People I Most Admire

My Grandparents		My Friends
Joy J. Jackson	Kathy P. Wallace	Monica M. Smith	Dana D. Garza
Naga C. Rao	Patti & Larry Hamel	Anthony Parks	Richard Benn
Survivors of Slavery	Civil Rights Activists	Alfre Woodard	Bill Porter & Shelly Brady
The Isley Brothers	Phyllis Hyman	Danny Glover	Ms. Dorothy Dandridge
Yolanda Adams	Vanessa Williams Soul Food (Showtime), Melrose Place, The Cosby Show	Vanessa L. Williams (Fox) Actress, Songstress, Broadway Star	Samuel L. Jackson
Michael "His Airness" Jordan	Halle Berry	Robert DeNiro	Chris Rock
El Hajj Malik El Shabazz & Sister Betty	Audrey Hepburn	Janet Jackson	Morris Dees
Sister Mahalia Jackson	Sting	SIA, Santa Cruz, CA	Father McElvoy
Sue & Tom Hunter	The Wayans Family	Ludwig Van Beethoven	Paralyzed Veterans of America

Also admired: positive grade and high school teachers, humanitarians, and others such as Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Frederick Douglas, W.E.B. DuBois, John Brown, Madam CJ Walker, John Amos, Don Cheadle (I LUV THIS GUY!!), William H. Seward, Grand Master Flash, Angela Bassett, Dennis Haysbert (one of my husbands!), Loretta Devine, Alex Haley, Richard Allen, Bill & Camille Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Debbie Allen, Suzzanne Douglas, Whoopi Goldberg, Diahann Carroll, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Kim Cattrall (our HERO!), Patrick McGuinness & Ann Finnell, Elton John, Dennis Hopper, Jeremy Irons, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Carlos Mencia, Russell Wong ('cause he's just too fine, or PHHFINNE!, scooch over a little LL Cool J), California Highway Patrol (overworked and underpaid professionals!), and so many others who make the day-to-day ho-hums so much more bearable.