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ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN [[image - logo]] 6th Annual Scholarship Benefit was held on Nov. 20, 1985 The Membership One Hundred Black Men, Inc., is an organization of men in business, industry, public affairs, government, the professions ... from throughout New York State, and a few from other states ... who share a common goal: improving the quality of life for Blacks and other minorities. The membership cuts across many lines and, purposely, touches a wide spectrum of activities and pursuits--in the Inner City, the suburbs and throughout the Nation. A group of determined men, consisting of public officials, businessmen, lawyers, retailers, government employees and others met in 1963 and organized One Hundred Men. Later on in the mid-1960s, at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, the organization agreed in conference to identify with and support the Movement by changing its name to One Hundred Black Men, Inc. There was at that time a clear need to solidify and strengthen the Movement, and to help chart direction, collectively, toward achieving equity in public and human affairs. Over the years the membership has increased to more than 500; and it continues to grow. Charter members were in the early 1960s, and are today successful in their fields, individually, and they recognized the need to move forward positively as an organization. Purposes The concept was to organize, as a force, a body of outstanding men whose training, skills and experience qualified them as specialists in a variety of fields; and to focus their combined leverage toward achieving meaningful gains for the Black community: in housing, education, employment, health services, the professions, government ... everywhere such activities are of significance. Officers Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., Ph.D. President Ronald W. Brown, Esq. 1st Vice President Donald L. Miller 2nd Vice President Archibald R. Murray, Esq. 3rd Vice President Godfrey H. Murrain, Esq. Secretary/Counsel Edward J. Babb Esq. Asst. Secretary/Counsel Bert N. Mitchell, C.P.A. Treasurer William Aiken, C.P.A. Asst. Treasurer Oscar N. Whitfield Financial Secretary Directors Bernard L. Charles David N. Dinkins, Esq. Hon. Simon P. Gourdine Kevin C. Greenidge, M.D. Duane A. Hart, Esq. Henderson Hicks Stanley Hill Hon. Bernard H. Jackson Vincent L. Johnson, Esq. Edward G. Mascoll Hon. H. Carl McCall Thomas K. Minter, Ed.D. Hon. Basil A. Paterson Hon. Charles B. Rangel Frank E. Stevenson Hon. Percy E. Sutton Arthur L. Thompson Gerald E. Thomson, M.D. Henry Williams William L. Wood, Esq. Leslie Wyche Honorary Board Arthur H. Barnes Hon. William H. Booth Hon. Herbert B. Evans William J. Hart J. Bruce Llewellyn, Esq. Hon. James S. Watson [[8 images - scenes from the benefit]] 224
