Ware, George W., Jr., 1940-2012
- Biography:
- "George W. Ware Jr., also known as Gro Hungan Yabofé Noványón Idizol, (1940-2012) was an educator and co-founder of the Black Music Association. He attended Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, where he earned a master’s degree in biochemistry. As a graduate student he became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He completed his post-graduate course of study at New York University and Columbia University. He assisted Stokely Carmichael, who took the name of Kwame Ture, in the formation of the Black Power Movement. In recognition of his active involvement in the black Civil Rights Movement, he was made an honorary member of the Black Panther Party by H. Rap Brown and Kwame Ture. In addition to his work in the Civil Rights Movement, he was a lifelong educator, who taught everything from quantum physics to basic math at inner city high schools. He was on the faculty of Hunter College in New York, Temple University in Philadelphia and chairman of the Department of Natural Science and Social Ecology at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. He was a pioneer in the field of urban horticulture, creating one of the first gardens with organic crops in what had been a vacant lot in North Philadelphia. George Ware was a community organizer from 1965 to 1975 for the Black music industry and Black radio with the Fair Play Committee in conjunction with the National Association of Radio and Television Announcers. He teamed up with Stevie Wonder, Ewart Abner, then president of Motown, Dick Griffey, founder of Solar Records and the Sound of Philadelphia’s Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff to create the Black Music Association (BMA) — the first Black music trade association. In the post Black Power Movement, Civil Rights, and Black Music Association era of his life, Ware continued his universal education and interest in African traditional religion."--Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College.
- Alternate Names:
- Gro Hungan Yabofé Noványón Idizol
- Associated Subjects:
- Ware, George W., Jr., 1940-2012
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