A diverse audience of more than 500 New York and national movers and shakers gathered at the Marriott Marquis Grand Ballroom on Thursday, February 21st for One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City’s 50th Anniversary celebration and 33rd Annual Benefit Gala. Celebrating fifty years of leadership, advocacy and community service, the organization saluted five national civic and business leaders:
- The Hon. David N. Dinkins, Former New York City Mayor and One Hundred Black Men Founder
- The Hon. H. Carl McCall, Former New York State Comptroller and Chairman, Board of Trustees, SUNY
- Kevin Newell, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Brand Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
- Vivian Pickard, President of GM Foundation, General Motors Corporation
- James Reynolds, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital Markets
Eytone Ruiz, Andrew Lyttle and Tochukwu Agouji were honored as Mentors of the Year.
Dari Alexander, anchor of Fox 5 News, and David Ushery, anchor of NBC News 4 New York and host of “The Debrief with David Ushery,” served as co-emcees of the Black tie fundraiser that raised $700,000. The gala featured a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner, program and dancing at 7:30 p.m
One Hundred Black Men President Fitzgerald Miller welcomed guests to the VIP reception including Congressman Gregory Meeks; New York City Comptroller John Liu; Former New York City Comptroller William Thompson; 100 Black Men of America Chairman Emeritus Thomas Dortch; 100 Black Men of America Chairman Curley Dossman, Jr. and immediate Past President and Chairman Emeritus Albert Dotson, Jr.; former Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield President Mark Wagar; New York State Senators Eric Adams and Ruth Hassell-Thompson; ESSENCE Editor Emerita Susan L. Taylor; Tuskegee Airman and OHBM Past President Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr.; Medgar Evers College President Dr. William Pollard; students from the Eagle Academy for Young Men; President of the Academy Foundation and founding principal of the Eagle Academy, David Banks, Esq., Eagle Academy Special Assistant Yvette Crespo, benefit committee member Philip Banks, Jr., OHBM immediate past President; Hazel Dukes, President, NY State NAACP Conference; and, former MTA Board member James Harding, Jr
“Tonight marks not only a remarkable milestone in the life of our organization, it serves to validate the incredible vision and leadership of the legions of men who shaped, supported and sustained the mission of One Hundred Black Men at the beginning and through the years,” said OHBM President Fitzgerald Miller. “We began in New York City, but evolved into a national organization with 118 affiliate Chapters from New York City to San Francisco and all the States in between, and are now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.”
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Always the presence and voice of the rich, famous, outstanding achievers, they are given a voice, a public id. Besides Roy Innis, what of those who challenged IBM, Coke Cola, Campbell Soup, TV’s commerical making industry, radio stations, trade unions to hire minorities. Why not find the foot soldiers, who with their bodies, voices, and songs, opened the doors, many of us were not deemed qualified to walk through, true or false. Nice for those who road those times of the 60s – 70s, now receiving awards, and paraded about. Behind every MLK, Malcolm X, Jesse Gray, Shirley Chilsom, and the not so honorable Samurel Wright– there were 50s, 100s, 1000s, of foot soldiers– when do you find some of these! Or do they matter? Just collateral damaged souls– forgotten. Willie Black was a young man arrested and housed in the new Brooklyn jail. What of Joe Jackson of NY Core– did he make it into the 100/men? I’d like to know. He was a bright guy as I remebered. Yes! Besides Roy Innis– what of the others who were the foot soldiers, in voice, song, and physical presence. We are not all gone yet— Nicasio Martinez, former member of NY Core once loacated next to the Apollo theatre. Gladys Harrington, she’s not a man but did she make fame too?
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