THE GREENSBORO 4-IMMORTALIZED ON THE CAMPUS OF NORTH CAROLINA A & T (1960). TWO SURVIVORS.

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE STUDENTS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY STATE TROOPERS (1968)

GEORGE McGINNIS-NBA / FIRST PRO ATHLETE TO PROMO INSIDE SPORTS ON THE RADIO.

MELVIN LINDSEY “THE ORIGINAL QUIET STORM” AND TV 4 ANCHOR JIM VANCE CO-HOST A KIDS IN TROUBLE TOY PARTY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE GRAND HYATT IN DOWNTOWN DC.

EMANUEL STEWARD-BOXING TRAINER OF CHAMPIONS-A PRINCE AMONG THEIVES.

CORA “PEACHES” BROWN

HAROLD BURKE-NATIVE WASHINGTONIAN / PRODUCER & PR FOR KIT-GONE TOO SOON.

DR FRANCES CRESS WELSING-CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIST AND GRADUATE OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY. EXPERT ON RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA.

MENTOR-SENATOR DECATUR TROTTER (MD-5th DISTRICT). HE KNEW HOW TO REACH BACK.

DARYI PENNINGTON-CONSTITUENT SERVICES REP FOR CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER (D-MD)

ROYAL HEIGHT DC NATIVE / DOP WOP AND GOSPEL LEGEND. HE GAVE MORE THAN HE RECEIVED.

DAVE HARRIS (SCORED WINNG TD IN 1954 FIRST DC HIGH SCHOOL INTEGRATED ALL-STAR GAME)

WILLIAM WALKER NATIVE WASHINGTONIAN-KIT YOUTH ADVOCATE-PRODUCER “THE CHOSEN ONE”

DICK HELLER-WASHINGTON TIMES LEGENDARY SPORTS COLUMNIST-TRULY COLOR BLIND.

JOHN CHANEY-TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL COACH

MENTOR-JAMES DUDLEY-WAS A CATCHER IN THE NEGROE BASEBALL LEAGUE. HE WAS A PIONEER. FIRST BLACK PROMOTER FOR A MAJOR ARENA IN THE U. S.-TURNERS ARENA HOME OF WWE IN DC.

NBA JIM “BAD NEWS” BARNES AND THE GREAT NFL ALL-PRO CORNERBACK JOHNNY SAMPLE.

WAYNE DAVIS-FBI PIONEER. FIRST BLACK DIRECTOR IN-CHARGE OF THE DETROIT OFFICE OF THE FBI.

THE CHIEF-NFL

RICHARD JONES-AVIATION PIONEER. ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

EARL TILDON-EDUCATOR-FRIEND-POET

MAURY WILLS- MLB / “THE ART OF THE STEAL” HE REVOLUTIONIZED THE GAME IN THE 60s & 70s.

DOTIE & RED AUERBACH-FRIENDS & MENTORS

K. C. JONES-NBA / ONE OF THE NICEST AND KINDEST BROTHERS I HAVE EVER KNOWN.

SAM JONES-NBA / A LOYAL FRIEND AND MAN OF HIS WORD.

DC SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE LUKE C. MOORE / FIRST MODERN DAY U. S. MARSHALL-IN-CHARGE

WILLIE WOOD-NFL / HOMEBOY AND FRIEND. HE KNEW HOW TO SAY “THANK YOU.”

EARL LLOYD-NBA PIONEER. ”THANK YOU” WAS NOT IN HIS VOCUBULARY.

RED AUERBACH & BOSTON CELTICS’ OWNER WALTER BROWN. THE ARCHITECTS OF NBA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

JIM BROWN-NFL / THE GREATEST PLAYER IN PRO FOOTBALL HISTORY.

DC ELGIN BAYLOR-NBA / IN MY TOP 5 GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME. 

GRAMBLING COACH EDDIE ROBINSON. HE WAS A CLASS ACT-AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN.

MY COACH CLARENCE GAINES-AT WINSTON-SALEM STATE THEY CALLED HIM “BIGHOUSE”

HANK AARON-MLB HOMERUN KING. HE WAS A QUIET MAN BUT CARRIED A BIG STICK. HE CALLED A SPADE A SPADE.

WILT CHAMBERLAIN-NBA / I HAVE SEEN ALL THE GREATS SINCE THE 50s. THE ORIGINAL G-O-A-T.

“THE GREATEST”