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This Issue
The HistoryMakers presents
An Evening with BB King
....................................................page 3, 18
Focus on Education:
Meet The HistoryMakers
A Day of Education..........................page 4
On the Road ....................................page 6
Afternoon Tea With Susan Fales-Hill
..........................................................page 7
Breakfast with Lynn Whitfield
..........................................................page 7
The HistoryMakers
National Planning Summit...............page 8
The HistoryMakers
Home Video Library.........................page 9
From The HistoryMakers Archive:
Earl Graves
.................................................pages 10-11
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Training Summit.............................page 12
Sounds of Experience ...................page 12
I.C.E. Theaters Launches
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In Memoriam..................................page 13
Calendar: Coming in 2004 .......page 14-15
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Presents
An Evening With
B.B. King and Isaac Hayes share a laugh during the interview.
Interviewed by
Isaac Hayes
On Friday, October 24, 2003, The
HistoryMakers held its fourth annual
celebrity interview event with a
standing room only crowd of 1000
people when the legendary blues
guitarist B.B. King was interviewed
one-on-one by entertainer Isaac
Hayes. Isaac Hayes and B.B. King had
been warmly welcomed the day before
by the Evening With B.B. King’s Blues
Welcoming Committee, featuring blues
notables KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Brooks,
Pervis Spann, Barry Dolins, Eddie
Clearwater, Butch Dixon, Bruce
Iglauer, Fernando Jones, Shirley King,
Kevin Mabry, Griff Morris, Pinetop
Perkins and Joyce “Cookie”Threatt.
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, the
festivities kicked off with a private
reception and dinner at the House of
Blues Hotel, featuring entertainment
by Sue Conway and Trio. Honorary
co-chair Lynn Whitfield was
accompanied by her sister, Shaun
Haugen. Others in attendance
included John and Sharon Rogers,
Cheryl Blackwell Bryson and Kathy
Roberts, Discover Bank head. Isaac
Hayes even took to the stage to sing a
few numbers. Prior to the dinner, B.B.
King and Hayes held a press
conference with representatives of
ABC,WGN and CBS. Both B.B. King
and Isaac Hayes were presented with
HistoryMaker awards.
The following evening, An Evening
With B.B. King started off with a lively
reception at the School of the Art
Institute.The nine member all female
band, KCR Ensemble, wowed the
audience as Shirley King, daughter of
B.B. King, took to the stage. The
audience was then transported by
trolley a block and a half to the Arthur
Rubloff Auditorium at the Art
Institute of Chicago.
Blues musician Fernando Jones led the
way while playing his guitar. Honorary
co-chairs actress Lynn Whitfield and
Gary Seibert of Hilton Hotels were in
attendance, as were benefit co-chairs
Patricia Andrews-Keenan of Comcast
Corporation, Greg Rush of
DaimlerChrysler and Tom and Sue
Carey of Hawthorne Racecourse.
Over seventy HistoryMakers and their
guests were also in attendance
including investment banker and
former Little Rock Nine member,
Ernest Green, Boston-based artist Paul
Goodnight, poet laureate Nikki
Giovanni, and National Council of
Negro Women legend Dorothy
Height. Others in attendance included:
photographer Jason Miccolo Johnson;
Judge Blanche Manning; Dr. John
Clark; Reverend James Bevel;
businessman Knowlton Atterbeary;
newscaster Jim Tilmon; and former
Negro League Baseball player Charles
Johnson.
To the sounds of the KoKo Taylor
Blues Machine, Hayes and B.B. King
took center stage, and over 1,000
people sat back to partake in a
memorable evening.Throughout the
next hour, B.B. King spoke of his life,
entertaining the audience with
humorous tales and riveting them with
stories of hardship and misfortune.
With an easy rapport, the two spoke of
music, growing up as a sharecropper
and of his travels to play for audiences
around the world. King told of his
meeting the Pope and of the time he
and a fellow musician “borrowed” a
continued on page 18.
Executive Director Julieanna Richardson with B.B. King and
Isaac Hayes after the show.
Musician Lonnie Brooks and B.B. King at the House of Blues
dinner.
The HistoryMakers Winter 2004 3

Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education
The HistoryMakers held its second annual educational
symposium, Meet The HistoryMakers:A Day of Education on
Thursday, October 23, 2003 at the DePaul University
Conference Center. Part of its year-long educational initiative
in Chicago Public Schools, The HistoryMakers Education
Institute’s Meet the HistoryMakers attracted an audience of more
than 300 Chicago public school students, teachers and
librarians who participated in a wide range of interactive
sessions.
Students turned the tables on accomplished journalists by
asking them questions during,“Interviewing the MediaMakers,”
featuring HistoryMakers Harry Porterfield, Don Wycliff,
LaDonna Tittle, Dorothy Leavell and moderator Mary
Mitchell. They learned how to play harmonica while they
were taught how the blues began. Local blues singer Fernando
Jones and Shirley King, daughter of B.B. King, oversaw the
“Blues in the Schools” sessions.Throughout the day, students,
teachers and panelists interacted in panels covering a variety
of subject areas from law to business to art.
Historian and oral history specialist Michael Frisch, of the
University of Buffalo SUNY
and Randforce
Associates,
provided a
demonstration of his
indexed and
searchable CD-ROM
featuring selections of
various HistoryMaker
interviews. Other notable
sessions included “The Day
of Honor Project: Military
HistoryMakers:African
Americans in World War II”,
presented by documentary
filmmaker William H. Smith, Pioneers in the Struggle:The
History of African Americans in the Illinois General Assembly
(1887-2001) presented by Lisa Oppenheim of the Chicago
Metro History Center and “What’s My Story-Your Story”
where Larry Crowe taught students how to conduct their
own oral history projects.
"Everybody was wonderful, and the
panelists gave me great ideas for
my future. Thank you."
- Vasawa Robinson, Student
"The panelists were very inspiriational...this
is something I would like
to do in my school!"
- Nancy Salas, Teacher
"I learned how important it is to
serve your community."
- Tashari Porter, Student
"I learned the
importance of
thinking outside
the box."
- Charles Fenner,
Student
"The concept of easy access to
oral histories is remarkable. I am
looking forward to having it in my
school."
- Joyce Pugh, Librarian
"Hearing the experiences of [the
panelists] was very enlightening!"
- Trudy Moore, Teacher
"I am excited about the interviews
being available soon!"
- Saliou Mbaye, Teacher
Shirley King teaches students about the blues.
Julieanna Richardson and 14 year old student motivational
speaker Taylor Moore.
Judge Earl Strayhorn makes a point.
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Thanks to all of our panel participants and moderators.
I Want to be an Entrepreneur
Dorothy Tucker – Moderator
Jermicko Shoshanna Johnson
Alisa Starks
William Bonaparte
Providing Hope Through Education
Will LaVeist – Moderator
Zerrie Campbell
Warrick Carter
Charles Henry
Hands on Photography
Louis Byrd – Moderator
Jason Miccolo Johnson
Eric Werner
Spiritual Civic Involvement:
My Life Story
Cynthia Moreland – Moderator
Reverend Calvin Morris
Reverend Al Sampson
Reverend Henry Soles
Reverend Marion Roddy-Hart
True Vine: The Story of John Fountain
John Fountain – Presenter
Blues Appreciation
Fernando Jones
Shirley King
Influential Artists and Their Lives
Charles Thomas – Moderator
Paul Goodnight
Ausbra Ford
Geraldine McCullough
A Career in Justice
Curtis Lawrence – Moderator
Honorable Blanche Manning
Honorable D’Army Bailey
Honorable Earl Strayhorn
Community Leadership:
Beyond the Call of Duty
Robert Jordan – Moderator
Dorothy Runner
Reverend Addie Wyatt
Jacky Grimshaw
Patricia Hill
Literature, Poetry, Prose, the Pen
Roger Crockett – Moderator
Useni Eugene Perkins
Sterling Plumpp
Salim Muwakkil
The World of Finance:
How I Got My Start
Evelyn Holmes – Moderator
Walter Clark
H. Marrel Foushee
James Hill
Art as a Force for
Community Development
Salim Muwakkil – Moderator
Joan Gray
Okoro Harold Johnson
Education and Advocacy
Curtis Lawrence – Moderator
Iva Carruthers
Barbara Bowman
Wayne Watson
Why I Chose to be a Public Servant
Sabrina L. Miller – Moderator
Richard Hatcher
Bobbie Steele
Roland Burris
Monique Davis
Moderator Charles
Thomas with panelists
Paul Goodnight
(standing), Geraldine
McCullough and
Ausbra Ford at the
Influential Artists and
their Lives session
OUR SPONSORS
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Boeing Corporation
Citigroup Foundation
The Field Foundation of Illinois
The Spencer Foundation
State Farm Insurance
Special thanks to our partner, Dr. Barbara Radner and the DePaul University Center for Urban Education.
The HistoryMakers Winter 2004 5

On the Road
In August, Richardson and Hickey spent time in Martha’s
Vineyard, while Crowe and Stearns returned to Atlanta. In
September, Crowe and Stearns spent much of the month in
Washington, D.C., fighting a tremendous storm to conduct
interviews, while Richardson once again returned to New
York City with Hickey.
Judge Herbert Tucker, Mrs. Tucker and Julieanna Richardson share a moment after his
interview.
Things were busy during the second half of the year.
Interviewers Larry Crowe and Julieanna Richardson and
videographers Scott Stearns and Matthew Hickey crisscrossed
the country recording interviews in Washington, D.C.,
Atlanta, New York, Memphis, Martha’s Vineyard, Los Angeles
and Chicago.
In October, as The HistoryMakers prepared for An Evening
with B.B. King, the hectic pace of interviews slowed down,
with Crowe conducting interviews in Chicago. Richardson
made a brief trip to Phoenix, Arizona as the keynote speaker
for the Black Board of Directors Project’s 25th
Anniversary Dinner.
In May, Richardson started off the month with a trip to Boston
to give a presentation at the University of Massachusetts at
the invitation of Scholar-Consultant Professor Robert
Johnson.Crowe and cameraman Scott Stearns spent much of
the month conducting interviews in Atlanta.
The month of June was a flurry of activity, with interviews
being conducted in Los Angeles, New York City, Memphis
and Washington, D.C. On June 3rd, The HistoryMakers also
unveiled its Speakers Bureau, the largest clearinghouse of
African American speakers in the country.
July found Crowe and Stearns spending most of the month in
Washington, D.C., while Richardson made two trips to the
nation’s capital to interview Alexis Herman and to meet
with Washington, D.C. Coordinator Amy Billingsley
among others. The HistoryMakers also held its National
Planning Summit in Chicago in July.
Julieanna Richardson and Reverend Calvin Pressley on Martha's Vineyard.
In November, Crowe returned to Washington, D.C. and
Richardson attended the Skinner Leadership Conference
in Sarasota, Florida, hosted by HistoryMaker and spiritual
leader Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner. Richardson and staff
member Joan Flintoft also traveled to Washington, D.C., in
December to receive training for the Institute of Museum
and Library Sciences National Leadership Grant.
The end result of all this travel is growing support and an
archive of 700 interviews.
Carole Henderson Tyson and Larry Crowe toast a successful interview.
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Congressman Sanford Bishop and Larry Crowe examine a Congressional District map.

Afternoon Tea With Susan Fales-Hill
Chaired by Johnson Publications President and CEO, Linda
Johnson Rice, The HistoryMakers hosted television producer,
writer and New York society maven Susan Fales-Hill in
Chicago on Saturday, December 13th, 2003, at an invitationonly
book signing and ladies’ tea held at the Park Hyatt
Chicago.
An audience of women listened intently as Fales-Hill read
excerpts from her newly published book, Always Wear Joy: My
Mother Bold and Beautiful,a touching memoir of the life of her
mother,
Broadway
sensation and
pioneering
performer,
Josephine
Premice.
Cheryl Burton,
anchor of
ABC-7
Chicago, served
as Mistress of
Abouve left:Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and Beautiful, by
Susan Fales-Hill. Susan Fales-Hill and guests have a laugh at the tea.
Linda Johnson Rice, CEO of Johnson Publishing and Honorary Co-
Chair for the tea in the background.
Ceremonies and attendees included
Juanita Jordan,Veranda Dickens,
Alma Dodd, Mercedes Laing,
Alfreda Bradley-Coar, Judge Ann
Williams, Desiree Rogers, Isobel
Neal, Isabel Stewart, Sharon Gist
Gilliam, and Joyce Foundation
head Ellen Alberding.
Fales-Hill began her
television-writing career as
an apprentice for The Cosby
Show. Later, she became
supervising producer of A Different World.
Since then, she has written for numerous television
shows such as Linc’s and Can’t Hurry Love. She currently
serves as a freelance writer for Vogue,Town & Country and
Travel and Leisure.
Special thanks to Aly’s Posey Patch for providing elegant
floral arrangements and to Larry Levy of Levy
Entertainment for hosting a post-event dinner party for
Susan and select guests at Chicago’s Bistro 110.
Breakfast with Lynn Whitfield
On the morning of Friday,
October 24, award-winning
actress Lynn Whitfield
appeared on behalf of The
HistoryMakers at an
invitation only breakfast in
the Astor Room of the
Westin Hotel River North.
The breakfast was hosted by
James Malackowski,
President and CEO of
ICMB Ocean Tomo and
arranged by Fatemah Hall, also of Ocean Tomo.
She said,“My storytelling is absolutely dependent on going
into archives like this.” She went on to explain that it is often
difficult to do character research because of the lack of
historical record.This was the case with Josephine Baker, for
only her public face was ever visible. She concluded by
saying,“These stories are rich. If the old adage is true that
history repeats itself, then we need to know what to do and
not to do.” She encouraged the audience to get others
involved.“I know you’re sold, I don’t have to tell you…tell
others.”
Best known for her 1991 Emmy Award winning performance
in The Josephine Baker Story.Whitfield won the highly
publicized worldwide search, beating out more than 500
other women, in a competition that rivaled that of the role of
Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. Since then,Whitfield
has appeared in such films as A Thin Line Between Love and
Hate with Martin Lawrence, Eve’s Bayou with Samuel L.
Jackson, and in Head of State with Chris Rock and Bernie
Mac.
Whitfield told of how she came to meet Julieanna
Richardson and her interest in supporting The HistoryMakers.
top: Lynn Whitfield shines on-stage. Bottom:Fatemeh Hall, James Malackowski,
Lynn Whitfield and Julieanna Richardson after breakfast.
The HistoryMakers Winter 2004 7

The HistoryMakers National Planning Summit
National Planning Summit keynote speakerVernon Jarrett.
On July 25th – 27th, The
HistoryMakers held a
“Creating
National Planning Summit,
which for the first time
A National
brought together its Board
of Directors, National
Advisory Board and
Network” members of The
HistoryMakers’group of
Scholar/Consultants in
Chicago for a strategic meeting. Drawing upon their various
talents in the fields of business, technology, libraries, archives,
media, and the social sciences, participants helped to chart the
course for expanding The HistoryMakers nationwide.
The Summit was held at the Wyndham Chicago Hotel and
made possible through the generous support of the Chicago
Community Trust.The more than forty attendees included
board members Antoinette Cook Bush, Frank Greene, and
Xcylur Stoakley. Members of the National Advisory Board
present were Clarence Avant, Dr. Henry Betts,Tony
Burroughs, Howard Dodson, Michael Frisch, Floyd Griffin,
Walter Hill, Albert Johnson, George Knox, Katherine
Lauderdale,Walter Leonard, John Liskey, Susan Madison,
James Malackowski, Reginald Powe, Ray Shepard, Howard
Wactlar and Charles Willie. Scholar Consultants included
Charles Branham,V.P. Franklin, James Grossman, Robert
Johnson, Clement Price, Sheila Walker and Clarence
Williams. A number of other individuals were present, as
well, including HistoryMakers and advisors.They included
The HistoryMakers Washington, D.C. Coordinator Amy
Billingsley, Amina Dickerson of Kraft Foods, Alma Dodd,
Nicole Franklin,Vernon Jarrett, Sharon Morrow, Gail Morse,
Floyd Pitts of Hilton Hotels, Barbara Radner, Belkis Santos,
Deborah Thomas, Kristina Valaitis and The HistoryMakers
Executive Director Julieanna Richardson.
To open the Summit,keynote speakers Clement Price,
Professor of History at Rutgers University, and journalist and
social historian,Vernon Jarrett, spoke to the urgency and
importance of The HistoryMakers initiative.
Discussions focused on gaining additional resources for The
HistoryMakers and utilizing technology to make the archives
more readily accessible to scholars and students.
Demonstrations of cutting-edge technology developed at
Carnegie Mellon University as well as the Randforce
Associates under the direction of Michael Frisch were
showcased to illustrate the potential of The HistoryMakers
digital archive.
Wrapping up two days of planning, Summit attendees enjoyed
a wonderful dinner hosted by Larry Levy, CEO of Levy
Restaurants, at the four-star Spiaggia restaurant with
entertainment provided by Sue Conway and Trio.
Scholar Consultants V.P. Franklin, Robert Johnson, Michael Frisch, Clement Price (back
row); Sheila Walker and Charles Branham (front row).
Howard Wactlar and Michael Frisch discuss the future of The HistoryMakers.
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An Evening with
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Salute to the 2002
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Pioneers in the Struggle:
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The HistoryMakers Winter 2004 9

Earl G. Graves, Sr., founder
and CEO of Black
Enterprise Magazine, was
interviewed by The
HistoryMakers on December
18, 2000. For over thirty
years, Black Enterprise has
been the leading voice in
African American
entrepreneurialism and
business. Serving on the
boards of directors of several
major corporations, Graves
has been awarded more than
fifty honorary degrees and
praised for his inspiration
and dedication. Graves is
the true embodiment of
success. A summary of his
interview follows:
was swimming there. He
continued,“My mother really
fought the fight.”
During his high school years,
Graves was inspired by a
Brooklyn librarian to attend
Morgan State University in
Baltimore. He worked hard to
pay his own way, and with a
few hundred dollars in his
pocket, he went off to school.
There, Graves joined the
ROTC while working several
jobs.
After graduating in 1957,
Graves entered the military,
attending both the Airborne
Training Academy and Ranger
School.“I found that the
training for Special Forces was
clearly much more
Earl Graves
“The legacy I want to leave is family”
From humble but hardworking roots in the Bedford
Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York, Graves’ career has
included owning a publishing empire, an events marketing
and promotions company and the largest minority-owned
Pepsi-Cola franchise in the country, to name just three of
his accomplishments. His childhood was a disciplined one.
“My dad was a very strict disciplinarian,” Graves recalls,
“democracy in our house was with a very small ‘d.’”
Graves’ father, Earl Godwin Graves, was fervent about his
son’s studies, and if Graves was not
studying, he was working. His
mother Winnaford, a slightly-built
woman, would go to bat for her
son. Graves recalls one particular
childhood incident where he and
his brother were told that they
could not swim in the local
YWCA pool. On hearing this, she
became “this woman 6 foot 3
inches standing there with flames
coming out of her eyes and nose
and ears.”They returned to the
pool, and a few days later, Graves
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Earl Graves elementary school class photo at P.S. 44 in Brooklyn, New York
(1947). (Photo courtesy of Earl Graves)
demanding,” he recalls,“but I relished it.” After two years,
Graves was honorably discharged and returned to New
York, where he joined the National Guard and the
prestigious Green Berets.
By 1965, Graves had entered the world of politics working
as an administrative assistant to then-Senator Robert
Kennedy;“The unbelievable we did immediately.The
impossible took a little longer. But you learned if he said,
‘I’m coming to town,’ and you were the advanceman, you
got there and you made sure there
was a crowd if you had to pull a fire
alarm.” Following Kennedy’s
assassination in 1968, Graves and
several other staff members were
given Ford Foundation work-study
grants. Graves used his grant to
study entrepreneurship in the
homeland of his grandparents,
Barbados.While there, he observed
“although the country government
was black run, the businesses were
not necessarily owned or controlled
by people of color.” This revelation

spawned an idea that would become Black Enterprise.
“My vision for the magazine was to literally be a how-to
magazine for the black community,” says Graves.“There were
few African Americans to speak of working at major
corporations. And clearly there were not thousands and
thousands of us owning our own businesses in 1970.”
Graves recalls the challenges he faced:“Each point and step
along the way we broke new ground.We had to convince
advertisers that African Americans were achieving, that African
Americans were positioned in business.”
Black Enterprise has been a stalwart of the black community for
more than thirty years, maintaining its market position while
continually expanding.Today, the magazine has a circulation of
almost half a million subscribers and 4.1 million people read the
magazine each month. One of his biggest innovations is the
annual Black Enterprise
100. Says Graves,“I think
the BE100 was clearly a
high water mark for us in
terms of what we were
doing. Also doing the list
of the best places to work
for African Americans, the
best places to do business
and the best places to live
for African Americans
worked as well.”
“I want to control
my own destiny,
and if that destiny
says that
‘I’m gonna do
well,’ then I will
do well.”
In addition to his success
with Black Enterprise,
Graves has written a bestselling
book, How to Succeed
in Business Without Being
White. He also co-founded a private equity fund with Citigroup,
called the Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Corporate
Growth Fund.
Earl Graves addresses Black Enterprise top 100 black business leaders at the White House
with President Jimmy Carter (1976). (Photo courtesy of Earl Graves)
The Graves family portrait, Earl Graves seated with his wife, Barbara Graves, and their sons
(l-r) Earl Jr., John and Michael Graves standing behind them.(Photo courtesy of Earl Graves)
Graves has a strong sense of community.“My wife Barbara and I
have felt for as long as we’ve been married that you give
something back to your community.” That is why Graves has
remained active and vocal his entire life.“My going out and, as a
businessperson, an African American businessman, and being
arrested made a difference,” he said of his protesting of the
killing of Amadou Diallo by New York police officers.
Of his success, Graves says,“The legacy I want to leave is
family.”This belief is reflected in his three sons, Earl Jr., or
“Butch,” Johnny and Michael, all of whom are actively involved
in helping Black Enterprise grow. “The second legacy is that I’ve
made a difference in the economic well being of the Diaspora
from one end of this world to the other.”
Earl Graves poses with National Council of Negro Women National President Dorothy
Height (left) and First Lady Barbara Bush (center)
(Photo courtesy of Earl Graves)
The HistoryMakers Winter 2004 11

Sandra Ford Johnson and Amy Billingsley with
Dr. Charles Branham
The HistoryMakers Training Summit
As a part of its efforts to
regionalize its interviewing
initiative, The HistoryMakers
hosted a Training Summit
from January 6, 2004 to
January 10, 2004, bringing
together potential
interviewers, videographers
and other industry experts
from New York City,
Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Cleveland and Atlanta.
The first day of the Summit featured members of The
HistoryMakers staff speaking about their various
responsibilities, plans for 2004 and how the regions would be
expected to interface with the Chicago headquarters. On
Wednesday, January 7th, Professor Erin McCarthy of
Columbia College of Chicago, Professor Michael
Frisch of Buffalo-SUNY College and Executive Director
Julieanna Richardson spoke on oral history as a discipline
and how the interviews differ from journalistic and
documentary interviews. In the afternoon, the interviewers’
skills were tested while videographers trained on The
HistoryMakers’ technique for videotaping oral histories.
Michael Frisch also displayed the Randforce Associates’ demo
CD-ROM showing his searchable database using The
HistoryMakers archives.
The third day of the Summit featured practice interviews.
Historian Dr. Charles Branham lectured on the history of
African American political involvement in Chicago. He also
served as a test interview subject. In the evening Dr.
Christopher Reed spoke on his research of African
American involvement in Chicago. Friday, January 9th focused
on transcription, interviewing techniques and practice
interviews. Historian Timuel Black and Dr. June Patton
shared the luncheon speaker’s platform with Patton speaking
of her research on women’s history including the Daughters
of the Revolution movement (1895-1920) to establish
“Mammy Memorials” throughout the United States. Black, a
trained oral historian, presented the findings of his recently
released book, Bridges of Memory. Published by Northwestern
University Press, Bridges of Memory tells the stories of three
generations of African Americans in Chicago. Black
interviewed over 300 people while conducting his research.
The Summit concluded on Saturday, January 10th, with a
review of special production techniques, hands-on use of the
Carnegie-Mellon University digital archive demo and
interviews with each participant outlining plans for their
region.
The HistoryMakers would like to thank the Palmer House
Hilton for providing lodging for attendees and Joan Bariffe
for providing catering.
HistoryMakers fourth annual Black History Month program.
On February 17, 2004, The HistoryMakers, in collaboration with
the Illinois Humanities Council, Columbia College’s Center for
Black Music Research and the City of Chicago’s Chicago
Cultural Center, presents Sounds of Experience, marking The
Sounds of Experience features four Chicago-area HistoryMakers
representing four different music genres: Lonnie Brooks (blues),
Don Porter (doo-wop), Eldee Young (jazz), and Regina
Baiocchi (classical). Rosita Sands, project consultant for Sounds
of Experience starts the evening off with a discussion of the
importance of music in the history of Chicago. The four
panelists will discuss the impact of music on their lives and the
program will conclude with a question and answer session
followed by a reception.
Sounds of Experience is being held in the Claudia Cassidy
Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center.
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From left to right:Regina Baiocchi (classical), Lonnie Brooks (blues), Don Porter (doo-wop), and Eldee Young (jazz)

I.C.E. Theaters Launches The HistoryMakers
Featured HistoryMakers include:
Thanks to Alisa and Donzell Starks, HistoryMakers and owners
of Inner City Entertainment (I.C.E.), The HistoryMakers is
partnering with CinemADvantage and I.C.E.Theaters.
All three I.C.E. theaters (thirty-four screens) are featuring
HistoryMakers promotional slides on their screens, showcasing
nine Chicago-area HistoryMakers. Each slide remains on-screen
for ten to thirteen seconds, rotating every four to five minutes
at the Chatham 14, at 210 West 87th Street in Chicago, the
Lawndale 10 at 3330 West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, and the
62nd & Western 10 at 2258 West 62nd Street in Chicago.
Carol Adams
educator and government
administrator
Zerrie Campbell
college president
C.Vincent Bakeman
educator and human
services provider
Emil Jones
Illinois Senate President
Reverend Willie Barrow
minister and civil rights
activist
William Bonaparte
telecommunications
entrepreneur
Jacoby Dickens
bank chairman
Hermene Hartman
publisher
Ramsey Lewis
jazz pianist
In Memoriam
Year 2003 have brought the passing
of several HistoryMakers.Their
deaths demonstrate the urgency of
The HistoryMakers initiative.
Etta Moten Barnett
Singer & Actress
November 5, 1901 – January 3, 2004
Jacob Carruthers
Educator
February 15, 1930 – January 5, 2004
Elma Lewis
Cultural Center Founder
September 15, 1921 – January 1, 2004
Del. Howard "Pete" Rawlings
Maryland State Delegate
March 17, 1937 – November 14, 2003
Bishop John Burgess
Episcopalian Bishop
March 11, 1909 – August 24, 2003
Archie Epps III
University Dean
May 19, 1937 – August 21, 2003
Lula Cole Dawson
Government Consultant
April 15, 1931-January 14, 2004
Alonzo Pettie
African American Cowboy
June 18, 1910 – August 2, 2003
Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong
Musician, Storyteller & Painter
March 4, 1909 – July 30, 2003
Eloise Demaris Hughes
Dancer
February 1, 1916 – December 8, 2003
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Coming in 2004
2004 is an exciting year for The HistoryMakers! Events are planned nearly every month in locations across the
country as we make a strong push to develop a national presence.
January
Coca-Cola Luncheon
On Wednesday, January 28th, Senior Vice President of Coca-
Cola Ingrid Saunders Jones of the Coca-Cola Corporation
hosted a luncheon to introduce The HistoryMakers to the
Atlanta corporate community. Executive Director Julieanna
Richardson, Atlanta Regional Coordinator Cynthia Moreland,
and Frances Thompkins, also of Coca-Cola and over 100
members of the Atlanta corporate community were in
attendance at Paschal’s Restaurant, when The HistoryMakers
announced its plans to bring its signature program, An
Evening With… to Atlanta.
February
Christine King Farris
The HistoryMakers featured Christine King Farris, the older
sister of Martin Luther King, Jr., as part of a tour to promote
her newly published children’s book, My Brother Martin.
Farris had scheduled appearances at the Latin School of
Chicago and the Francis Parker School on February 12th, and
Morgan Park and Jenner Academy on February 13th.
photographed and profiled in the annual calendar
recognizing accomplished African Americans. Receptions
will be held in Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Jersey
and Dallas.
Regional Salutes to The HistoryMakers will be held across
the country during 2004 thanks to Hilton Hotels Corporation
who is underwriting the events and McDonalds Corporation
who is serving as one of the awards sponsors. Salutes will
be held in Chicago, Washington D.C., New York and Los
Angeles in 2004. Tickets to attend the Salutes are available
for $250.00 per person.
March
On March 13th, Chicago HistoryMakers will be saluted from
6 p.m.-10 p.m. in the Red Lacquer Room at the Palmer
House Hilton. The evening will feature food, dancing, footage
from The HistoryMakers archives and an awards
presentation. Entertainment will be provided by Sue Conway
and Trio. Contact The HistoryMakers for more information at
(312) 674-1900 or at info@thehistorymakers.com.
April
On April 30th, at the Washington Hilton, The HistoryMakers
will pay tribute to our Washington, D.C. HistoryMakers,
featuring an evening of food and entertainment as a part of
this awards ceremony. Vernon Jordan is serving as event
chair with Congressman John Lewis and former
Congressman J.C. Watts as honorary co-chairs.
Desegregation and the Arts
May
Speak Out
Throughout Black History Month, HistoryMakers will be
featured as part of The HistoryMakers Education Institute
Black History Month program, Speak Out.
Throughout the month of February, receptions and awards
presentations hosted by AllState will honor HistoryMakers
featured in AllState’s 2004 “From Whence We Came”
calendar. HistoryMakers in the fields of science and
medicine, dubbed “Pathfinders of the Future,” were
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of
Education landmark judicial decision ending segregation, The
HistoryMakers has teamed up with the Illinois Humanities
Council and Harris Bank to present, “Desegregation and the
Arts” on May 13th at the Harris Bank Auditorium. The
program features director Lloyd Richards, playwright Suzan-
Lori Parks and poet Amiri Baraka in a discussion moderated
by Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Dean of Liberal Arts at Columbia
College Chicago.
June
Also as part of the Illinois Humanities Council’s year-long
series celebrating the Brown v. Board anniversary, a program
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on June 17th will feature “Personal Stories of Struggle and
Survival.” Young people from the “Teen Chicago” project at
the Chicago Historical Society will conduct their own oral
history interviews of HistoryMakers who were activists
during the integration of America’s schools. They will share
their projects with an audience at the Chicago Historical
Society.
The HistoryMakers hallmark program, An Evening With…
celebrity interview is going on the road! For the first time,
we will be holding the event in Atlanta, Georgia. Be sure to
check our website for more details.
July
Pre-eminent African American tap dancer, Dr. Jeni LeGon will
delight Chicago audiences on July 29th in a live public
program at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
LeGon’s career started in her late teens when she became a
dancer in the Count Basie chorus line in Chicago. LeGon
caught the eye of Hollywood and was cast in a series of
musicals, becoming the first black woman to sign a multipicture
contract with a studio. Over the years, she appeared
in films with Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Fats
Waller. LeGon now lives and teaches dance in Vancouver,
British Columbia. Following a screening of the BBC film,
“Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way,” detailing her
remarkable life story, LeGon will speak on her Hollywood life
and career.
September
The New York-area Salute to The HistoryMakers including
interviews conducted in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, New
Jersey, Providence and Martha’s Vineyard will be held in
September at the New York Hilton.
October
The HistoryMakers’ 5th annual celebrity interview event will
be held on October 22nd in Chicago! Who will be the
honoree and interviewer this year Stay tuned for more
details!!!
November
The Los Angeles Salute to The HistoryMakers will be held in
November at a Hilton Hotels Corporation facility in Beverly
Hills.
Recent Grant Announcements
The HistoryMakers received a grant of $25,000 from the
Boulé Foundation of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity in support of
its continuing efforts to record “stories of success” across
the country. The HistoryMakers would like to thank
Reverend Calvin Pressley, Manford Byrd, Dr. Payton
Williams and the Executive Committee of the Boulé
Foundation for this award. In September 2003, The
HistoryMakers was awarded a National Leadership Grant of
$163,600 from the Institute of Museum and Library
Sciences.The grant is for our efforts in the preservation and
digitization of The HistoryMakers archives and the
development of a new digital archive that is unlike any
other, allowing users to search through The HistoryMakers’
interviews for specific topics. The goal is to transcribe and
digitize 400 current interviews for use with this digital
archive prototype.
Facts you should know about
The HistoryMakers website …
• Receives over 2 million hits per month.
• Visitors from over 100 foreign countries with the United
Kingdom, The Netherlands and Canada consistently ranking
in the top ten of domain origins each month. Also, Lithuanian
visitors average 197.5 pages per visit.
• Visitors from over 100 different colleges and universities with
UCLA visitors averaging 59.3 pages per visit, more than any
other school.
• Public school teachers and students from more than 30 states
are regular users with the school districts in Chicago,
Kentucky, Missouri, New York and New Jersey using the content
for instructional purposes.
• Visitors from over a dozen federal government agencies
including repeat visits from the United States House of
Representatives and Senate; over 2,000 views by individuals
in all branches of the military as well as NASA, the
Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury and
the National Institutes of Health.
• Use by newsgathering agencies like WGN, CBS, ABC, NBC
and the BBC and cultural institutions like the Field Museum in
Chicago and the National Underground Freedom Center in
Cincinnati.
• Linkages by hundreds of other websites including several in
foreign countries, National Public Radio, PBS, Harvard
University, the University of Michigan and Chevron-Texaco.
• Typical visitors look for information on a specific person and
are directed straight to that bio.
• Average visitor looks at 4 pages per visit.
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Hilton Hotels
Renews its Third Year of Sponsorship
On September 8,
2003, Hilton Hotels
Corporation
announced that it
would renew its
third year of
sponsorship of The
HistoryMakers.
Hilton’s support was
officially recognized at The HistoryMakers celebrity event, An
Evening With B.B. King, where Gerhard Seibert, area vice
president, Midwest and general manager of the Palmer House
Hilton in Chicago served as an honorary co-chair.
Floyd Pitts, Hilton Hotels Corporation’s Senior Director of
Diversity Programs noted,“The HistoryMakers archive
demonstrates the rich and wonderful past, present and future
of African Americans in the United States. Hilton Hotels is
proud to support an initiative that incorporates new
technologies for education.”
In years past, Hilton Hotels has offered in-kind support
providing lodging for production crews and talent during
celebrity interviews. In 2004, Hilton will host Salutes to the
HistoryMakers in four markets across the nation. On March
13, 2004, the Palmer House Hilton will kick off its national
initiative with a Salute to the Chicago HistoryMakers and on
April 30th, the Washington Hilton will host a Salute for the
Washington, D.C. area HistoryMakers.These will be followed
up in the fall by Salutes to the New York HistoryMakers at the
New York Hilton and the Los Angeles-area HistoryMakers at a
Hilton Hotels Corporation location.
“We are extremely pleased that Hilton Hotels has chosen to
support The HistoryMakers in this way,” says Executive
Director Julieanna Richardson,“Because of supporters like
Hilton, The HistoryMakers has become the largest archive of
its kind in the country.”
Special thanks to the following
individuals and companies who are
providing much-needed in-kind
support:
Aly’s Posey Patch
American Airlines
Amy Billingsley
Freddie Bertucci & Freddie’s
Bob Callahan
Carmen Corbett
Chicago Tribune
Coca Cola Bottlers
Coca Cola Company
Comcast
Howard Ellman
Audrey Epps
Beth Gallagher
Rev. M. Coleman Gilchrist
Harris Bank & Trust
Walter Hill
DonationMakers
Hilton Hotel Corporation
Candace Hollis
Sanford Horwitz
House of Blues Hotel
Jewel Osco
Jenner & Block, LLC
Nancy John
Mekeda Johnson
Fernando Jones
Larry Levy
Servelure McMath
Sharon Morrow
Cynthia Moreland
Doris Odem
Katrina Paleski
Thema Peters
Floyd Pitts
Ken Price
Phyllis Ray
Roscor
John & Sharon Fairley Rogers
Gwendolyn Rutledge
Belkis M. Santos
Gary Siebert
Second Presbyterian Church
Susan Sharpe
Ray Shepard
Deborah Thomas
Janet Thomas
Schiele Graphics
Thrifty Car Rental
UIC Library
Dorothy Williams
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Presents
An Evening With
Interviewed by
Isaac Hayes
contnued from page 2.
guitar from a church to play a gig. He also spoke of a
lynching he witnessed in Poplar Creek, Mississippi, and how
German P.O.W.’s were treated better than black soldiers
during World War II. B.B. King recounted his first
performance for a white audience in the 1960s, and the
nervousness that he felt prior to the show. King also
delighted the audience by playing “The Thrill is Gone” on
his guitar, Lucille.
Still extraordinarily active at age 78, B.B. King continues to
tour. He is involved in a number of other ventures, as well.
With a chain of blues clubs with locations in Memphis,
Nashville, New York and two in Connecticut, King has plans
for further expansion. A sufferer of diabetes and hypertension,
King has appeared in public service advertisements advising
others of the risks of these diseases and the importance of
treating them.
An Evening with B.B. King was a huge success, and what
better way to close out the Year of the Blues! An Evening
With B.B. King will air as PBS-TV special beginning in
February 2004 in the following markets: New York City,
Washington, D.C., Rochester, New York, Chicago, Illinois,
Detroit, Michigan, Las Vegas, Nevada and Memphis,
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Karita Bryson
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Lana Caraway-Crawford
Patrick Carroll
Isaac Carter, Jr.
Ruby Chapman
Angelyn Chester
Carmen Corbett
Carrie Crews
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The HistoryMakers would like to thank all of those who volunteered
their time and services in the past year. We couldn't do
it without you!
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Sponsor-A-HistoryMaker
* Save A Life * Preserve A Memory * Create A Legacy *
The HistoryMakers kicked-off our sponsorship
drive in 2004 with a generous gift of $25,000
from Ray Shepard, which will be used to sponsor
HistoryMaker interviews!
In fact, HistoryMakers,Mellody Hobson, Zerrie
Campbell, Frank Clark and the late Howard “Pete”
Rawlings each had their HistoryMaker interview
sponsored by an individual, company or organization.
Thanks to the generosity of the sponsors, The
HistoryMakers archives continue to grow and thrive!
To date, The HistoryMakers has interviewed 700
individuals from around the country. Each interview
costs $2,500 - $5,000 to produce. Our goal in 2004 is
to secure 300 sponsored interviews to help defray the
costs of production and that is why we need your
help.
With our Sponsor-A-HistoryMaker campaign, sponsors
are: 1) listed on The HistoryMakers website along with a
biography of the featured HistoryMaker; 2) featured in
The HistoryMakers program book and in The
HistoryMakers biannual newsletter; 3) receive two tickets
as invited guests the Salute to The HistoryMakers awards
program; and 4) gain the satisfaction of knowing that
they are helping to preserve an important part of
American history for generations to come.
Sponsors can nominate an individual that qualifies as a
HistoryMaker.
A HistoryMaker is defined as someone who on
their own has made tremendous strides and/or he
or she is associated with a movement,
organization or event in time that is important to
the African American community (i.e.Negro
Baseball League Player, Pullman Porter, Urban
League. etc.).
We can also match sponsors with one of our existing
HistoryMakers.
The HistoryMakers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
and all contributions to it are tax deductible to the extent
permitted under the law.
Help us preserve this rich legacy! Ensure that we meet
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Sponsor-A-HistoryMaker today and be a part of history
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Visiting and Using
The HistoryMakers Archives
1900 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
www.thehistorymakers.com
Kerry James Marshall, production designer for Daughters of the Dust,
antiques an umbrella (1989).
Our archive visits and usage are increasing! In December,
we hosted over 50 students from Erin McCarthy’s
Columbia College of Chicago oral history class. The site visit
was part of their veteran oral history project. The
students toured the archives, heard a lecture from
Executive Director Julieanna Richardson and watched
HistoryMaker interviews of two World War II veterans.
Others who have used the archives include CLTV,
Simmons Lathan Entertainment, Sports Illustrated, Jet
Magazine, Krannert Art Museum, Harcourt Publishers,
Moody Bible Institute, the Chicago Metro History
Project and nationally known historian Darlene Clark
Hine.
Footage from The HistoryMakers archive was used in the
Kerry James Marshall exhibit One True Thing, Meditation
on Black Aesthetics at the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Chicago. This exhibit, one of the most important
retrospectives on his life and work, features video footage
from The HistoryMakers archives. Also, archival footage of
various HistoryMakers was used in the Bethel New Life
“Stepping Up” exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago.
“Stepping Up” will be made a permanent exhibit and
represents a unique collaboration between a twenty-five
year old community revitalization organization and one
of the leading research institutions in the United States.
Harry Porterfield of ABC-7, WGN, Channel 9 and
WTTW-11 used The HistoryMakers interview of singer
and actress Etta Moten Barnett to commemorate her life
and career following her death on January 3rd, 2004.
Designated in 2002 as a special collection of the Illinois
State Library system, The HistoryMakers archives are open
to the public. Hours are 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., but visitors
must schedule an appointment with The HistoryMakers
Resources Center. Contact Ayana Haaruun at
(312)674-1900 or ah@thehistorymakers.com to
schedule an appointment.