Audrey’s Society Whirl: Valerie Simpson Gives First Interview Since Death of Husband Nick Ashford

Audrey’s Society Whirl: The HistoryMakers presents An Evening with Berry Gordy

December 12, 2012 by EurPublisher Leave a Comment

*On Saturday, November 17, 2012 at The Art Institute of Chicago, award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill conducted an intimate interview with Berry Gordy, Jr., founder of Motown Records, during An Evening with Berry Gordy presented by The HistoryMakers before a live audience that was personal, humorous, candid and insightful. Ifill’s interview navigated the audience through Gordy’s [...]

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The HistoryMakers Bring African America Leaders into US Schools on Set. 28

September 21, 2012 by EurPublisher Leave a Comment

*Chicago – On Friday, September 28, 2012, as students begin a new school year, 101 year old “Bloody Sunday” civil rights pioneer, Amelia Boynton Robinson, neo soul artists Kindred the Family Soul (Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon), singer and actress Freda Charcelia Payne, and actor Harry J. Lennix will join hundreds of African American HistoryMakers [...]

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Audrey’s Society Whirl: Valerie Simpson Gives First Interview Since Death of Husband Nick Ashford

March 29, 2012 by EurPublisher 1 Comment

*The music world is still reeling from the loss of the inimitable Nick Ashford who succumbed to throat cancer at the untimely age of 70 in August 2011. There have been many nationwide tributes to Ashford including one by The HistoryMakers, the Chicago-based research organization involved in documenting well-known and unsung African American historical figures. [...]