Jet Difference Makers 2011

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OURTRAILBLAZERSJET celebrates its 60th

ann iversary this year w ith a lookat trailblazers in our culture from the past and the present

whose commitment to excellenceallowed them and all of us to make inroads in every aspectof our world. For Black History

Month and all yea r long wehonor our veteran and risingBlack history makers.ACTRESSKIMBERLYELISE

For Colored Girls, Diary Of AMad Black W oman, WomanThou Art Loosed"I like to believe tha t Ms.(Cicely) Tyson is one of Ms.(Butterfly) McQueen's littleblossonris and that I am oneof Ms. Tyson's lit tle blossomsand tha t the work that I am

doing today w ill shine sunshineon the little girls who are just


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ACTRESSRUBYDEEDo The Right Thing, A Raisin In The Sun

"It was important to me to helpinspire youngsters through mywork on the screen and off thescreen. I think my proudestmoment was when I discoveredwhat acting was i t 's a walkthrough my consciousness.I was always that junglestreet fighter w ith my two


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WILLIAMSMahogany, Lady Sings The Blues"I suppose my imp act w ithout sounaingpompous I think I

kind of brought a kind ofromantic inriage, whichwas something th at hadnever really happenedb e f o r e , it was a result of doingthose movies w ith Diana Ross. Iguess wha t I always tried to do approach my work as an actor,


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ACTORIDRISThe Lotos, Daddy's Little GiHs"I have workedwith manytors of allraces; African-American actorshave had thelongest legacy,facing restraintand adversity.The first thing I ^le a rn e d from workinge in America isvity ande to sustain.. I hope my careerthe future of

a on for youngow.and ishould


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ATHLETEW . JMIATYUSThree-time Olympic gold medalist/Track"I like to think th at people canlook at me and say, 'hey, I cando th at, too.' I grew up in a smalltown in Georgia and there wasvery little for Black people towant to do. But after becominga Tigerbelle (Tennessee StateUniversity track team V it allchanged. I could see tn a t yvomencoulcTdo so many other th ing s.


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Olympic goldmedalist/Track"I think mybiggest in -fluence andthe personI look up tomost is prob-ably JackieJoyner-Ker-see. It's notjust her a th -letic acc om -plishments she w asan amazingathlete butit was when shewas done, herpassion wasto give back toher com munity.That's part of thelegacy I want toleave. I want to beremembered as agreat athlete butalso tha t I had


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ve beenjuely in-nced byrny in this'ustry whore leaders,-takersnon-itionalinkers,eople like)scar M i-heauxandhe Hudlinirothers areexamples of

trailblazers I a d -mire and study. Ihope to make mymark by creatinga diverse arrayof content tha t

"eves bothimercial via-ility and cultura l

FILMMAKERSPIKELEEM iracle At St. Anna, Do TheRight Thing, School Daze

"We're just stillcontinuing to do ourbody of work and buildon our body of work andtell different and uniquestories in different andunique ways. We've stillgota lot of stories to


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uDIFFERENCE MAKER

PHILLWILSONFounder/Executive Director ofthe Black AIDS Institute"If we are going to su rvive,we are going to do it becau sewe decide th at w e deserveto survive arid that wehave to su rvive, and by anymeans necessary. That isparticu larly tru e arou nd HIVand AID S .... AIDS is a b attle


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DIFFERENCE MAKERPHAEDRAELLIS-LAMKINSCEO, Green For All

"We believethat low-income com -munities, whoface significant

environmental andeconomic chal-lenges, deservea fair chance a t

turning their de -spair into hope a

goal that can beachieved througha clean energyeconomy. W ework everyday to suppo rtthe growth ofc lean tec hn ol-ogy to createsustainablecommuni t ies,w hi le ensuringthat the qua l -i ty jobs c re-ated providemuch-needed

career o ppor-t u n i t i e s


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EDUCMARVACOLLINSFounder, WeStside |Preparatory chool in IChicago; Sub ject of TV iThe Marva Collins Story; ;Founder, Marva Collins '. 'Seminars ,"All of us as BlackAmericans must _realize th a t weare as bright asanyone else in theworld. I w ant ourchildren to be able^communicate

ith people all overie world. We mustrealize that povertyhas nothing to dowith the mind. It isabout getting ourchildren to thinkthat they can. It 's-r


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EDUCATION

KINGFounder of Chicago's Urban Prep

Academ y, where entire all-male graduatingclass was accepted into college"Any African-Americanfigure who contributedto the Civil RightsMovement has contri-

buted to my ability to dowhat I am doing at UrbanPrep today.... Fifty years ago

(Rev. M artin Luther) King wastalking about the importance ofeducating the whole student. Iam empowered in2011 to f ighthard to continue th e struggle for


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MUSIC

ARETHAQueen Of Soul"Clara Ward and Albertina Walker were bothtremendous gospel singers and influenced m e... Ithink the generations of singers who have followedm e learned how to be more creative vocally from me. I do hear my


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. JOHNSONBlack EntertainmentFirst Black ma jority owner

a professional sports franchise

would like tonk tha t themprint I madethe businessd was the

e of tne pre -panies in the

hen given thecreate significant


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BARAC"It 's faith tha treminds me that,despite being just onevery imperfect man,I can Still helpwhoever I can,however lean, ^wherever I can, ^for as lonq asI can, ancfthatsomehow, Godwill buttress

these eff

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LITERATUREEDWIDGEDANTICATThe Farming Of Bones, Brother, I'mDying, The Dewbreaker

"W e w il l certainlycontinue w r i t ing ,because, as the greatZora Neale Hurstonwrote in Their EyesWere Watching God,'there isno agony like an u ntoldstory inside you.' We can makesure that we continue to have


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ATHLETEDONOVAiMcNABBNFL Pro Bowl QuarterbackPhiladelphia Eagles, WashingtonRedskins" I th inkthefutuiis beginning to ^look brighter forAfrican-Americanluartetbacks. Frorie likes of MarUn

I ... they weregiven opportuofties andmade the most of it. Today,w ith the likes of myself,Michael Vick, David Garrard... and others, there aremore opportunities givento African-American QBs.As long as we continue tohave success, that shouldbe all that matters. I'd liketo think we have reached


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ATHLETEDOUGWILLIAMSFormerNFL QuarterbackWashingtonRedskins, TampaBayBuccaneers"Historically. . . I ' l l probably alwaysb e remem b ered as th e fir s t A f r ica n -A m er ican a uar terbac k to p lay in th eSuper Bowl. ... l think the inroads are toput away the myth that the nnental capacityof African-Americans could not withstand thechallenge of playing the position of quarterback.


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