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Black History Committee of Orange County, Inc.

Overview of BHCOC and Member

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Mission Statement

The Blac Black Hist story Co Commit ittee of f Ora Orange Co County, Inc Inc. . is co committed to to educatin ing our ur citi citizens on America can Hist

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are are co committ itted to to impr provin ing the the dial dialogue as as it t pe pert rtain ins to to co contributio ions Afric African-Americ icans hav have mad ade to to so soci ciety as as a a wh

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e are are also also co commit itted to to sup supportin ing our ur co communit ity by by do donatin ing fund funds to to stu students wh who wis wish to to co contin tinue thei their educatio ion by y obta tain inin ing an an un undergraduate or r gra raduate degree, an and d to to he help the the disa disadvantaged at at lar large.

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Goals of BHCOC

1. 1. The BH BHCOC ce cele lebrates the the ac achi hievements an and d co contr tributio ions Afric African Am Amer erican ans hav have mad ade to to so soci ciety. 2. 2. The committee’s goal is to ensure that Bla Black Hist story co contin tinue to to be be a a vi vital tal part part

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f Am Amer erican an Hist story. 3. 3. The BH BHCOC be belie lieves in sho showca casin ing the the ri rich cult culture an and co contr trib ibutions tha that t Afric frican Am Americ icans hav have mad ade by by dis displaying thei their Art Art, Dan Dance, Mus usic ic, Son Songs, Li Literat ature Bo Books, Artif Artifacts ts, Clo Clothin ing, Rich ch So Soul Food an and d Muc uch More.

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Fund Raising

BHCOC, Inc. Annual Gala

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Prior Black History Gala Speakers

• Dr. Juli

lian anne ne Mal alvo vo

• Dr. Dav

avid id Sa Satc tcher,

• Dr. Jone

nett tta Bets tsch Cole le Judge e Greg Mat athis is Chris istopher topher Gar ardne ner Alv lvin in Pouss ssai aint nt Hil ill l Har arper Rola land nd S.

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arti tin

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2011 Bl Blac ack k Histo tory ry Cel elebrati ebration

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2011 11 Ban anquet t Keyn ynote te sp speak aker r Tas asha a Sm Smit ith Topic ic :

Inspiri ring ng Women to Great atnes ness

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2011 Bl Blac ack k Histo tory ry Cel elebrati ebration

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Actress Tasha Smith brings style and intense character portrayals to the screen. Her outstanding performances have garnered widespread reactions from audiences and critics alike. Tasha has played a wide range

• f roles in feature films.

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2011 Bl Blac ack k Histo tory ry Cel elebrati ebration

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Entertainment by Phat Cat Players Featuring Coco Brown Master of Ceremony Rod Z With Special Guest Singer Curtis Rayam

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Hum umanit anitarian arian Educ ducation ation Com

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munity y Ser ervi vice ce

Community Service Awards

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Scholarships Do Dona nated ted

BHCO COC C has as donat ated ed over $2 $200 00,00 000 0 to local al Sc Schoo

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ls, Colleges ges an and Univers rsiti ties s in Orlan ando do an and throug

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hout t the St Stat ate e of Flo lorid ida. a.

Donations have been made to:

Pin ineloch loch Ele lementary ary Val alencia cia Communi unity ty College ge Univers rsity ty of Central al Florida da Flori rida da A&M M Universi sity ty Bethune hune Cookman kman

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Thanks for All your Support

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Platinum Sponsor

MV Transportation, Inc.

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Gold Sponsors

Bright House Networks Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Inc. Orlando Magic Turner Construction Company United Healthcare Valencia Community College

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Silver Sponsors

Bethune-Cookman University Blue Cross Blue shield of Florida Carlton Fields, P.A. Center For Drug-Free-Living, Inc. City of Orlando City of Winter Garden Edwards Waters College Florida A&M Foundation, Inc. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Orlando Health Progress Energy Publix Super Markets Sunshine State Health Plan University of Central Florida WFTV TV One Florida Hospital Orlando Utility Commission

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We Thank you So much for All your support

Our sponsors helped the BHCOC make a difference in the community.

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Barack Obama

Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Reflection tion of our ur African an Ameri rican an His istor

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Heroes Past & Present

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A New Direction

Heroes Past & Present

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While most of us know President Obama as the intelligent, thoughtful speaker who can bring people together, his best friend from CSI: NY Hill Harper can give us insight about who he really is.

Hero roes es Pas ast & Presen ent

Hill Har arpe per

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ast t & P Prese sent nt Cele lebrating rating our Legac acy Reflect lection ion of our Africa ican n Ame merican rican His isto tory ry Frederick Douglas Harriett Tubman

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Booker T. Washington 1856-1915 Founder of Tuskegee Normal School in Alabama (now Tuskegee University

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Hero roes es Pas ast & Presen ent

Cele lebrating ating our Legac acy Refle lecti ction

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ur Africa ican n Ame merican ican His isto tory y

Edmond nd DE DEDE DE 1827 1827-1901 1901 African American Creole composer, violinist and conductor who belonged to the Negro Philharmonic in his native New Orleans.

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Hero roes es Pas ast & Presen ent

Cele lebrating rating our Legac acy Reflect lection ion of our ur Africa ican n Ame merican rican His isto tory ry

George rge Wa Washin ington gton Car arver (18 1864 64 -1943) 1943)

American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave. Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the health of Southern farmers.

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Elijah ah Mc McCoy

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18 1844 44 - 1929 1929 Inventor with 57 patents for design of machine equipment

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W. W.E.B. .B. Du Dubo bois is 1868 1868 -1963 1963 First African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Co-Founder of the NAACP.

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Madam C.J. Walker \ 1867 – 1919 Cosmetic Industry Business Woman

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Marcus Garvey 1902 – 1967

Best remembered as an important proponent

• f the Back to Africa

movement, which encouraged those of African descent to return to their ancestral homelands.

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Langston Hughes Author and Poet 1902 - 1967 Hero roes es Pas ast an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Re Refle lection tion of our ur Afric ican an Ameri rican an Histor

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Wallace Thurman 1902 - 1932 Writer, Critic & Newsman Heroes

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Thurman‟s Novel Infants of the Spring (1932) includes many members of the New Negro movement including Zora Neale Hurston and Harold Jackson.

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Daughter of former slaves, McLeod Bethune was an educator, political advisor, and civil rights leader. Mary McLeod Bethune 1875 - 1955 Heroes

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Zora Neale Hurston 1891 - 1960 Heroes

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"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."

• Letter from Zora Neale Hurston

to Countee Cullen

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Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong 1900 - 1971 Hero roes es Past and Present nt Celebra rati ting ng our Legacy Refle lection tion of our Afric ican an Ameri rican an Histor

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller 1877-1968 Artist Hero roes es Pas ast an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Re Refle lection tion of our ur Afric ican an Ameri rican an Histor

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Aaron Douglas s 1899 – 1979 Father of Black American Art Hero roes es Pas ast an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Re Refle lection tion of our ur Afric ican an Ameri rican an Histor

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August Savage 1892 – 1964 Artist Hero roes es Pas ast an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Re Refle lection tion of our ur Afric ican an Ameri rican an Histor

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First African- American to have his own symphony performed and first to have an opera

• n national TV.

William Grant Stil l 1895 -1978 Hero roes es Pas ast an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Reflection tion of our ur African an Ameri rican an His istor

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Distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. Hero roes es Past t and Present nt Celebrati ting ng our Legacy Refle lection ion of our Afric ican an American an Histor

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Jesse Owens 1913 - 1980

Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth, all in a 70 minute

• span. Jesse Owens overcame

segregation, racism and bigotry to prove to the world that African- Americans belonged in the world

• f athletics.

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s Pas ast t an and Present nt Celebr brat ating ng our ur Lega gacy Re Refle lection ion of our ur Afric ican an American an Histor

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Rosa Parks 1913 - 2005 Heroes

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In 1955, Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama – a city with laws that strictly segregated blacks and whites. On Dec. 1, 1955 after leaving work Rosa boarded a city

• bus. When she refused to give up her seat

for a white man the bus driver called the police, and Rosa was arrested. A city wide boycott was started which brought about change and caused a national sensation.

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Thurgood Marshall 1908 - 1993

NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, Was the nations first Black Justice. Winning Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., segregation in public schools was Found to be unconstitutional.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929 -1968 National leader of the civil rights movement, leading boycotts and staging protests against segregation in the South. Heroes

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Coretta Scott King 1927 - 2006

A social reformer and a symbol, in her own right,

• f her husband's struggle

for peace and brotherhood.

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Malcolm X 1925 - 1965

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little

• n May 19, 1925 in

Omaha, Nebraska. A born leader Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm became a minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

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• Rev. Jesse Jackson

(Born Jesse Louis Burns) Born 1941 Heroes

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American singer, songwriter and jazz pianist.

Nat King Cole

(Born Nathanial Adams Coles) 1919 – 1995

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James Earl Jones 1931

An American Emmy and Tony Award Winning actor of film and stage, perhaps best known for his deep baritone voice.

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The comedian broke many barriers for black performers during his heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, becoming one of the highest-paid actors in

• Hollywood. Comedy Central

voted him the top standup comedian of all time.

Richard Pryor 1940 - 2005 Heroe

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, William Henry “Bill” Cosby Jr. 1937 American actor, comedian, television producer and activist.

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Edward Regan “Eddie” Murphy‟ 1961 Golden Globe winning, Grammy Award-winning, Screen Actors Guild- winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor and comedian

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James Brown 1933 - 2006 The Godfather of Soul Heroes

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Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson 1919 - 1972 Heroes Past and Present Celebrating our Legacy Reflection of our African American History

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Henry Louis “ Hank ” Aaron‟ 1934

Retired baseball player and record-setting member

• f the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Musician & Performer The Genius of Soul

Raymond Charles Robinson “ Ray Charles „ 1930 - 2004 Heroes

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Stevie Wonder Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins 1950 Singer, songwriter, record producer, musical and social activist.

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Stephanie Natalie Maria Cole 1950

Grammy-Award American singer and songwriter.

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Morgan Freeman 1937

Academy Award-winning American actor, film director and narrator.

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American musician, entertainer and pop icon.

Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009 Heroes

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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. 1968 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated American actor and multiple Grammy winning hip hop artist.

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Academy Award- winning American actor and director Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr. 1957 Heroes

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The McNair Crater on the Moon is named in his honor. NASA Mission Specialist killed during the launch

• f the Space Shuttle

Challenger.

Ronald Erwin McNair, Ph.D. 1950 - 1986 Heroes

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FIRST African-American female to go to space. Chemical engineer, scientist, physician, teacher and astronaut, speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili, as well as English and is trained in dance and choreography.

• Dr. Mae Carol Jemison

1956

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Michael Jordan 1963 One of the greatest basketball players of all time, he became the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation. Heroe

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Colon Luther Powell Born 5 April 1937 Heroes

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He became the first African-American Secretary of State in U.S. history when he took office in 2001. Powell was a career soldier who fought in the Army during the Vietnam War. He rose though the ranks to become general, then became national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan. He became chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff directing forces during the Gulf War and retired in 1993.

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Rice is the first African American woman, second African American and second woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Condoleezza Rice 1954 Heroes

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A native of Cat Island, the Bahamas, (though born in Miami during a mainland visit by his parents), Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of a dirt farmer. He became one of the most represented actors

• n the American Film

Institute's 100 most inspiring movies

• f all time, with five of

his films on the list.

Sidney Poitier February 20 1927 Heroes

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Halle Maria Berry August 14, 1966

She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contest, finishing runner-up in Miss Universe (1986), and winning the Miss USA World 1986 contest.. Her breakthrough feature film role was in the 1991 Jungle Feaver.

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Oprah Gail Winfrey January 29, 1954

Born in rural Mississippi to a poor unwed teenaged mother, and later raised in a Milwaukee ghetto, Winfrey was raped at the age of nine, and at fourteen, gave birth to a son who died in infancy. She is thought to have popularized and revolutionized the tabloid talk show genre.

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Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (1961–)

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We Each Have A Place In History. Make The Most Of Yours!