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Week of October 15,2008 - October 21,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 35 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
SSU’s
Homecoming set
for Oct 26-Nov. 1
Attorney Willie J. Walker,
Founders’ Day Keynote Speaker
Savannah State University’s 2008
Homecoming celebration begins Sunday,
Oct.26, and culminates Saturday, Nov.l. This
year’s celebratory theme is “Spirit Unleashed:
The Year of the Tiger.” Each year, SSU’s
See SSU’s Homecoming, page 16
de Passe to Receive
Savannah Film
Festival Lifetime
Achievement Award
Suzanne de Passe
Suzanne de Passe will be honored with a
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence
in Entertainment on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the
2008 Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the
Savannah College of Art and Design. The
festival is scheduled for Oct. 25-Nov. 1.
Ms. de Passe, chief executive officer of
de Passe Entertainment Group, began her
career at Motown Records as creative assis
tant to company founder Berry Gordy. She
subsequently rose to the position of president
of Motown Productions and later formed
Gordy/de Passe Productions before establish
ing her own company in 1992.
See Savannah Film Festival, page 16
Civil Rights Museum announces
Grand Opening of New Annex
NEW ANNEX
Grand Opening
October 18-23,2008
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Multiple Events Planned for October 18-23
The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum, located in Savannah at 460 MLK Jr.,
Blvd announced Grand Opening Plans for it's
new Annex just east of the historic museum first
constructed in 1914 as the Wage Earners Bank
Building. The new Annex main entrance is on
Alice Street between MLK Jr. Blvd and
Montgomery Streets. Schedule of events
include:
• Saturday, October 18 & Sunday October 19,
2008 Prayer Service in multiple religious insti
tutions across the county. All houses of worship
are asked to offer prayers for the new annex and
museum.
• Monday, October 20, 2008 from 6:00 to
8:00 PM “FOUNDERS BANQUET” wherein
the museum will pay tribute to its Founding
See Civil Rights Museum, page 16
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Rewards Outstanding Service
L-r: Floyd E. Morris, Horace Scandrick, Edwin C. Morris and Roy Simmons.
The Savannah Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at its last meeting presented
several awards for outstanding service. The 2008 Kappa Of The Year Award was given to Brother
Edwin Morris. Brother Morris is a 1987 initiate of the Fraternity and is active in various functions for
the Fraternity. Brother Morris was presented the plaque by Polemarch Roy Simmons, Horace
Scandrick and his father, Brother Floyd E. Morris. Brother Floyd Morris is also a previous winner of
the Kappa Of The Year Award. The Fraternity also presented its Certificate Of Merit Award to Brother
Derrick Newton, who is a 1997 Initiate of the Savannah Alumni Chapter.
THE BIG
SHOW
SAVANNAH
2008
Honorary
Co-Chairs
Selected
Frenchye Bynes
Honorary Co-Chair
Honorary Co-Chairs for
The Big Show Savannah 2008
have been announced by Charles
Johnson, Executive Director,
Friends of Sweet Auburn
Foundation and coordinator of
the festival. A survey came up
with an impressive list of virtual
icons of community service. The
co-chairs will serve as ambassa
dors of the three-day Big Show
Savannah festival, to be held
along Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blvd., on Oct. 31- Nov. 2.
This year's honorary co
chairs, who are being recognized
as “Legends, Heroes and
Heroines,” for their work to
advance and enhance mankind,
will be honored at an historic
luncheon on Thursday, October
23,2008, in the Banquet Room of
the Con-Ed Bldg., located at 714
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,
from 12:00- 1:30 PM.
Honorary Co-Chairs are: Floyd
Adams, Jr., former Savannah
mayor and publisher of The
Savannah Herald, founded by his
father, Floyd “Press Boy” Adams,
Sr.; Mrs. Frenchye Bynes, owner
of Bynes-Royall Funeral Home,
founded in 1878 and a former a
prominent presence on West
Broad Street; Dr. Philip W.
Cooper, Jr., third generation den
tist and author of Why African
American Children Cannot
Read: Dr. Martha B. Fay, com
munity volunteer and former
Chatham County School Board
President; Hon. Lester G.
See The Big Show, page 11
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