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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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