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March Issue
Cover Story :
C. Vivian Stringer
By Jean Nash Wells
When Don Imus said those nasty things about coach C.Vivian Stringer’s girls, the shock jock didn’t know who he was messing with...
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February Issue
Cover Story :
Harlem at the Crossroads
By Jean Nash Wells
After years of benign neglect, Harlem, New York is now one of the hottest destinations in the city thanks to a revitalization effort that has transformed the area...
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January Issue
Cover Story :
Martin Luther Memorial moves closer to construction
By Jean Nash Wells
The idea to build a national memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall in Washington, DC was conceived by members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the nation’s oldest black college fraternity...
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November Issue
Cover Story :
Dick Gidron - A Gentle Giant Passes
By Herb Boyd
In his eulogy for Richard “Dick” Gidron Sr. during funeral services at Abyssinian Baptist Church on Friday morning, October 19, the church’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, invoked the metaphor of two lamps that shape impressions and guide our thoughts...
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October Issue
NEWARK:
The Big Bad Committee
Building A Better Newark
By Glenda Cadogan
In May 2006, a group of 22 arts, culture, education, government, and community organizations in Newark made history. They gathered at The New Jersey Historical Society...
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September Issue
Interview: Master P: The Master Uncle P Interview
Hip-Hop Entrepreneur Reflects on God, Family,
Money and Maturity
By Kam Williams
Born on April 29, 1967, Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, was the eldest of five children raised in a housing project in New Orleans’ Third Ward. On his way to being designated one of America’s 40 Richest People under 40 by Fortune Magazine...
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July/August 2007 Issue
Cover Story: An Afternoon with Percy Sutton
(By Jean Nash Wells)
His life story is one of a latter day renaissance man. His revitalization
of the famed Apollo Theater is seen by many as the spark that set
in motion the resurgence of 125th and, indeed, Harlem.
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June 2007 Issue
Cover Story: The Bookers on Booker
By Jean Nash Wells and Robin S. Nash
Meeting with Mayor Cory Booker is no easy feat. He’s a mayor on the move always on the go. If you want to catch him, you have to run with him. Minutes before our scheduled interview, his office informed us of a change of venue. The Mayor was at the scene of a nursing home fire. Tenants had been temporarily sheltered in a nearby school and rallying his staff and city officials to tend to their needs and finding substitute housing was his uppermost concern.
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May 2007 Issue
Cover Story: A Pastor with A Purpose: Rev. Deforest “Buster” Soaries The Language of Respect and a
Passion for Progress.
By D. Kendall
Standing at a microphone during the recent Language of Respect Coalition’s inaugural Town Meeting at Rutgers University in New Brunswick an exceptionally bright fifth-grade student poured out her heart and her hurt to the crowded room. The little girl cried, struggling to express the painful experience of being called derogatory names. With earnestness, she described her struggle to maintain a healthy self-esteem despite negativity from her peers.
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April 2007 Issue
Cover Story: The Next Level
New York Theological focuses on Urban Leadership Training
By Jean Nash Wells
From its beginnings as the Bible Teachers’ College in Montclair, NJ in 1900, to its incarnation as the New York Theological Seminary in Harlem ( Morningside Heights), the Bible has occupied the central position in the school’s theological curriculum. With the name change to New York Theological Seminary came a new venture with a commitment to biblical understanding and theological training for urban ministry at the heart of its mission.
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March 2007 Issue
Cover Story: The Head Under the Hat
Brilliant musical lauds the life of Dr. Dorothy Height
She has worked side-by-side with the great names of the 20 th Century Civil Rights Movement— people like Martin Luther King, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph and Roy Wilkins. The only woman among the senior organizers of the 1963 March on Washington, Dr. Dorothy Height is a champion in the struggle for equality, and figured prominently in the Civil Rights Movement.
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February 2007 Issue
Harlem is Still Home
Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson holds
inaugural celebration at Riverside Church
The historic Riverside Church in Harlem was filled to capacity on January 5th, 2007 for the inauguration celebration of Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson. He had officially been sworn in on January 1, but this celebration was for the people of Harlem whom he served in various capacities for many years including the New York State Senate where he was minority leader. The event was open to the public and among the hundreds of well-wishers on hand were the elite of New York politics past and present.
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Jauary 2007 Issue
Former Chief of Staff to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pastor Emeritus of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem
Residing in Chester, Virginia
Martin Luther King had many high moments during his storied career. There was the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott of 381 days, which brought him to the Nation’s attention. There was the Birmingham Campaign that resulted in the 1965 Public Accommodations Act, which ended segregation in the nation.
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December 2006 Issue
Unto Us A Child is Born
Christmas. It’s all about children. It began with the birth of Baby Jesus. The Christian belief in the divinity of his birth and the glory of His second coming is ever abiding. We take delight in the wonderment on the faces of our own children as they listen to the story of Jesus’ birth in a manger.
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November 2006 Issue
Cover: Yvette Clarke
There is a little girl who lives in the heart of Brownsville, Brooklyn . We do not know her by name, but we know her by her social condition. The daughter of a welfare mother, she lives in abject poverty. She is lost, alone, uneducated and misguided. She is seemingly hopeless, assuredly voiceless.
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October 2006 Issue
Cover: Ron Christian
SINNERS ARE WELCOME! That’s the sign you see upon approaching Christian Love Baptist Church in Irvington, NJ. Ironically, the name of the church’s pastor is Rev. Ron Christian. It could not have been a more perfect match. Rev. Ron was called to pastor Christian Love in 2001 when there were 12 members and the church was in foreclosure.
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September 2006 Issue
Cover: Elaine and Floyd
Flake co-pastor
The Reverends Elaine and Floyd Flake co-pastor The Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York, perhaps the largest and most influential African American congregation in the State and a model for the nation of how churches can change communities. This month Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake celebrates his thirtieth year as pastor.
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July/August 2006 Issue
Cover: Charles Bernard Rangel
For 35 years Charles Bernard Rangel has served as the U.S. Representative from the 15th Congressional District in New York, making him the fourth senior member of that esteemed branch of government. Only Representatives Dingle (D-Michigan), Conyers (D-Michigan) and Obey (D-Wisconsin) have longer tenure.
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June 2006 Issue
Cover: Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Johnson Jr.
On the last day of April 2006, the Rev. Dr. Thomas D. Johnson Jr. was installed as the fourth pastor of Harlem's historic Canaan Baptist Church. The installation ceremony capped a week of celebratory services in his honor. Dr. Johnson succeeds ministerial legend Reverend Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, author, ethnomusicologist and onetime Chief of Staff to Dr. Martin Luther King.
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May 2006 Issue
Cover: Mayer Cory Booker
I first interviewed Cory Booker in 2002 during his first run for Mayor of Newark. Booker lost that race to incumbent Mayor Sharpe James by just a few thousand votes. It’s four years later and Booker is on the stump again and from all appearances, this time he’ll be victorious.
After five terms (totaling 20 years) Sharpe James will not seek a sixth term as Mayor.
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April 2006 Issue
Cover: Dr. Fred Lucas
Dr. Fred Lucas has taken his 34 years of preaching ministry and 25 years of pastoral experience to Wall Street. There as founder, president and CEO of the Faith Center for Community Development, Inc., he is an advocate for the full utilization of churches in helping to rebuild broken communities. What he has done is leverage his experience and knowledge of religious institutions and faith-based
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February 2006 Issue
Cover: Steve Harvey
If ever there was a man on the move it’s funny man, Steve Harvey. The star of WBLS radio in the all - important morning drive time spot, Harvey is a whirling dervish keeping up with his various commitments. We caught up with him minutes after he finished his radio show, in between conference calls, and before he had to rush off to sign another licensing deal, which was just an hour before he headed to JFK
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January 2006 Issue
Cover: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Former Chief of Staff to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pastor Emeritus of Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem
Residing in Chester, Virginia.
Martin Luther King had many high moments during his storied career. There was the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott of 381 days, which brought him to the Nation’s attention.
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December 2005 Issue
Cover: Dr. Albert Lewis Jr.
One of the most heart-warming aspects of the Christmas season is the music. Taking the phrase ‘give the gift of music’ to heart, that’s just what Gospel impresario Dr. Albert Lewis and the City of Newark will do again this year. Victory at Christmastime—Part II will take place at Symphony Hall on Thursday, December 22.
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November 2005 Issue
Cover: Terrie Williams
Terrie Williams has attained phenomenal success in her career. Founder of one of the country's most successful public relations and communications firms, she is regarded as a premiere public relations practitioner. Terrie started strong and has stayed on point since she launched her business in 1988 after a career in social work.
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October 2005 Issue
Cover: Rev. Calvin McKinney
Rev. Calvin McKinney felt the call to ministry when he was a young boy, just 15-years of age. Though he came from a strong Christian family McKinney says he never divulged his feelings to anyone. “Being a teenager, those were things you just didn’t talk about,” he said. It was a traumatic incident that caused him to face the reality of his calling.
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September 2005 Issue
Cover: Dr. Johny Ray Youngblood
“We call ours the church “un-us-u-´al,” he said, accent on the last syllable. “We are not going to be trapped in meaningless traditions. We look for creative ways to address the needs of Black people in particular, and others in general, and I say that without apology. We look at Jesus in terms of his “historicity” as well as his spirituality.
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