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Week of Nov. 12,2008 - Nov. 18,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 38 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Richards Serves as
Veterans Day
Parade Marshal
David F. Richards, Jr.
US Army CW4 David F.
Richards, Jr. was the Parade
Marshal in Chatham County’s
Veterans Day celebration.
David F. Richards, Jr. is a
native Missourian. He is a World
War II, & Vietnam Veteran. He is
retired from the United States
Army, with thirty(30) years of dis
tinguished and creditable service;
with numerous awards and decora
tions. Richards' most outstanding
award was his induction as the first
African-American in the Parachute
Rigger Warrant Officer's Hall of
Fame in 1993 in Fort Lee, Virginia,
Distinguished Order of Saint
Martin, Quartermaster Corps, U.
S. Army. He was also employed
with the City of Savannah Police
Department as a Crime Prevention
Analyst for twelve (12) years.
Richards graduated from
Park College, Kansas City,
Missouri, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Business Administration,
and a Master of Arts in Human
Resources Management from
Pepperdine University, Los
Angeles, California. He currently
serves as a Senior Adjunct
Professor at St. Leo University of
Florida - Savannah Center, teach
ing business and human resources
management/administration cours
es at the United States Army
Education Center, Hunter Army
Airfield, in Savannah, Georgia.
Previously, he has taught at
Savannah State University, Central
Texas College and Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University.
Richards is an active member
of St. Philip A.M.E. Church in
Savannah, Georgia. He serves as
President, Pro-Tem of the Trustee
Board; 6"' District African
Methodist Episcopal Church
Strategic Planning Initiative
Representative. He has been mar
ried to Swannie M. Richards for
Forty-Eight (48) years and they
See Veterans Day, page 16
Inauguration Tickets, the Hottest in Town
President-elect Barack Obama with family, First Lady-elect Michelle Obama, Sasha and Mahalia.
Photo Credit: David Katz/Obama for America
By. Zenitha Prince
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American
Newspapers
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Washington, D.C., will be
bursting at the seams come January.
With President-elect Barack Obama poised to become
the first African-American president of the United
States, and with continuing interest in the charismatic
man and his family whose vision birthed a movement,
people from around the world are clamoring for access
to the never-to-be-seen-again inauguration on Jan. 20.
For updates about the 2009 presidential inauguration
events, visit the official site at
http://inaugural.senate.gov. No tickets are available yet.
“All of us who voted have earned a right to see this take
place so make sure that you have your analog cable and
all the media you can find because one way or the other.
See Inauguration, page 11
Larry Chisolm: Making
History in Savannah
The Chatham County district attor
ney’s race was tight, but in the end, Larry
Chisolm won by a decisive margin and
became the first African American to hold
that position in Chatham County.
Chisolm beat out David Lock by more
than 9,000 votes. He says he excited
about the opportunity to be able to help
provide some improvements to the crimi
nal justice system in Chatham County.
Chisolm, a longtime prosecutor and
non-profit leader, serves currently as
University Counsel and on the leadership
cabinet of Savannah State University,
where he provides in-house legal counsel
to the university. Chisolm served nineteen
years as an assistant district attorney. He
ran his own law practice in Savannah after
leaving the district attorney’s office.
Over the years, Chisolm has been involved in many non-profit and civic
and professional organizations and committees. He serves as the Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, which owns
and operates the Beach Institute, the King-Tisdell Cottage, and the renowned,
Ulysses Davis Folk Art Collection. He has led this organization through two,
million dollar capital improvement projects.
Chisolm received both his bachelors and law degrees from Duke
University. He is a member of Overcoming By Faith Church in Savannah.
Larry Chisolm
Savannah Branch NAACP Calls for
Intervention in the Troy Davis Case
Dr. Prince Jackson, Jr. (right) is joined by Troy Davis’ mother,
Virginia Davis (seated left), and other Davis supporters.
The Savannah Branch
NAACP expresses hope that the
Federal Court of Appeals will
order the examination of the new
evidence in the Troy Anthony
Davis murder conviction case.
Speaking on behalf of the local
NAACP, Dr. Prince Jackson, Jr.
called on all churches and per
sons to pray for God's interven
tion until all discrepancies in the
case has been examined thor
oughly.
Jackson noted, “The recan
tations of seven of the nine key
witnesses in the case present a
serious challenge to "beyond rea
sonable doubt" in this case.”
Jackson continued,
“Because of these recent
"quirks," the Branch believes that
a re-examination of the corpus
delicti is mandated.”
Jackson said that while the
Branch cannot unequivocally
declare that Davis is innocent or
guilty of the murder of officer
Mark McPhail, it can declare that
with all of the clouds surrounding
this case, any application of a
sentence based on the lex talionis
cannot be justified. He said, the
murder of officer McPhail must
be vindicated but only the "guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt" per
petrator must be made to pay for
this heinous crime.
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