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A show-stopping _perform
ance by legendary performer
Little Richard Penniman,
who announced "I'm danger
ous, I tell it like it is .. l am the
originator .. .I am the emanci
pator .. .I am the architect of
rock and roll" capped off a
stellar evening or rousing,
poignant tributes at the Fifth
Annual Rhythm and Blues
Foundation Pioneer Awards
at Roseland Ballroom in New
York City, New Yor on
March 2, 1994.
Designated as an official
part of Grammy Week, the
Foundation once again be
stowed coveted Pioneer
Awards and a total of
$190,000 to ten individuals
and two groups in its celebra
tion of one of America's mart
important art forms, rhythm
and blues music.
Reci pien ts were song
writer Otis Blackwell, "the
Iceman" Jerry Butler, vocal
ist Clarence Carter,
singer/songwriter Don Co
vay, organi t Bill Do ,
"Able" Mable Jobn, legendary
eoulman Ben E. King; 1
dary talent scout/ben
dleadersdnummez Johnny
Otis; union leaderaazzl and
r&b drummer Earl Palmer
and "Soul Queen of New Or
leans" Irma Thomas.
The Coasters/Robins and
Ali, Steve Win ood, Grammy
winne Jimmy "Jam" Harris
and Terry Le . , Foundation
trustee Ray Benson, Steve
Cropper, N arada Michael
Walden, Aaron eville and
Pealx> Bryson.
The largest philanthropic
organization of its kind, The
Rhythm and Blues Founda
tion was established in 1988
to preserve and celebrate a
music that continues to en
thr all and influence musi
cians and laymen alike.
Since its inception it bas
distributed. over 800,000
through. ita-Pioaeer Awards
Program and over $270,000
through its Docil'omus Emer
gency Financial Assistance
Program. With this year's
Pioneer Awards, the Founda-
tion reached the 1,000,000
benchmark in grants and
awards given through its pro
grams.
The Foundation has also
expended its scholarly activi
ties as well, conducting sev-
al oral histori hich will
be housed at the Smithsonian
Institution's National Mu
seum of American History
and will be aired in-part, il)
collaboration with National
Public Radio.
. IN CELEBRATION of
the Fi fth Annual Pioneer
Dr. David Satcher, M.D. (left) the fir t African American Director
of the Center 'or Dlse e Control and Prevention (CDC), pre
nt a peclal ward to National Medic I A ociatlon pre ident
Dr. Leonard L wrenc .
the Shirelles both received
group awards. "Litt�e" Rich
ard Penniman received the
coveted Ray Charles Lifetime
Achievement Award.
TRE E 0 Cere
monies for the awards were
Bonnie Raitt and legendary
''Mi Rhythm" Ruth Brown.
The all-star Saturday Night
Live band, lead by G.E. Smith
was joined by legendary gui
tarist Ry Cooder and Steve
Cropper along with hornmen
Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis
and Fred Wesley.
Among the presenters
were George Clinton, Jesse
Stone, Jody Watley, "60 Min
ute-man" Ed Bradley, Nona
endri , Arr ted Develop
ment's Speech and 'diedra
Awards The Foundation also
produced a compilation CD,
in collaboration with Motown
Records, entitled Rites of
Rhythm and Blues, Volume
II. The 72-minute recording,
which contains songs from
each of the 1994 Pioneer
Award recipients, includes
"Let the Good Times Roll" by
Shirley & Lee; Jerry Lee Le
wis' "Great Balls of'Fire" writ
ten by Otis Blackwell and
''Yakety Yak" by the Coast
ers. The CD will be available
in stor nationwide on May
3rd, 1994.
. The Fifth Annual Rhythm
and Blues Foundation Pio
neer Awards were presented
by SONY Electronics and
sponsored by BMI, EMI, Per
spective Records, Suncloud
Little Richard demonstrates the unique performing
style that made him a rock legend. He appeared with
pioneering OJ AI�n Freed In the film Don't Knock The
Rock.
Sunglasses, Loews New York the Fifth Annual Pioneer the Atlantic Group and tertainment, Inc.
Hotel and USAir. Awards were Doug Morris, Thomas Mottola, President
Honorary cochairmen of cochairman and co-CEO of and CEO of Sony Music En-
How to keep a Black man down
rom one white lave
lantation owner to another
. \
In the words of Willie Lynch in 1712, there are many way in which you can keep control over your " lave . "
His wi dom of 282 year has not changed It' time to wake up Black America! .
GENTLEMEN:
I caught the whiff of a dead
lave hanging from a tree a cou
ple of miles back. You are not
only losing valuable stock by
hangings, you are having upris
ings, slaves are running a way,
your crops are sometimes lf3ft in
·the fields too long for maximum
profit, you suffer occasional
fires, your animals are killed,
gentlemen, ... you know what
your problems are; I don not
need to elaborate. I am not he
to enumerate your problems, I
am here to introduce you to a
method of solving them.
distrust and envy for control
purposes. Th e methods have
worked on my mod t plantation
in the West Indi , and it will
work throughout the South.
Take this simple little list of
difference and think about
them. On th top of my list is
"Age," but it i the beca use it
only starts with an "A"; the sec
ond is "Color" or hade; there .
intelligence, size, sex, ize of
plantations, attitude of owne ,
whether th lav live in the
valley, on a hill, East, W t,
North, South, have fi or coarse
hair, or is tall or short.
Now that you have a list of
diff ren ,I shall give you an
outlin of action - but before
that, I shall ure you that dis
trust is stronger than trust, and
envy is stronger than adulation,
respect or admiration.
The Black Slave, after receiv
ing this indoctrination, hall
carry on and will become. If
refueling and elf-generating for
hundreds of years, maybe thou
sands.
•
DON'T FO G T, you must
pitch the old Black vs. th young
Black male, and the young Black
male against th old Black male.
You must use th d rk skin
slaves vs. the light skin sla ,
and th light kin sia vs. the
d k skin slaves.
You must u th female VA.
the male, and the male vs. tl)
female. You must also have your
servants and ove rs distrust
all Bla , but i is n ry
that your la trust and de
pend on us. They must love, re-
pect and trust only u .
Gentlemen, thes kits are
your keys to control, use th m.
Have you wi . and children use
th m. ever m opportunity.
My plan' guaran , and th
good thing about this plan is that
if used intensely for one year, th
sla themsel ves will remain
perpetually distru fuI.
. . .
- Reprinted from the Chi
cago Weekend
I greet you here on th bank
of the James River in the year of
our Lord, one thousand s ven
hundred and twelve. First, I
shall thank you, the Gentlemen
of the olony of Virginia, for
bringing me here.
I am here to help you solve
some of your problems with
slav . Your' invitation reached
me on my mod plantation in
the Wes Indies where I have
experimented with some of th
new t and still the oldest meth-
ods for control of sla IN MY G here, I have a
Ancient Rome would envy us fool-proof method for controlling
if my program is implem nted. your Black sla . I guarantee
our boat sailed south on the everyo of you that if installed
Jam River, named for our il- correctly it will control the
lustrious King James, whose Bi- slaves for at least 300 years. My
ble w cherish, I saw enough to method is simpl , any member of
know that your problem' not your family or any ave r can
unique. While Rome used co:cIs . use it.
of wood and crosses for standing I have outlined a number of
h�man b?dies along the old differences among the laves,
highways in great numbe , you and I take t differences and
are here U8� the t and t make them bigger. I use fear,
rope on occasion,