1939 – 2019
WHO IS ANTHONY B. MAJOR
Before coming to U.C.F., Mr. Major was Vice President of the REDD FOXX Corporation for six years, where he produced Foxx and Friends on Broadway, worked on The Royal Family - CBS-TV Series, negotiated REDD FOXX's contract for the movie Harlem Nights with Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, Ghost of a Chance - a CBS-TV MOW with Dick Van Dyke and Geoffrey Holder, and The Motown Christmas T.V. Special
His research at U.C.F. has led him to produced documentaries and exhibits on Jesse L. Brown, the 1st. African- American Navy Fighter Pilot, shot down during the Korean War.
In Sarasota, Booker Performing Arts High School, FL. recently honored him with the first "Leaving a Legacy" Award by renaming their rehearsal hall the Anthony B. "Tony" Major Rehearsal Hall. His career spans four decades as a director, actor, teacher, producer. He worked with Academy Award winners Alan Pakula, Robert Mulligan, Robert DeNiro, Hal Ashby, Beau Bridges, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, William Friedkin, Harry Belafonte, Eddie Murphy, Della Reese, and Gil Lewis, to name a few.
