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Sunday
21 December 1997		 A Tribute to James Weldon Johnson
Charles Dumas, welcome and introduction
James Weldon Johnson Medal for Artistic
Achievement presented to Jessye Norman by
Hon. Constance Baker Motley,
1997 James Weldon Johnson Medalist
Performance of Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man
presented by Charles Dumas & The Pennsylvania State
University of Theatre Arts
Musical Selections:
Under the Bamboo Tree
Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson and Bob Cole
Composer: J. Rosamond Johnson
Arrangement: Bobby Short
Lift Ever'y Voice and Sing
Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson
Composer: J. Rosamond Johnson
A Story: Bobby Short
M. Roger Holland III., piano
Sunday
14 December 1997		 Holiday Open House
Forces of Nature
Saturday
13 December 1997		 Holiday Open House
The Brewery Puppet Troupe
Saturday
22 November 1997		 Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Cyrus Chestnut, piano; Steve Kirby, bass;
Alvester Garnett, drums
Tuesday
18 November 1997		 Exhibition Opening
Harlem: the Vision of Morgan and Marvin Smith
Marvin Smith
Friday
14 November 1997		 Shades of Harlem
A Cabaret Musical Tribute to the Harlem Resaissance
A Production of The National Black Touring Circuit
in association with Songbirds Unlimited Productions
Created by Jeree Wade
Written by Ty Stephens, Jeree Wade,
Brandice McKenzie and Frank Owens
Directed by Adam Wade
Musical direction by Frank Owens
Choreography/Costumes by Ty Stephens
Costume assistance by Nina Johnson
Hair by Harold Melvin

Cast:
Ty Stephens, Brandice McKenzie, Jeree Wade
Featuring:
Harlem Renaissance Dancers: Carol Bristol,
Chernise Spruell, Jaysane Wright & Erika Vaughn
Renaissance Ladies: Juanita Boisseau, Tina Pratt
and Alice Wilke

The Shades of Harlem Band: Frank Owens, piano;
Wilbur Bascomb, bass; Frank Derrick, drums
Thursday
6 November 1997		 1997 Langston Hughes Festival
Dialogue with Albert Murray
Albert Murray, Author, South to a Very
Old Place in a dialogue with Robert O'Meally,
Co-editor, History and Memory in African
American Culture
Sunday
2 November 1997		 Obsidian Society Dialogues
Restoring Hope:Conversations on the Future of Black America
Cornel West, professor, Afro-American Studies
Department, Divinity School, Harvard University;
Sonia Sanchez, author A Sound Investment;
Patricia Williams, author, Alchemy of Race and Rights;
Kelvin Sealey, founder, Obsidian Society
Sunday
26 October 1997		 Roger Furman Theatre Presents Da Zone: A Love Story
Jamal Joseph/Alice Arlen/1996/
Thursday
23 October 1997		 Film Screening
Journey for Justice: The A.P. Tureaud Story
Rachel L. Emanual/60 min
A documentary film on New Orleans civil rights attorney,
A.P. Tureaud
Wednesday
15 October 1997		 Exhibition Forum
Destruction of Slavery and the Restriction of America
Peggy Davis, The John S.R. Shad Professor of Law, New York
University School of Law; author, Neglected Stories:
The Constitution and Family values
Eric Fones, De Witt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia
University, author, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished
Revolution, 1863-1877
Vincent Harding, Professor, Illif School of Theology, University
of Denver, author, There is a River
Sunday
12 October 1997		 Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and Jazz Legacy Ensemble performing A Tribute to the
Genius of Wes Montgomery

Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Charles Davis, tenor
saxophone; Bill Easley, alto saxophone; Kenn Barron, piano;
Tec Dunbar, guitar; Jimmy Wormworth, drums
Friday
10 October 1997		 Voices of the Black Experience in Canada
Readings by:
Austin Clarke, author The Origin of the Waves;
Department of English, University of Guelph,
Ontario; George Elliot Clarke, Assistant Professor
English and Canadian Studies, Duke University;
Angela Lee, Art Administrator; Co-editor, Revue
Noire African Canadian; Mariuth Hodge Sarsfield,
author, No Crystal Stair; Dr. Sheldon Taylor,
Curator/creator, Many Rivers to Cross: The African
Canadian Experience;
Thursday
9 October 1997		 New York Urban League Hosts the First General Election
Debate for Mayoral Candidates
Dennis Walcott, President, New York Urban League
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and Ruth Messinger
Panel of Journalists:
Andrew Kirtzman, NY-1
Beth Fertig, WNYC Radio
Gerson Borrero, El Diario-La Prensa
Olga Rodriguez
Wednesday
8 October 1997		 National Caucus and Center on Black Aged-New York Chapter, Inc.
presents the Seventh Annual Fundraising Concert
A Tribute to Our Black Elderly. A Legacy of Strength, Love,
Hope, Faith and Survival
Reverend Woodard
Welcome, Roy Miller, President, NCCBA New York City Chapter,
Board of Directors
Samuel Simmons, National Executive Director, Washington, D.C.
Herbert W. Stupp, Commissioner, New York City Chapter for the Aged
Award Presentations:
Presenting the Community Service Award for the Bronx, NCCBA Board
Member, Earl Weber to Honoree Mary Coleman
Presenting the Community Service Award for Queens, State Senator,
10th District, Honorable Alton R. Waldon to Honoree Carol Huntley
Presenting the Community Service Award for Manhattan, NCCBA Board
Member, J. Modibo Baker to Honoree Jane Huntley
Presenting the Community Service Award for Brooklyn, Ambassador
from Barbados, Beasley Maycott to Honoree Grace Harewood
Presenting the 1997 Civic Service Award, the Reverend Dr. Preston
Washington to Honoree Trumbo Funeral Chapel
Presenting the First Annual Good Corporate Citizen Award, NCCBA
Executive Director, Joe Garner to Honoree Mary Alice Reitzmann,
Manager Community Affairs, Mercedes Benz of North America, Inc.

Concert Performance: Gloria Lynne
Sunday
5 October 1997		 Ash presented by the Roger Furman Theatre in association
with the Schomburg Center
Written by Joyce Joseph; directed by Jamal Joseph

Cast:
Samaria Graham as Suki
Hope Lee as Ayara
Kim Weston-Moran as Ma-T
Dwayne Ferguson as Zyron
Jonas Chaka as Allat
Hassan El Gendi as Magii
Raymond S. Johnson as Boom
Raleigh Neal, musical director
Stage manager, Charles Edmonds
Helen Simmons, costume design
Rhapsody, choreography

A drama about a young singer's ambition and emotional struggle to
be an artist, a daughter, a mother and her own woman.

This performance is dedicated to the memory and spirit of Tupac
Ameru Shakur
Saturday
4 October 1997		 Film Screening and Forum
Mauritania and the African Slave Trade

Moderator: Utrice Leid, host and producer,
Talk Back, WBAI-FM, New York
Panelists: Samuel Cotten, journalist and filmmaker,
Mauritania and the African Slave Trade;
Abdel Nasser, International Representative,
SOS Esclave; Abdullah Hakim Quick, Imam, columnist, scholar
University of Toronto.
Sunday
21 September 1997		 Celebrating the Right to Read: The Third World Press Anniversary
Panelists: Haki Madhubuki, Amiri Baraka,
Sonia Sanchez, Derrick Bell
Monday
22 September 1997		 Emancipation Cay Celebration
Songs of Freedom and Words of Black Emancipation
Videotaped at The Mother A.M.E. Church,
Harlem, New York City
Invocation and Greeting: Dr. Alvin Durant,
Pastor, Mother A.M.E. Church
Statement of the Occasion: Howard Dodson,
Chief, Schomburg Center
Ossie Davis: Reading excerpts from The
Declaration of Independence and The
Constitution
ARC Gospel Choir: Lift Every Voice
and Nkosi Sikele'le Afrika

Readings: Part I
Roscoe Lee Browne: Narrator
-Slave Petition, by Felix
Massachusetts, January 1773
-Slave Petition, by Peter Bestes, Sambo
Freeman, Felix Holbrook and Chester Joie
Boston, April 1773
Calvin Butts
-Slave Petition by servant of
Vam A. Sturge and Prince, servant of
Captain Stephen Jenings
(Fairfield, Connecticut, May 1779)
Herbert Daughtry
-Letter to Gov. John Jay from
William Hamilton
(New York, March 1796)
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
-Excerpt from to the Right Honorable
William, Earl of Dartmouth
by Phillis Wheatley, ca. 1773

Songs of Freedom sung by the
WWRL Community Chorale for the Arts

Readings: Part II
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney: Narrator
James Gunther
-A Prayer for Africa's Children
by Peter Williams, 1808
Ralph Carter
-South Carolina Sea Islands Song,
ca. 1813
Les Payne
-Freedom's Journal editorial, 1827
Ruby Dee
-Maria Stewart's Address
Boston, February 1833
Howard Dodson
-Philadelphia Library Company of Colored
Persons, 1833
Roscoe Lee Browne
-The American Negro's Fourth of July
by Peter Osborne, New Haven, 1832

Songs of Freedom sung by ARC Gospel Choir

Readings: Part III
Ruby Dee: Narrator
Amiri Baraka
-Address to the Slaves of the United States
by Henry Highland Garnett, 1843
Les Payne
-North Star editorial by Frederick Douglass,
1847
Ralph Carter
-Henry Brant fugitive slave) ca. 1850
Adelaide Sanford
-Ain't I A Woman by Sojourner Truth, 1852
-Rescue of Jane Johnson
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
-Bury Me in a Free Land by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, ca. 1857
Roscoe Lee Browne
-Free the Slaves, then Leave Them Alone,
by Frederick Douglass, (excerpt from address),
Boston, 1862
-excerpt from The Emancipation Proclamation

Howard Dodson, Closing Reflections

Performance
Strong Men by Sterling Brown
Max Roach, drums & Ossie Davis, narrator


Herbert Daughtry, Benediction
Friday
19 September 1997		 In Loving Memory of Kingsley Guarionex Schomburg
May 19, 1900 - September 12, 1997
Order of Service:
Processional, Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III,
Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, NY
and family
Officiating Invocation and Hymn
Amazing Grace, sung by Lori Jones
Prayer of Comfort, Deaconess Olia Barrett
(niece of Mr. Schomburg), Trinity Baptist Church,
Bronx, NY
Group Selection, It Is Well With My Soul
Acknowledgment & Resolution
Obituary
Musical Selection, Stairway to Heaven
Musical Selection, It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
Benediction
Processional
Kingsley Guarionex Schomburg was born on
May 19, 1900, in New York to Elizabeth Hatcher
Schomburg and Arthur Schomburg, the late
curator and founder of the Schomburg Collection,
now known as the Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture.
Monday
15 September 1997		 Go Well Frances Foster -A Memorial Tribute to Frances Foster
June 11, 1924 - June 17 1997
Welcome: Dean Irby
Invocation: Dr. Eugene Callender
A Balm in Gilead, performed by Ebony Jo-Ann
Remembrances: Family and Friends
from Steve Carter by Dean Irby,
from Joyce Sylvester by Marie Thomas,
from Lynne Thigpen by Barbara Montgomery,
Douglas Turner Ward
Do Lord Remember Me performed by
Ebony Jo-Ann
Go Well Frances, Dr. Eugene Callender
Thursday
4 September 1997		 Dr. Robert C. Weaver Memorial Tribute
Invocation: M. William Howard
Remarks: Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo, and
Congressman Charles Rangel
Tributes: Walter Stafford
[Video Footage] Interview clip from
Like It Is with Gil Noble
Family Tributes:
Harold Freeman; Harry T. Burleigh, II;
Ruth Haith
Readings: Ossie Davis
Advocacy Tribute:
Dorothy I. Height, Mildred Bond Roxborough,
Leon Weiner
Government Service Tribute:
Robert Wood, Mary Burke Washington, Philip
Brownstein, Judah Schusheimer, Walter Washington
Academic Life Tribute:
Julius C.C. Edelstein, Donald Smith
Preserving the Legacy:
Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
Benediction: Mr. William Howard
Sunday
20 July 1997		 Woza Afrika: After Apartheid and Umabatha - The Zulu Macbeth
Mutual Influences Between American and South African Writers
and Artists
Moderator: Greg Tate
Panelists: Welcome Msomi, author, Ubabatha;
Mbongeni Ngema, creator, Sarafina; Duma Ndlovu;
James Mtume; Voza Rivers; Dennis Brutus;
Jayne Cortez; Gil Scott-Heron; St. Clair Bourne,
Hamilton Fish and Harry Belafonte
Monday
14 July 1997		 Woza Afrika: After Apartheid and Umabatha -The Zulu Macbeth
Can Themba and the Drum Magazine Writers of the 1960's
Moderator: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Panelists: Don Mattera; Willy Kgositsile;
Mothobi Mutoatse; Amiri Baraka
Monday
7 July 1997		 Woza Afrika: After Apartheid and Umabatha - The Zulu Macbeth
South African Cultural Policy Before and After Apartheid, or
What Happened to Township Theatre
Moderator, Duma Ndlovu, Woza Festival Director
Panelists: Gibson Kente, father of township
theatre; John Matshikza, director, The Suit,
associate director, The Market Theatre;
Themba P. Wakashe, Minister of Culture,
South Africa
Saturday
21 June 1997		 Internet Open House
A demonstration with James Briggs Murray, Assistant Director, Media
Productions and Theatre Operation, Schomburg Center
Sunday
1 June 1997		 A Great and Mighty Walk
Benefit premiere of the documentary film on the life of John Henrik Clark
Directed by St. Clair Bourne
Executive producer/narrator Wesley Snipes
Thursday
29 May 1997		 Critical Perspectives Forum
Struggles in the Promised Land: Toward a History of
Black-Jewish Relations in the United States
Panelists: Cornel West and Jack Salzman
Wednesday
14 May 1997		 Race and Science Forum
The Tuskegee Experiment - A Forum on the U.S. Public Health
Service Syphilis Study
Moderator: Utrice Leid, Executive Producer, Host, Talk Back, WBAI-FM
Panelists:
Fred Gray, Civil Rights lawyer and attorney for the survivors
James Jones, author , Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Dr. Vanessa Gamble, University of Wisconsin Medical School
Sunday
11 May 1997		 Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Joe Chambers' Nommo
Joe Chambers, vibraphone, marimba, drums;
Amiri Baraka, poet, spoken word specialist;
Donald Harrison, alto saxophone; Abdou M'Boup,
percussion; Jiro Yoshida, guitar; Buster Williams,
bass; The Lucille Hill Dance Company
Nommo is a two act musical drama unifying music,
the spoken word and dance.
Sunday
4 May 1997		 Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble performing the
Music of Bud Powell
Larry Ridley, bass; Charles Davis, tenor saxophone;
Virgil Jones, trumpet; Bobby Rutledge, guest trumpet;
Myron Walden, alto saxophone; Walter Bishop, Jr., guest piano;
Barry Harris, guest piano; Jimmy Wormworth, drums
Sunday
20 April 1997		 Schomburg Sunday Sounds
The Clifford Brown Youth Ensemble
Under the direction of Larry Ridley
Eusi Phillips, trumpet; Jimmy Green, tenor saxophone;
Brandon McCune, piano; Larry Ridley, bass; Paula Robison, drums
Friday
11 April 1997		 Third Annual Harlem Life Awards
Coming Home - A Tribute to Black Art in American Life

The Program:
Opening Prayer, Pastor Philbert Watson, Pastoral Associate,
Department of Pastoral Care, Harlem United Community AIDS Center
Remarks, Willis Green, Jr., M.S.W., C.S.W., CEO, Harlem United
Community AIDS Center; John Wright, Chair of the Board, Harlem
United Community AIDS Center
Welcome, Master of Ceremonies, Don Williams, WNBC and Maurice Hines
His Eye is on the Sparrow
Reverend Ella Eure-Eaton, soloist
Christina Johnson, dancer
Ray Gordon, accompanist
Frank West, choreographer

Opera Ebony Selections:
There is a Balm in Gilead
"The Storm is Passing Over
Benjamin Matthews, soloist
Wayne Sanders, accompanist

Presentation of the Harlem Life Award
Pernessa C. Seele, Founder/CEO, The Balm in Gilead
Presentation of Award given by Canon Frederick B. Williams,
The Church of the Intercession

Mo Magic
Nikki, poet/performer
Ariel Osterweis, Keisha Richardson, Natalia Zisa Dancers
Costumes by 2B! Fashion Activewear
Frank West, choreographer

Solo Flight
Nikki, poet/performer
Cathy Thomas, dancer
Frank West, choreographer

Women of Song
Nikki, poet/performer
Frank West, staging
Passages from the bookBrown women who fly : a gathering
of voices in selected poems & performance pieces, written
by Nikki Williams

Special Guest Performance
Aint't No Way
Performed by Carmen DeLavallade
Choreographed by Milton Myers

Presentation of the Harlem Life Award
Debra Fraser-Howze, President/CEO, The National Black Leadership
Commission on AIDS
Presentation of Award given by the Honorable David M Dinkins,
Former Mayor, New York City

Ray Gordon Gospel Ensemble
Performance of Gospel Medley
La'Tosha Spencer, soprano; David Walker, tenor; Deverell Laurent,
baritone
Ray Gordon, Accompanist

Presentation of Special Recognition Awards
HIV Ministry of Canaan Baptist Church
Presented by G. Tony Hinds, RN, M.S.W., Secretary of the Board
Director of Programs, Harlem United Community AIDS Center

Featured Artist
Seven Seconds
Charmaine Hunter, dancer
Neehah Cherry, composer
Roberta Mathis, choreographer

Poetry Selections
Performed by Kevin Gaudin

At Last
Charmaine Hunter, Kevin Gaudin, dancers
Music by Etta James
Frank West, choreography
Inspired by the autobiography by Etta James The Rage to Survive
Presentation of Harlem Life Award
Ronald Johnson, Citywide Coordinator of AIDS Policy
Presentation given by the Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, City of New York

Rwanda
Performed by Keith David
Sir Abdula Smith Ford, poet

Mandiani
The Traditional Social Dance of Celebration from the Twelfth
Century/West Africa
Dancers: Nafissa Sharriff, Melvin Fogle, Crystal Glass-Warner;
Jalal Sharriff
Eyhraune Jau-Saune, musician
Nafissa Sharriff, choreographer

I Believe I Can Fly
Redbone Entertainment Ensemble of featured performers
Dancers: Frank West, Christina Johnson, Levert Benefield, Natasia
Zisa, Wayne Daniels, Ariel Osterwies
R. Kelly, music
Costumes Courtesy of 2B! Fashion Activewear
Frank West, choreographer

When You've Been Blessed, Pass It On
The Seraphims Dance Company
Dancers: Kim Grier, Torya Beard, Tina Bush
Music by Patti LaBelle
Raymond Harris, choreographer
Closing Remarks
Master of Ceremony, Don Williams/Maurice Hines
Monday
31 March 1997		 A Women's Jazz Festival
Nnenna Freelon Quartet
Nnenna Freelon, vocals; Victor Atkins, piano;
John Brown, Jr., bass; Woody Williams, drums
Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch Quintet
Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, vocals; Donald Smith, piano;
Rachiim Ausar-Sahu, bass; Mark Johnson, drums;
Neil Clarke, percussion; Eddie Stockton, dancer
Monday
24 March 1997		 A Women's Jazz Festival
Regina Carter Sextet
Regina Carter, violin; Carla Cook, vocals;
Armsted Christian, vocals; Werner Gierig, piano, keyboards;
Rocky Bryant, drums; Mayra Casales, percussion
Bethany Pickens Trio
Bethany Pickens, piano; James Cammack, bass;
Perry Wilson, drums
Saturday
22 March 1997		 Slide Presentation and Book Discussion
A Communion of Spirits: African American Quilters, Preservers
and their Stories
Roland Freeman, author
Friday
21 March 1997		 Film Screening and Discussion
Then I'll Be Free to Go Home
Eric Taitt, filmmaker
Monday
17 March 1997		 A Women's Jazz Festival
Dee Bridgewater with the Cyrus Chesnut Trio
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals; Cyrus Chesnut, piano;
Steve Kirby, double bass; Alvester Garnett, drums
Spelman College Jazz Ensemble
Under the Direction of Joseph W. Jennings
Shani Bastiany, vocals; Ramona Estell, vocals;
Karan J. Kendrick, vocals; Pantacalla Newport,
vocals; Jakita Owensby, vocals; Heike Currie,
tenor saxophone; Tia Fuller, alto saxophone;
Leslie Rollins, baritone saxophone; Chanda Bailey,
piano; Harriet Coles, bass; Nicole Williams,
drums; Lorenzo Sanford, drums
Saturday
15 March 1997		 Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center presents: Spreading the
Word. The Play's the Thing

Getting Started and Staying Started
Panelists:
Corinne Jacker, writer/educator
Morgan Jenness,Director, Play Development/Associate Producer
New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theatre
Richard Wesley, writer for stage/television/film, Mandela,
DeKlerk, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again,
Native Son

Nurturing, Supporting and Producing: The Role of Theatre Companies
Panelists:
Tisa Chang, Artistic/Producing Director, Pan-Asian Repertory Theatre
Max Ferra, Artistic Director, INTAR (International Arts Relations,
Inc. - Hispanic Institution)
Miles, Founder/Artistic Director of The Woman's Project &
Productions
Woodie King, Jr., Founder/Producing Director, New Federal Theatre

The Writer/Director Relationship
Lloyd Richards, Dean Emeritus, Yale School of Drama/ former
Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre
Douglas Turner Ward, Founder, Negro Ensemble Company

TheTrial of Ruby Mintroduced by Thulani Davis, playwright,
Trial of Ruby M; librettist, Amistad and X
Reading from the Trial of Ruby M: Starla Benford, actress
Pheadra," Antony and Cleopatra and Fences and
Elizabeth van Dyke, actress Zora, Lorraine Hansberry
and Checkmates

Executive Producers, Billie Allen and Michelle Henderson
Associate Producer, Yvonne Hudson
Friday
14 March 1997		 Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center presents: Spreading the
Word. The Play's the Thing

Host, Billie Allen, actress, director, writer, founding member of
Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop
Creating a Musical
Panelists:
Susan Birkenhead, lyricist, Triumph of Love, Jelly's Last Jam
Hope Clarke, actress/dancer, choreographer, Jelly's Last Jam
Luther Henderson, composer/arranger/musical director/orchestrator
Toni-Leslie James, costume designer
George C. Wolfe, writer/director Jelly's Last Jam,
Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, Producer, New York
Shakespeare Festival
Monday
10 March 1997		 A Women's Jazz Festival
Geri Allen Trio Geri Allen, piano; Ralph Armstrong, bass;
Lenny White, drums
Sasha Daltonn in a Tribute to Dinah Washington
Sasha Daltonn, vocals; Corky McCLerkin, piano,
music director
Saturday
1 March 1997		 African American Vernacular Art and the Politics of Arts
Criticism in America
Panel I: Cultural Context
Opening Plenary: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
Panelists:
Theophus Smith, Professor, Department of Religion, Emory University
Maude Southwell Wahlman, Professor, Art History, University of
Central Florida John Roberts, Professor of English, Ohio State
University

Panel II: Black Art and the Black Aesthetic
Plenary: Richard Powell, Chairman, Department of Art and Art
History, Duke University
Panelists:
Paul Arnett, The Arnett Collection
George Nelson Prestorn, Professor, Art History, City College
of New York

Panel III Vernacular Art in the Contemporary Art World
Plenary: Amiri Baraka, Professor of Africana Studies, State
University of New York at Stony Brook
Panelists:
Tom McEilley, Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Art and
Art History, Rice University
Lowery Sims, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thelma Golden, Curator, the Whitney Museum
Sunday
23 February 1997		 Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble performing A Musical
Tribute to Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt

Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Charles Davis,
tenor saxophone; Abraham Burton, alto & tenor saxophone;
Jimmy Wormworth, drums
Special guest, Kenny Barron, piano
Saturday
22 February 1997
 SCREENINGS ON THE LIFE OF MALCOLM X

Like It Is. El-hajj Malik el-Shabazz Gil Noble/1975/58 min The life of Malcolm X is presented in this award-winning documentary by WABC-TV's Like It Is host/producer, Gil Noble.

Malcolm X at Berkeley Producer unknown/ca. 1963/40 min Malcolm X, when still a member of the Nation of Islam, is interviewed at the University of California at Berkeley.

What's Going On. Malcolm X Press Conference Dewayne Muhammad/1963/28 min Malcolm X joins a panel of local Chicago NBC journalists to discuss the philosophy and policies of the Nation of Islam, thoughts on the white folks; recent police brutality in Los Angeles and Islamic culture.

The Oxford Union Society Debate Gil Noble/1975/28 min 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."

Tony Brown's Journal Malcolm X's Death: Other Voices Tony Brown/1980/23 min Tony Brown interviews Talmadge Hayer, the man who, along with Norman Butler and Thomas Johnson, was convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X. Hayer acknowledges his guilt, proclaims the innocence of Butler and Johnson and speaks of others who were involved.

Seven Songs for Malcolm X John Akomfrah/1993/52 min A collection of testimonies, eyewitness accounts and dramatic reenactments which tell of the life and legacy of Malcolm X.

Malcolm X, Make It Plain Orlando Bagwell/1995/150 min An extensive biographical documentary on the life of Malcolm X

Sunday
9 February 1997		 A Harlem Tribute to Black Grammy Winners 1958 to 1996
presented by the New York City Host Committee for the 39th
Grammy Awards
Harlem School of the Arts
Boys Choir of Harlem, under the direction of Colin Turnbull
The Billy Taylor Trio
Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Choreography, Rod Rodgers; lighting, Sandy Ross
Forces of Nature Dance Company
Sunday
26 January, 1997		 Heritage Weekend 1997
Southern Roots of Black Music: Gospel
The Great Divas of Gospel, WWRL Community
Chorale for the Arts
Saturday
25 January 1997		 Heritage Weekend 1997
Southern Roots of Black Music: Blues
Blues Rooms by Dianne McIntyre and Olu Dara
Featuring: Dianne McIntyre, Olu Dara, Renee
Monique Brown, Kiane Dara, Alonzo Gardener,
Kevin Gaudin, Natalie Carter, Jasper McGrudder,
Laceine Owsley Wedderburn

Act I Pre-Blues Blues
Kevin Gideon, Laceine Owsley Wedderburn,
Olu Dara
Interlude Blues
Olu Dara, Dianne McIntyre
Living Room Blues/Pas de Blues
Renee Brown, Kevin Gaudin, Olu Dara,
Natalie Carter and Ensemble
Interlude Blues - Two
Olu Dara
Kitchen Blues
Renee Brown, Laceine Owsley Wedderburn and
Ensemble
Act II New Blues
Olu Dara and Kiane Dara
Dining Room Blues
Dianne McIntyre, Kevin Gaudin,
Jasper McGrudder, and Ensemble
Bathroom Blues
Laceine Owsley Wedderburn , Renee Brown,
Kevin Gaudin and Ensemble
Bedroom Blues
Natalie Carter, Jasper McGrudder and Ensemble
The Front Porch
Olu Dara, Dianne McIntyre and Full Cast

The cast of Blues Rooms weave together song,
dance music and text in this highly original
musical dance drama about the many
expressions of the blues. Out of each
Blues Rom springs a different type of
blues, a different time, another story,
a new mood.
Wednesday
15 January 1997		 The Black Family: The Afro Caribbean Experience