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Saturday
16 December 2000 |
Holiday Open House 2000
Black Nativity
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Wednesday
15 November 2000 |
Lest We Forget Exhibition Forum
Reparations and Black America
Randal Robinson, author, The Debt:What America Owes to Blacks |
Sunday
12 November 2000 |
A Tribute to James Weldon Johnson
Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Celebration of the Negro National
Anthem, 100 Years, 100 Voices
The Ninth Annual James Weldon Johnson Medal for Cultural Achievement
presented to Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture by Bobby Short
Performance: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Readings from Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Celebration of the Negro
National Anthem: 100 Years,100 Voices, edited by Julian Bond and
Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Musical Selection:
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Solo: Rose Leahr Bowen
Accompanist: Howard Hawkins
Closing Remarks: Charles Dumas and Sondra Kathryn Wilson |
Thursday
9 November 2000 |
A Black Journalists Oral History & Archival Project Forum
Telling It, Like It Is!
Introduction: Dorey Maynard
Moderator: Nancy Maynard, formerly of the New York Times, former publisher
of Oakland Tribune and author of Mega Media: How Market Forces are
Transforming News
Panelists:
David Hardy, formerly of the New York Daily News and the Washington Post;
lead litigator in landmark discrimination lawsuit victory against the Daily
News
Melba Tolliver, first Black TV anchor woman, Ch 7 WABC
Gil Scott, first Black reporter assigned to cover Malcolm X for the
Associated Press; Christian Science Monitor; Professor, Long Island University
Marquita Pool-Eckert, Senior Producer, CBS Sunday Morning
Gerad Fraser, formerly of the New York Times; Senior Editor of the Earth
Times
Earl Caldwell, author of Caldwell Journals, a history of the Black
Journalists
movement, formerly of the New York Times and Daily News; author of Black
American
Witness: Report from the Front |
Thursday
2 November 2000 |
The Langston Hughes Festival
A Conversation with Wole Soyinka
Master of Ceremonies: Clayton Riley
Festival Director: Victoria Chevalier
Wole Soyinka
Discussant: Anthony Appiah |
Monday
30 October 2000 |
American Artist Relief Organization Network Inc. presents
A Salute to Black Broadway: Celebrating the Artistic Magic of African
Americans in the 1st Silver Jubilee of the New Millennium
Prelude: written by Robert Temple & John Miller for Mozambique Music Productions
and Solid Noize Music Productions
Mistress of Ceremonies: Carmen de Lavallade
Narration: Leland Grant
The Black Madonna Performed by Shirley Black Brown
Original music by Robert Temple
Choreography: Frank West
Narration: Dionne Lea
African Dance
Performed by: Karen Thornton, Melvin Fogle, Patricia Dye
Choreography: Patricia Dye |
Tuesday
24 October 2000 |
Film Screening
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Produced and directed by William Greaves
Co-produced by Louise Archambault
Introduction: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
William Greaves |
Sunday
22 October 2000 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Salute Tenor Saxophonist/Composer/Arranger Benny Golson
Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Charles Davis, tenor saxophone;
Richard Wyands, piano; Jimmy Wormworth, drums; Kiane Zawadi, trombone
and euphonium |
Saturday
21 October 2000 |
A Celebration of the Life of John T. Patterson, Jr.
April 4, 1928 - September 26, 2000
Welcome: Raymond R. Patterson
Solo: T. Ray Lawrence
Prayer: Reverend Raphael Warnock, Assistant Pastor, Abyssininan Baptist
Church, Harlem, New York
Musical Selection: Donald Shirley, Composer, Arranger, Pianist
Remembrances:
Honorable David N. Dinkins, Former Mayor, New York City
Stanley Egerner, Prinicpal, Neuberger Management, Inc
Musical Selection: Roy Hargrove, Trumpeter
Family Reflections
Video Montage: Dr. Raymond Pitts
Closing Remarks: Honorable John L. Braxton |
Tuesday
17 October 2000 |
Book Celebration
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and The American
Century, 1919-1963
Introduction: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture
with David Levering Lewis, author |
Sunday
15 October 2000 |
Book Forum
Jacob Lawrence Paintings, Drawings and Murals (1935-1999)
A Catalogue Raisonne Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Panel Discussion with the editors:
Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle Du Bois; and contributors, Leslie King-Hammond,
Lizetta Le Falle-Collins, Richard J. Powell and Elizabeth Hutton Turner |
Sunday
24 September 2000 |
Emancipation Proclamation Forum
A Conversation with Lerone Bennett, Jr.,
Lerone Bennett Jr., Author, "Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White
Dream"
Discussants: Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia
University
Harold Holzer, VP for Communications, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Saturday
23 September 2000 |
Crossing Boundaries: The African Diaspora in the New Millennium
of
the Mythopoeics of History or the History of Africa
Panelists:
Ibrahim K. Sundiata; History, Howard University
Lansine Kaba; History, University of Illinois-Chicago
Ali Mazrui; Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University
Plenary Roundtable--Theorizing the Diaspora
Moderator: Tiffany Patterson; History, Binghamton
Panelists:
Robin D. G. Kelley; History and Africana Studies, NYU
Augustin Lao; University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Kim Butler; History and Africana Studies, Rutgers University
Tejumola Olaniyan; English, University of Virginia
Concluding Plenary
Chair: Michael A. Gomez; History, New York University
Panelists:
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn; History, Morgan State University
Joseph Inikori; History and African and African American Studies,
University of Rochester, New York
Abena Busia; English and Women's Studies, Rutgers University
Hilary McD. Beckles; Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies
Mona Colin Palmer; History, City University of New York |
Thursday
21 September 2000 |
Exhibition Opening/Member Preview
The Struggle for Black Freedom and the Emancipation Proclamation
Introduction: Howard Dodson
Paul LeClerc, President, New
George E. Pataki, Governor, New York State
Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the Assembly
Arthur O. Eve, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly
Herman "Denny" Ferrule Jr., Head, Ways and Means Committee
Keith L.T. Wright, Assemblyman, Black and Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caucus
C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President
V. Chapman Smith, New York State Archivist & Assistant Commissioner of
the
New York State Department of Education
Guy Vickers, President, Corporate Foundation, Tommy Hilfiger
Senator David A. Paterson
Bill Perkins, Councilman, District |
Wednesday
20 September 2000 |
Crossing Boundaries: African Diaspora in the New Millennium
Presentation by George Lamming
Opening Plenary
Moderator: Robert Hill, History, U.C.L.A.
Panelists:
Filomina Steady, Africana Studies, Wellesley College
Paul Gilroy; Sociology and African American Studies, Yale University
Nancy Morejon, Writer, Poet, Director, Center for Caribbean
Studies, Casa de las Americas
Sterling Stuckey, History, University of California-Riverside |
Sunday
11 June 2000 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Jay Hoggard Performing a Musical Tribute to Milt Jackson
James Weldman, piano, organ; Belden Bullock, bass; Jesse Hameen, drums;
Kwaku Martin Obeng, African percussions, bongos; Asher Delerme, congos,
timbales; Mickey Davidson, dance
Part 1: In Tribute to Milt Jackson and to Eva S. Hoggard
Bluesology, (Milt Jackson)
Good Bait, (Count Basie)
Blues Bags, (Jay Hoggard)
Anthropology, (Dizzy Gillespie)
Come Sunday, (Duke Ellington)
David Danced, (Duke Ellington)
Part 2: En Homage a Tito Puente
Aguacate
La Tierra Hermosa
Comfort in the Storm
In the Spirit/Celestial Prayer/Heartbeat
The Wisdom of the Boabab Tree
Love is the Answer |
Sunday
21 May 2000 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble Performing a Musical
Salute
to Indiana Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard
Larry Ridley, bass; Virgil Jones, trumpet; Charles Davis, tenor saxophone;
Richard Wyands, piano; Kiane Zawadi, euphonium, trombone; Jimmy Wormworth,
drums
Special Guest: James Spaulding, alto saxophone, flute |
Friday
19 May 2000 |
Malcolm X - The Internationalist.The Malcom X Museum
Celebrates the 75th Birthday of el Hajj Malik el-Shabazz
Moderator: Professor James Turner, Africana Studies Program, Cornell University
Guests: Jan Carew, author, Ghost in My Blood; Ahmed Osman; Angela
Bishop,
wife of the late Maurice Bishop, (former Prime Minister of Grenada); Vicki
Garvin;
Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani, Office of the Permanent Observer, Organization
of the
Islamic Conference, United Nations; representatives from Cuba, Ghana and
Guinea
A video interview with Dr. Maya Angelou |
Saturday
13 May 2000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights
From Healing to Reconcilation - A Symposium on Reparations for
Blacks
in the United States
Moderator: Ron Daniels, Executive Director, CCR
Remembering Queen Mother Audley Moore
Dr. Delois Blakely, Community Activist, New York
Keynote Address
Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee,
Detroit
Reparation 101: Overview of Basic Concepts, Definitions and Historical
Cases
Dr. Ricardo Laremont, Associate Director, Institute of Global Cultural
Studies,
SUNY, Binghampton
The Case for Reparations for Blacks in America
Monifa Akanwoli-Bandele, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, New York
Dr. Martha Biondi, Scholar-in-Residence, Schomburg Center
Asiba Tupahashe, Publisher, The Spirit of January Reflection, New
York
Marilyn Clement, Director, Economic Justice Programs, Women's Division,
UMC, New York
Rev. Sam Mann, Director, Reframing the Dialogue on Racism Project, Kansas
City
Arthur Kinoy, Co-President, Center for Constitutional Rights, Montclair,
New Jersey
Adjoa Aiyetoro, National Coalition for Repartations for Blacks in America,
Washington, D.C.
Reparations: International Dimensions and Claims
Dr. Jemadari Kamara, Chairman, Black Studies Department, University of
Massachussetts, Boston
Viola Plummer, December 12 International Secretariat, New York
Jaribu Hill, Director, Southern Office, Center for Constitutional Rights,
Greenville, MS
Don Rojas, President/CEO, The Black World Today Online Magazine, Baltimore,
MD
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Friday
12 May 2000 |
An Evening with the Center for Constitutional Rights
Celebrating the Racial Justice Work of CCR on the Occasion of
Ron Daniels Sixth Anniversary as Executive Director
Mistress of Ceremony: Jaribu Hill, Director, CCR, South
Musical Prelude: Family and Friends Ensemble
Welcome: Howard Dodson, Director, Schombrug Center
The Occasion: Ellen Chapnick, Co-President and Timothy Marshall, Vice President,
CCCR
Musical Selection: Essential Soul
Celebrating the Racial Justice Work of Center for Constitituional Rights
Remarks and Introduction: Bill Goodman, Legal Director, CCR
The Roots of Center for Constitituional Rights' Racial Justice Work
Arthur Kinoy, Co-Founder/Co-President, CCR
The People's Lawyers, the Cases and Clients
Abdullah Case
Prison Telephone Case
Ingall's Shipbuilding Case
Street Crimes Unit Case
Presentation: Jessica Care Moore
Remarks: Congressman John Conyers
Acknowledgments: Timothy Marshall
Muscial Selection: The Welfare Poets
Remarks and Presentation: Haki Madhubuti
Remarks and Preseeentation: Sonia Sanchez
Musical Selection: Family and Friends Ensemble
Introduction of Ron Daniels by Dr. James Turner
Remarks: Ron Daniels
Inspirational Close: Jaribu Hill |
Saturday
6 May 2000 |
My One Good Nerve: A Visit with Ruby Dee
A Sidney, Harry and Ossie Production
Executive Producer: Ossie Davis
Producer: Wodie King, Jr.
Written and Starring Ruby Dee
Directed by Charles Nelson Reilly
Musical Supervisor: Bernard Phillips
Set Designer: James Noone
Lighting Designer: Kirk Bookman
Costume Designers: fontella Boone, Robert Mackintosh
Sound Designers; Tim Schellenbaum & Jon Gottleib
Production Stage Manager: Ed De Shae
Program:
Part One
Prologue
Word Monger
Word World
Doodle on Love
Love Stew
Ruby Goose
A Real-True Love Story (A Duologue)
While Waiting
I Just Couldn't
Daughter
The Decreation
Part Two
Hair Care
Remembrance
Time To
I Am Somebody
Work Was in Radio
Ode to a Funny Man
Marvin Gaye
Tupac
Making Connections (In Three Parts)
Dream Droppers
My One Good Nerve
Today is Ours
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Sunday
16 April 2000 |
Hylan Lewis Memorial, April 4, 1911 to March 8, 2000
Program
Prelude: Selections from Requiem in D Minor (Mozart)
Host: Walter Stafford
Tributes:
Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
Ray Franklin
Kenneth B. Clark
Paulette Pierce
Robert Hill
Laura Kitch
John Williams
Eric Foner
Guy Lewis
Carole Ione Lewis
Postlude: Amazing Grace |
Friday
14 April 2000 |
Book Discussion. FreedomWays Reader
Esther Cooper Jackson with Constance Pohl, editors
Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Jack O'Dell |
Tuesday
11 April 2000 |
New York City Council Public Hearing
Police Performance and Community Relations
Peters F. Vallone, Speaker, New York City Council
Annette M. Robinson, Chair, Select Committee on Police Performance and
Community Relations |
Saturday
8 April 2000 |
First International Black Panther Film Festival
Welcome: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
Festival Opening: Kathleen Cleaver, Festival Coordinator
Open Mike:
Moderator: Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director, Impact Repertory
Theatre
Panel Discussion: Experiences of Women in the Black Panther Party
Moderator: Kathleen Cleaver
Rosemari Mealy, Malika Adams, Naima Major
Panel Discussion: The Artistic Legacy of the Black Panther Party
Moderator: Jamal Joseph
Talib Kweli, rap artist |
Friday
7 April 2000 |
First International Black Panther Film Festival
Welcome: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center
Festival Opening: Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director, Impact Repertory
Theatre |
Monday
3 April 2000 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Bobbi Humphrey
Karen Taylor
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Friday
31 March 2000 |
The National Black Writers Conference
Poetry and Rap, Performance and Language
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kalamu Ya Salaam
Panelists: Mariahadessa Tallif, Jessica Moore, Jasiri Kafele, Zoe Anglesay
Carl Hancock Rux, Jon A. Yasin
Performance Poetry
Stacyann Chin, Rha Goddess, Steve Coleman, Sarah Jones
Co-sponsored by Max Rodriguez and Linda Duggins, Quarterly Black Review
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Monday
27 March 2000 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Carmen Lundy
Carmen Lundy, vocals; Calvin Scholar, piano; Curtis Lundy, bass;
Bobby Watson saxophone; Victor Lewis, drums
Lenora Zenzalai Helm
Lenora Zenzalai Helm, vocals; Brandon McCune, piano; Miriam Sullivan,
bass; Nasheet Waits, drums
Special Guest: Dotti Anita Taylor, flute
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Monday
20 March 2000 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Spelman College Jazz Ensemble
Horn Section: Marsha Darbouse, baritone saxophone; Windy Goodloe,
tenor saxophone; Sadiqa Edmonds, trumpet; Kristian C. Hardaway,
tenor saxophone; Sherron Thomas, alto saxophone
Rhythm Section: Ramona Estell, piano, vocals; Michael McDaniel, bass;
Nicole Williams, drums
Vocalists: Regina Earl, Cherise Harris, Andria McMichael, Marcie Smith,
LaTanisha Wright, Michelle Wonsley
Joseph Jennings, Director, alto saxophone
Audrey Shakir, vocal coach
Ramona Estell, Assistant
Lindsey R, Hunter, Stage Manager
Emme Kemp's Boulevard Band
Emme Kemp, piano, vocals
John Dooley, bass; Roy Campbell, Jr. trumpet, fluegal horn;
Andrei Strobert, drums
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Monday
19 March 2000 |
Brotherhood in Rhythm
A Tribute to the Nicholas Brothers and a Book Celebration
Harold and Fayard Nicholas; Constance Valis Hill, author, Brotherhood
in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers;
Bruce Goldstein, co-produer of the documentary on the Nicholas Brothers,
We Sing and We Dance; Margo Jefferson, The New York Times;
Donald Bogle, author, African American film historian |
Saturday
11 March 2000 |
Choosing and Using Self-Affirming African American Books for
Children -
A Workshop for Teahcers, Parents and Librarians
Presented by Sankofa Circle in collaboration with the Schomburg Center
and Community School District #5
Opening and Welcome: Vivian Windley, Conference Chairperson
Greetings: Howard Dodson, Director, Schomburg Center;
The Honorable Joyce Dinkins, Honary Chairperson, and Thelma Baxter,
Superintendent, Community School district #5
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Beryle Banfield
Author/Illustrators: Patricia Cummings, Eloise Greenfield
Joyce Hansen, Sharon Bell Mathis, Walter Dean Myers, Camille Yarborough
Workshops
Closing Remarks: Lucia Jack |
Monday
6 March 2000 |
A Women's Jazz Festival
Jann Parker
Jann Parker, vocals; Aaron Graves, piano; Chris White, bass
George Gray, drums; Siraj Al-Hasan, alto saxophone
Cindy Blackman
Cindy Blackman, drums; Carlton Holmes, piano, keyboard;
George Mitchell, bass; J.D. Allen, saxophone
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Sunday
5 March 2000 |
Fisk University Jubilee Singers
presented by the Race Relations Institute of Fisk University and the African
American Research Foundation of SUNY Albany
Welcome: Harold Anderson, Director of Public Relations, Schomburg Center
Invocation: Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, Assistant Minister, Abyssinian
Baptist Church
The Legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Dennis Day, Class of 1968,
Fisk University; President, D-Day Communications, Inc.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers 1999 - 2000
Sopranos: Caarne Elliott, Stacey Evans, Mandisa Hundley, Ayesha Porter
Altos: Dalmonique Burleson, Sabrina Kessee, Olivia Mack, Rachel Waiters
Tenors: DeVonie Cunning, Jerami Matlock, Anthony Sanders
Basses: Donte Cleaves, Antonio Grisson, Albert Smith
Selections
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
arranged by Matthew Kennedy
Rock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
arranged by John W. Work III
Ayesha Porter, soprano
Stacey Evans, soprano
Mandisa Hundley, soprano
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
arranged by Moses Hogan
Rockin' Jerusalem
arranged by John W. Work III
Mandisa Hundley, soprano
Elijah Rock
arranged by Jester Hairston
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
arranged by Paul T. Kwami
Ayesha Porter, soprano
Soon-Ah Will Be Done
arranged by William Dawson
Fare You Well
arranged by Undine Smith Moore
A Portrait Comes to Life
A highlight of the Fisk Jubilee Singers's European tour in 1873 was a
concert
held for Queen Victoria of England. The queen was so moved by the singers'
performance that she commissioned her court painter, Edmund Havel, to
paint a
life-size portrait of the singers. This famous portrait still hangs today
in
Jubilee Hall on the campus of Fisk University.
In this segment the portrait comes to life.
There's a Meeting Here Tonight
arranged by Nathaniel Dett
Rachel Waiters, alto
You Hear the Lambs A-Cryin'
arranged by Paul T. Kwami
Dalmonique Burleson, alto
My Lord, What a Morning
arranged by John W. Work III
Caarne Elliott, soprano
Down by the Riverside
arranged by Paul T. Kwami
Olivia Mack, alto
Rise, Shine, for Thy Light is A-Comin'
arranged by John W. Work III
Ayesha Porter, soprano
Wade in the Water
arranged by Carl Haywood
Mandisa Hundley, soprano
New York State Governor's Proclamation issued by James Harding,
Assistant to the Governor for Urban Affairs
Closing Remarks
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Sunday
27 February 2000 |
Schomburg Sunday Sounds
Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble. The Tuba and String
Bass Connection
Virgil Jones, trumpet/fluegalhorn; Charles Davis, tenor saxophone;
Richard Wyands, piano; Larry Ridley, bass; Jimmy Wormworth, drums;
George V. Johnson, vocals; Kiane Zawadi, euphonium/trombone
Special Guest: Bob Stewart, tuba |
Saturday
19 February 2000 |
Malcolm X - the Visionary
Commemorating the Thirty-fifth Anniversary of his Assasination
presented by the Malcolm X Museum
Opening Selection: Simply Skins: Daughters of the Drums, performed by L.A.,
Sharyn Brown, Sarra Idris, Lynn Jackson, Adina Malik and Monique Washington
Qu'ranic Recitation: Imam Aiyub Abdul Baqi, Imam of the Tauhid Islamic
Center
of Queens
Libation Ceremony: Apena Taiyewo Ogunade
Introduction: Sam Anderson, Malcolm X Museum
Video screening: Like It Is. The Oxford Union Debate
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Gil Noble, host/producer, Like It Is, WABC-TV
Louis A. DeCaro, Jr., author, On the side of my people: a religious
life of Malcolm X
Bill Sales, Professor, Africana Studies, Seton Hall University;
author, From civil rights to black liberation - Malcolm X and the
Organization of Afro-American Unity
Closing Remarks: Bill Epton, Malcolm X Museum
Co-ordinator: Aisha Al-Adawiya, Schomburg Center/Malcolm X Museum |
Saturday
15 January 2000 |
Jervis Anderson Memorial Service
Prelude: Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music
Host: Lascelles Anderson
Speakers: Maxine Green, Howard Dodson, Pem Kemble
Music: Bayard Rustin's Nobody Know the Trouble I've Seen
Speakers: Winston James, Sharon Fitzgerald
Music: Bayard Rustin's Balm in Gilead
Speakers: Hendrik Hertzberg, Anderson family member, Mike Thelwell
Closing Remarks: Lascelles Anderson
Postlude: David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might,
selection from Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music |
Thursday
13 January 2000 |
The 2000 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Living the
Dream
Award Ceremony |
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