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Video Clips (NLN on YouTube)
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View Any Or All Of 6 Videos From The Event
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Stills
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Mistress of Ceremonies Jeannine Otis
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Lynn Kelly, CEO of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
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Invocation by Rev. James Seawood
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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Performers from the Century Dance Complex
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The honorees...
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Honoree Joan Rannie wins a prize for answering a contest question correctly
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Jeannine Otis hosts Jeopardy, the African-American History edition
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New York OIL (spoken word)
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New York OIL (spoken word)
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The St. Marks Ensemble performs
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St. Marks Ensemble
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Jeannine Otis, director of the St. Marks Ensemble
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The St. Marks Ensemble performs
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The St. Marks Ensemble performs
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Gina Figueroa of the St. Marks Ensemble
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Gina Figueroa of the St. Marks Ensemble
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"Your love is lifting me higher..."
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Deon Mitchell
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Deon Mitchell
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Deon Mitchell and Olivia Salabarria
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Pianist Norman Clark
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Debi Rose, the first African-American elected official from Staten Island
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Some of the women honorees...
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...and their male counterparts
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Virginia Allen, the first African-American female union representative
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Derek Alvez, first Black photographer at the Staten Island Advance
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Derek receives his proclamation
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Aurelia Curtis, first African-American high school principal on Staten Island,
the first female principal at the Island's Curtis H.S.
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Ronald Gregg, first African-American New York State Administrative Law Judge from Staten Island
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Bill Hughes, legendary trombonist, African-American Staten Islander who led the Count Basie Band
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Jane Anne Morgan Lyons, first African-American CEO of Sea View Hospital,
first African-American woman on a Staten Island Borough President's Cabinet
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Award presented to Robert Pipkins, Staten Island's first Winter Olympian, first African-American luger
(Accepted by Mr. Pipkins' mother)
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Joan B. Rannie, first African-American school principal on Staten Island (1971)
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Sandy Ground Historical Society executive director Sylvia D'Alessandro accepted the award to "Sandy Ground"
- the first free African-American settlement on Staten Island
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James E. Taylor, first African-American male union representative on Staten Island
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James E. Taylor, first African-American male union representative on Staten Island
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Award presented to Avis Washington, first African-American woman promoted to police captain (122 PCT)
(Accepted by Margie Garvin)
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The honorees
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