We know that it is very important for the world to know about our heritage.
EVERY WEEK we will honor and represent our African American heroes.
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The Week of October
9th, 2005
IN
BLACK HISTORY
Pittsburgh Native, Producer, Composer,
Songwriter,
Film Maker, Musician, Vocalist, Actor
"Mr.
Casino" has been in show business for the past thirty years. His
musical training at the early age of nine included work with such musical
giants as Stanley Turrentine, Sy Morocco and George Benson in his hometown
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received a full scholarship to the prestigious
Howard University in Washington, D. C. The first Jazz Major in the United
States, he studied under Donald Byrd and the great Quincy Jones.
During his thirty-year career, "Mr. Casino
" has played with the likes of Dr. Lonnie
Smith, George Benson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Timmy Thomas, Neil Diamond,
Mitch Ryder, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, Jimmie Hendrix, Spider
Martin, Jack McDuff, Carla Thomas, Benny Latimore, Roberta Flack, Donnie
Hathaway, Shirley Scott, Diamond Tooth Mary, David Keith, Don Johnson, Jaco
Pastorius, Neville Brothers, Bobbie Keys, Robert Cray Band, Meat Loaf, Viola
Wells, Donna Summers, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
.....read
more from Dr. Leo Casino's official website.. Also
check out our dedication page to Dr. Leo Casino here.
Hill District native hopes film will stop the violence By Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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PROUD TO BE BLACK
This flag is credited to Marcus Garvey, a leading exponent of Afro-American rights. It represents wider African heritage, and is inspired by the heraldry of ancient African empires as well as the blood of Africans, the people themselves, and the lush verdure of the African continent.
REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)
Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother"
Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Irma Woodson,
Russell Woodson, Nora Moorehead-Dixon, James Dixon, Anthony "Torry" Dorsey,
Ross "Booper" Thomas, Termain "Butter" Woodson, Dorothy Jean Lee Ransom,
John Martin Moorehead, Jr., Donna Ann Davis
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