In 1986, the Cleveland
branch of the N.A.A.C.P. accepted the awesome and unifying Grandmarch as the
traditional national unity dance of African Americans. The aesthetic, proud and
sophisticated Grandmarch should be performed at all African American weddings, family
reunions and social events.
The Grandmarch should also be
listed in Arts and Physical Education Curricula and taught in the schools and
universities.
The Grandmarch is described
in the best selling book “The Grandmarch Spirit of African Americans” by author
Frank R. Ross, which was published in 2004.
Additionally, The Grandmarch is described in the best seller, “Soul
Dancing, The Essential African American Cultural Dance Book” - author Frank R. Ross
- published in 2011 by the National Dance Association.
The traditional attire for
the National African American Unity Dance consists of a black suit, white shirt,
black bowtie and a length of kente cloth over the left shoulder of the man. The
women are encouraged to wear white dresses or ball gowns with a length of piece
of kente pinned to the upper right front of the dress. Historically, this style of dress has been
traditional at social affairs in the black community.
The high school and university language arts curriculum should include these acclaimed books on
their required reading lists:
“Up from Slavery” by Booker T.
Washington.
“Soul Dancing, The Essential African American Cultural Dance Book” by Frank R. Ross
“Black Boy” by Richard
Wright.
"If a race has no
history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in
the thought of the world and it stands in danger of being exterminated"
Dr.Carter G.Woodson, Father of Black History Month.
Frank R.Ross
Concept founder of the
National African American Unity dance and attire.
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