Preparing for this Saturday’s 12/6 Concert at 6pm…

…in photos (by Eric L. Woods Photography).

Come and join us this Saturday.

-100MIB

On Saturday, August 16, a few members of 100 Men in Black Male Chorus, Inc. traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina (an hour’s drive from Durham) to visit the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, where the well-documented Woolworth Lunch Counter sit-ins took place. Our leader, Marlon West, had taken a tour of the museum a few weeks prior to our visit and believed it would be a meaningful learning experience for the group. He arranged a spontaneous excursion to Greensboro for the day, and we all met at the museum.

It is customary for all members of 100 MIB to wear our travel shirts on group trips. Our uniformity draws attention to everyone who sees us, and people often approach us wanting to know who we are. It also gives us an opportunity to talk about our group, our ministry, which includes community outreach, and our additional mission to mentor and support young, black men through scholarships and other means.

Viewing the actual lunch counter where the non-violent sit-ins took place was riveting. The other images that we saw at the museum and the stories that we heard from our tour guide, Dominique Stanley (whose parents are Civil Rights attorneys, and who, himself, will be attending Duke Law School) shed an acute light on the fact that our Civil Rights work is hardly finished. There is so much more work to do.

-Marichal Gentry

Director and Founder Marlon West presents a gift to Josiah from the chorus. Much success ahead for this young man.

A Rehearsal, A Concert, Fellowship, & A Thank You.

Thank you to all that supported and attended our recent concert. Here are some photos from the last rehearsal on Friday night, Saturday the day of the concert, and our post concert fellowship on Monday.

Rehearsal.

Night of the concert.

Post concert fellowship Monday night.

Again. Thank you all who have supported us.

From our Director and founder Marlon West and all of us, we wish you the very best.

100 Men In Black Male Chorus