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TRIBUTE TO DECEASED BLACK PIONEERS VALENCIA DANTZLER
TRIBUTE TO OUR FLESHLESS PIONEERS WHO HAVE TURNED 2 YEARS OLD IN THE SPIRIT WORLD
YALL STILL BABIES AND ON BELHALF OF
WHATS REALLY GOING ON MAGAZINE WE LOVE YOU AND SALUTE YOU
WRITTEN BY ‘VALENCIA “MOTHER DIVA” DANTZLER
She got out of the body just 5 days before her 74th birthday in 2012. Jamesetta Hawkins born January 25, 1938. She is the first and only woman of color to bridged the gap between rhythm and blues
and rock and roll, and is the winner of six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. I chose this photo
because I see myself in her. It has always been my dream to portray her in a film. I am not a fan of
the blues however “Blues is My Business from the 2003 Grammy Award winning album “Lets Roll” is
my favorite Etta James track.
Music mogul and talent scout Johnny Otis, ” (who ironically made his transition on January 17,2012
3 days before Etta transcended) took the group Creolettes under his wing (ETTA JAMES SINGING
GROUP). He changed the group’s name to “Peaches, and was responsible for flipping her real
name backwards into her new stage name and the rest is musical history. Etta’s style was raw,
edgy, and sassy. She continued to record and tour. She made her last television appearance on
“DANCING WITH THE STARS:.
Etta James
January 25, 1938
January 20, 2012
FOR MORE INFO - http://www.biography.com/people/etta-james-9542558
Don Cortez Cornelius is the founder of The Soul Train television series and brand. He wanted to give the children in the
City of Chicago and across the globe a place where they can come and express themselves through dance. This show
was especially important to Chicago due to underprivileged areas coming off the back lash of slained black panther
Fred Hampton Sr. on the west side of Chicago. To simply put it Soul Train got those kids off the street and into a TV
studio dancing. George Ellis Johnson, an African-American entrepreneur and the founder of Johnson Products Company, an international cosmetics empire headquartered in Chicago, Illinois was Soul Train’s first sponsor. Don was the
first African- American male to own a dance television program which has been syndicated around the world in many
countries and various markets. In 2011 the City of Chicago celebrated 40 years of Soul Train. Today Soul Train Holdings LLC is owned in part by Earvin “Magic” Johnson. The brand produces 2 cruises per year and of course the annual
Soul Train Awards.
WISHING YOU LOVE, PEACE, AND SOUL IN THE SPIRIT WORLD
Don Cornelius
September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012 — http://www.biography.com /people/don-cornelius-273681?page=3V
WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON the voice of an angel, is the most awarded female performer
in music history according to Guinness World Records. True to her church upbringing, it was very
important to WH to give back. In 1989 Whitney Houston Foundation for Children Inc. was established as a nonprofit organization that cares for such problems as homelessness, children with
cancer, AIDS and other issues of self-empowerment. In June 1995, the foundation was awarded
a VH1 Honor for its charitable work. One of Whitney’s famous quotes, “Success is not selling
10 million records it’s when my daughter looks at me and says “Mommy.” Please review
her full obituary, check out her mom Mrs. Cissy Houston’s testimony even after Whitney transcended she kept a promise to her mom and paid her an angelic visit on last page 12.
WHITNEY HOUSTON
Click here http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/293830-whitney-houston-funeralprogram.html
August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012
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