Dwight A. McKee

Associate Director, National Black Business Trade Association (NBBTA)

Dwight McKee is a social scientist with a specialty in Social Policy and Communication. As a teenager, he was a founding board member of SCLC's (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) Operation Breadbasket and Operation PUSH. He was also the National Youth Director of both organizations.

His civil rights involvements also includes being chief policy strategist for NAN ( National Action Network), the organizational base of Rev. Al Sharpton. Mr. McKee was instrumental in launching Rev. Sharpton's presidential bid.

 

In the field of Communications, Mr. McKee is an architect and innovator in the music and film industries. As the National Program Director of NATRA ( National Association of Television and Radio Artists ) he was responsible for developing the strategies that advanced the interests of blacks and all facets of media.

He was Executive Producer of the highly claimed PBS music special GOSPEL AT THE SYMPHONY, one of the highest rated television specials in PBS history, earning Mr. McKee an EMMY nomination. The soundtrack was also nominated for two Grammys.

He created the Lection label at PolyGram Records which , for the first time, brought the major music companies into the world of Gospel music.

His unique musical _expression which he labeled “The Neo Gospel Sound,” revolutionized Gospel music and he is credited with transforming the genre.

He has worked with such artists as Edwin Hawkins, Walter and Tramaine Hawkins, Richard Smallwood , The Emotions, and Earth Wind and Fire. He has also developed projects with Sony Music, Buddha and Motown.

 

His social policy resume includes having led the team that reconstructed Chicago's minorities-a-side program after the Supreme Courts' decision redefined the criteria that was the basis of the original program. Dwight McKee's youth initiative, SOY ( Save Our Youth ), had been responsible for mentoring and training thousands of young people across the country through his affiliation with youth organizations such as Young Life, one of the largest Christian youth organization in the World.

 

Proclaimed by Dr. Cornell West as one of the "intellectual giants of our time", Mr. McKee is Associate Director of the NBBTA ( National Black Business Trade Association ) based in Florida. His primary responsibilities include creating schematics for the growth and development of small black businesses across the country.

Based in Chicago, IL - d_wightmckee@yahoo.com