Oprah's (oneday)MALE Legend's Ball!
 

Oprah's Legend's Ball (BIG PICTURE)

This is a picture of Oprah's Legend's Ball. If she had a MALE Legends Ball who do you think she would/should invite. My list would be:


Denzel Washington
Sidney Poitier
Quincy Jones
Michael Jordan
Magic Johnson
Dr. J
Bill Russell
Kofi Annam
Colin Powell (the jury is still out on whether his ass can come)
Danny Glover
Barrack Obama
Kwame Nfume

It just seems like a year where we've lost so many footsoldiers like Ossie Davis and others who were active during civil rights that a picture needs to be taken to the event.

in addition to the ones already mentioned
 

Stevie Wonder
Bill Cosby
E. Lynn Harris
Nathan McCall
Will Smith
John Singleton
Spike Lee


A lot of ones on my mind have made their Earthly transition. :(

I need to think some more.

Oprah's (oneday) Male Legend's Ball
 

I Love strong balck men. Here are a few I think should be included.

Muhammad Ali
Jessie Jackson and Jr.
Tom Joyner
Al Sharpton
Morgan Freeman
David Dinkins
Tavis Smiley
Eddie Murphy
Mark Morial
Authur Mitchell (Dance Theater of Harlem)
James Earl Jones
Dr. Ben Carson
Lawrence Fishburn
Guru (rapper)
Douglas Wilder

MLK III
Dexter King
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

CT4, you are forever an "ace" in my book. :cool:

Do you solemnly SWEAR?!!?!?!?

I was never a Boy Scout, but my earlier statement stands. Classy move.

GOSH! :eek:

I can't believe I didn't think of half the men you all thought of.

Great list everyone.

Powell could come to my Legends Ball. People like Justice Thomas wouldn't be welcome at mine.

Other ideas:
Dr. Mark Dean (little known AfAm scientist who had a huge seminal role in the technology revolution).
Stanley O'Neal (Merrill Lynch)
Richard Parsons (Time Warner)
Kenneth Chenault (AmEx)
Hugh Price (National Urban League)
Shaquille O'Neal
Grant Hill
Henry Louis Gates
Cornel West
William Raspberry
Clarence Page

Julian Bond
Dick Gregory
Lionel Ritchie
Quincy Jones
Russell Simmons

In addition to the previous lists:
 

Pastor T.D Jakes
Can't put Pastor Jakes w/o putting my own pastor: Pastor Claude R. Alexander

I am so ashamed that I forgot my boo. . .
 

Aaron McGruder (Aaron, you are a legend)
The Hudlin Brothers
Babyface

Prince
Keith Boykin
Lenny Kravitz

I couldn't tell from the picture...but do you have the list of all the females that were at the ball??

And why wasnt I invited??:D J/K

Here's the list(and pic) in Adobe.

List of Legends

no Michael Jackson??

chuck d
krs-1
bun b (some of his lyrics aren't the most "savory" but if you've ever heard this man in an interview, you know he's very wise)
cousin jeff from b.e.t.
robert guillome (sp?)
emil wilbiken (former editor-in-chief of vibe)
kwesi mfume
kwame kilpatrick (mayor of detroit)

I know Beyonce was pissed that she didn't get an invite but Ashanti did. :p

I thought about posting it... but I didn't want to get laughed off the GC board .....:p

He is a legend. I vote for all of the Jackson 5.

Chris Rock
Cedric the Entertainer
Steve Harvey
Richard Pryor

All of the present and past national presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, and Iota Phi Theta.

LOL! well then its settled Michael will be in the house :cool:

I'll add a few more....
Ed Bradley (60 Minutes)
Joseph E Lowery
Harold Ford Jr. (congressman from TN)

Uhhh, no one invited Dennis!! *pouting* I know that I'm all gooey about him but seriously, he does a lot of work with AIDS awareness and works with the Urban League and works with voter registration as well. I think he's worthy of an invite!!

uhmm..Soror, I've been meaning to ask you, and I may be alone in this, but..uhm...who is this Dennis you keep referring to?:confused:

Dennis Haysbert. He does those Allstate commercials.

We wanted to let you invite Dennis. ;)
I invited Shaq, after all.
:p

OOOOHHHHHH, I think he is a handsome man, got a smile to warm up a cold night :D :D :p

Don Cheadle
Tyler Perry

The remaining members of The Temptations, The 4 Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Spinners, and the other pioneering male groups.

The O'Jays
The Gap Band

Ernie Barnes (artist, work appeared on The Good Times)

Male Legends Ball
 

That brother is fine as "May Wine".

ok so since we all know there will only be twenty tops...

Nelson Mandela
Colin Powell
Al Sharpton
Russell Simmons
Michael Jackson
Quincy Jones
Aaron McGruder
Kofi Anon
Jesse Jackson
Dr. Julian Bond
Louis Farrakhan
Walter Mosley
Cornell West
Bob Johnson
Stevie Wonder
Magic Johnson
Tiger Woods
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Jaime Foxx
Prince*
Sean Combs*

I tried to think of the current top leaders in their fields. the *s are possibles (I don't know if Prince would show up.