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77 WABC Celebrates Black History – Monday, February 19

On Monday, February 19th 77 WABC will celebrate Black History month with a special day of events and programming.

Black History is American History – Roundtable Discussion

Featuring:
Opening Spoken Word Performance
Earl Majette aka Brother Earl, Teaching Artist and Community Stakeholder – Resurrection

Moderators:
Jineea Butler and John Catsimatidis

Featured Panelists:
Stephen Hightower, Hightower Petroleum Co. in 1982, continuing a family legacy of entrepreneurism that began in 1957 with the establishment of the family’s cornerstone business.

John Blassingame, Renowned trailblazer behind the movement — John Blassingame. With an illustrious career spanning influential print publications and groundbreaking fashion productions, Blassingame has cemented his status as an innovator and visionary in the industry.

Latonya Lawson-Jones, Project Director, Nomini Hall Slave Legacy aims to chronicle the descendants of the 500 + enslaved Africans freed in 1791 in the largest private manumission in US History

Thomas Watkins, Owner Challenger Publisher Group In 1972, Watkins founded his flagship paper, the New York Daily Challenge, a daily newspaper distributed city-wide, which was also New York City’s first and only Black daily newspaper.

 

Black Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards

Lenny Jones, Courtside Consulting
Russell Cheek, Community Activist
Simone Smalls, Publicist Sherri Shepard
Sharon Content, Founder, Promise Academy
Sharon Joesph, CEO Boys and Girls Club of Harlem

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