Reverend Leon Howard Sullivan 1922-2001

Reverend Leon Howard Sullivan 1922-2001

  Born October 16, 1922, in Charleston, West Virginia, Reverend Sullivan was Pastor Emeritus of Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also founder and Chairman of the Board of Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America and OIC...
THE REEBOK HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS

THE REEBOK HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS

An Effort at corporate social justice by Luix Virgil Overbea and Mary Golias BOSTON – Former President Jimmy Carter was the speaker. Paul Fireman, chairman and CEO of Reebok International Ltd., presented the honors. They delivered inspirational messages to a...
Public Enemy Can’t Truss It

Public Enemy Can’t Truss It

The Public Enemy’s account of the slave trade, this country’s worst crime. Bass in your face Not an eight track getting’ it good to the wood so the people Give you some a dat reactin’ to the fax that I kick and it stick And it stay around...
Frederick Douglass & W.E.B. Dubois on Lincoln

Frederick Douglass & W.E.B. Dubois on Lincoln

Frederick Douglass Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Douglas, given on April 14, 1876, the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination and of the emancipation of the slaves in the District of Columbia. All day long he could split heavy rails in the...
Singing

Singing

A Legacy of Hope by Phylis Vander Naald Smiles spread across the soprano section as the singers congratulate themselves on maneuvering through an awkward transition in the Negro spiritual “Poor Man Lazarus.” They have rehearsed the song with its difficult...