry:
Songhai Djeli and guests poets
Reflections: David Brothers; Charles
McKinney, Esq.; Florence Kennedy. Esq.;
Amiri Baraka; Dr. John Henrik Clark
Presentations, Ali Bey Hassan; Shaba Om;
Rosemary Byrd; Dr. Kwando Kinshasa;
Afeni Shakur; Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Music and Drama: City Kids Repertory
Closing Remarks/Finale:
Panther 21 and Special Guests
The Panther 21 25th Anniversary Planning
Committee:
Thomas McCreary; Tanaquil Jones; Janet
Cyril; Rosemary Byrd; Dr. Kwando Kinshasa;
Jamal Joseph; Dr. Curtis Powell; Shaba Om;
Robert Collier; Ali Bey Hassan

Drumming and Dancing:
Nat Lamptey, Francis Kofi, Felicia Adeti
and Fred Simpson
Tribute Committee:
Anna Adams, Diedre Badejo, William Branch,
Kaluna Kerina, Merle Worth, Vivian Windely
Coordinator
Mmofra Foundation:
c/o Friends of Mmofra Foundation
205 West End Avenue, Suite 7B
New York, NY 10023

Hosts: John Wright, Board Chair; Keesha J. Gibson, Development
Associate; Sharon A. Smalls, Assistant Day Center Director
Welcome Address, John Wright
Presentation of Proclamations/Citations: Delores Moon, Director,
Scattered-Site Housing
Unveiling of the Harlem United Logo, presented by Wanda McClain,
Board Member; Leon Dickerson, Ph.D.,Deputy Executive Director;
Hope Cunningham, Shandwick USA
2nd Annual Harlem Life Awards Presentation:
Master of Ceremonies, Don Williams, Reporter, WNBC TV, Ch. 4
The Lord's Prayer
Performed by Reverend Ella Eura-Eaton
Accompanied by Stephen C. Roberts, piano

Harlem Life Award Honorees:
Congressman Charles Rangel, presented by David N Dinkins
Megan McLaghlin, CEO & President, Federation of Protestant
Welfare Agencies, presented by Debra Fraser-Howze, President
& CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
The Law Firm of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, presented by
Fran Reiter, Deputy Mayor for Planning & Community Relations
Performance by The Dance Theatre of Harlem School Ensemble
Joplin Dances
Choreography: Robert Garland
The Greatest
Choreography: Arthur Mitchell
Dove
Choreography: R. Logo Mayo
Concerto Grosso
Choreography: Tyrone Brooks

Special Recognition Awards:
Harlem Directors Group & Gary Polger, Esquire of Cadwalader
Wickersham & Taft, presented by Suzi Epstein, Robin Hood
Foundation and Ronald Johnson, HIV Planning Council
Performance by Margo Cooper, Soprano, RejoicEnsemble
Accompanied by Carl MaultsBy, piano
Closing Remarks
Performance by Miriam Stovall, And Still I Rise

Etta Jones with Houston Person
Etta Jones, vocals; Houston Person, saxophone;
Stan Hope, piano, Peter Martin Weiss, bass;
Chip White, drums

Gloria Lynne
Gloria Lynne, vocals; Roy Meriwether, piano;
Michael Flemming, bassVince Ector, drums

Tributes and Acknowledgments:
Mamie Hansberry Mitchell
Margaret Wilkerson
Harold Scott
Delroy Lindo
Amiri Baraka
Nikki Giovanni
Burt D'Lugoff
Joan Sandler
Donald McKayle
Paul LeClerc
Sidney Poitier
Jewell Greshan Nemiroff
Howard Dodson

Program videotaped at The
Majestic Theatre

Session Two: Film
Moderator: Howard Dodson, Director,
Schomburg Center
Panelists:
Pearl Bowser, filmmaker; Jaki Brown-Karman,
casting director; Warrington Hudlin, Co-Founder,
Black Filmmaker Foundation

Session Three: Television
Moderator: James Briggs Murray, Curator,
Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division,
Schomburg Center
Panelists:
William Miles, Documentary Filmmaker
Gil Noble, Producer, Host, Like It Is
Joe Morton, Actor, Director; William Greaves,
director, producer, writer