On February 23, 2006, The HistoryMakers hosted the 5th installment of its Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education at at the Merit School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. More than 40 HistoryMakers participated in panel discussions for 300 students and teachers. WVON held a live radio remote allowing attendees, HistoryMakers and students to talk directly to WVON listeners.
Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education was conceived as a day of seminars designed to expose public school teachers, librarians and students to the educational resources created by The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive.
Attendees experienced first person testimony from notable HistoryMakers, oral history workshops and training, computer labs and innovative and interactive curriculum. Meet The HistoryMakers: A Day of Education was truly a unique educational opportunity.
Panelists for this program included:
| Welcome Address
Julieanna Richardson, Founder & Executive Director of The HistoryMakers |
What is Success?
Robert Crockett, Columnist, Business Week (Moderator) |
| Community Service and Social Service Marion Brooks, Anchor and Reporter for NBC 5 TV Chicago (Moderator) Geraldine Brownlee, Educator and Associate Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago Marlene Owens Rankin, Social Worker and Executive Director of the Jesse Owens Foundation |
Laying Down the Law Salim Muwakkil, Journalist and Political Commentator (Moderator) Hon. Shelvin Louise Hall, Chairperson, Judicial Council of the National Bar Association Hon. Leo Holt, Retired Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Hon. William Cousins, Appellate Court Judge, Circuit Court Judge of Cook County |
| Performing Arts: Dance Julian Swain, Dancer and Choreographer |
Understanding Oral History Tracey Lewis of The HistoryMakers |
| Sports in Chicago Jim Rose, Sports Anchor, ABC 7 TV Chicago (Moderator) Ernie Terrell, Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion |
Making History Through Music Rev. Stanley Keeble, Gospel Musician, Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, Performer, Producer and Composer |
| Social Change Through Business Kenneth Rodgers of The Will Group |
A Career in Medicine Dr. Billie Wright Adams, M.D., Pediatrician and Associate Clinical Professor |
| Performances Rodney Stapleton Sugar Strings & Friends |
