The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) is celebrating its 125th anniversary and held its 49th annual Harlem Week kickoff at the Schomburg Center this Thursday.
To be clear, this pre-celebration bash, organized by the Chamber ,usually happens at the mayor’s Gracie Mansion in July and Harlem Week itself takes place in August. The week began in 1974, originally as Harlem Day. It honors the very best of Harlem’s Black, Caribbean, African, and Hispanic diasporic traditions, and showcases the community’s economic, political, and cultural history.
The evening’s program was hosted by NY1 anchor and author Cheryl Wills, with Harlem giants like Assemblymember Inez Dickens and NYS NAACP President Dr. Hazel Dukes, were in attendance. To include Black Music Month recognition, the Chamber invited rapper and author Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run DMC and singer Nona Hendryx, and honored the late Chuck Jackson.
“These kids are looking at images in hip-hop that are negative and thinking that if I’m not that I’m not cool. Or they’re looking at Instagram, [thinking] if I don’t look like that, I’m not worth anything,” said McDaniels at the event. “I said, ‘How do I communicate to the younger generation before they get to high school?”
“And you know, I’ve lived almost as long as we talk about the 125-year celebration—I guess that’s one of the reasons they have me here. Someone who has some personal connection to this project,” joked Boyd at the event.
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