Well it turns out that “Mad Dog” could have used and definitely NEEDED an Oscar Degruy in his life! You see, Oscar never strayed away from the core principal of being a former Black Panther, which was trying to get equality for minorities and underprivileged kids, except nowadays his focus isn’t solely on any particular race, but it’s focused on helping young people of all races.

He and his wife, Freddie (who sadly passed away from cancer in 1993) bought a performing arts theater in 1975, that features the art of of step dancing and street dancing, blended together with the Bahá’í principles of equality, racial harmony and unity of religions. By 1995 DeGruy and their team had built over 100 Workshops in the United States and another 100 scattered across 50 other countries.

This video of the Baha’i Youth Workshops gives you some great insight into what Oscar and his late wife, Freddie, started back in ’74.