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Week of January 14,2009 - January 20,2009 • Vol. 36 No. 47 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Inauguration
Viewing at
Civic Center
President-elect Barack Obama
The January 20 Inauguration
of President-Elect Barack Obama
will be shown live in the Johnny
Mercer Theater at the Savannah
Civic Center. The event is free and
open to the public. Doors open at
10 a.m. The Inauguration begins at
11 a.m.
For more information contact
the City’s public information
office at (912) 651-6410.
History Made
in the Georgia
Army National
Guard as First
African-
American
Promoted to
General
General Joseph M. Wells
Georgia Army National
Guard Brig. Gen. Joseph M. Wells
made history on Saturday when he
became the state's first African-
American general officer during a
promotion ceremony held Fort
McPherson, Jan. 10, 2009.
See General, page 17
Celebrating Dr. King
£ £This will be the day when all of God's chil
dren will be able to sing with a new mean
ing, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet
land of liberty, of thee I sing. Fand where
my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's
pride, from every mountainside, let
freedom ring."
And if America is to be a
great nation this must become
true. So let freedom ring from
the prodigious hilltops of New
Hampshire. Let freedom ring
from the mighty mountains of
New York. Let freedom ring
from the heightening
Alleghenies of
Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from
the snowcapped Rockies of
Colorado!
Let freedom ring from
the curvaceous slopes of
California!
But not only that; let
freedom ring from Stone
Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from
Lookout Mountain of
Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every
hill and molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside, let freedom
ring.
And when this happens, when we
allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring
from every village and every hamlet, from
every state and every city, we will be able to speed
up that day when all of God's children, black men and
white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be
able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty,
we are free at last!”
Luther King, Jr.,
January 15,1929-April 4,1968
Dr. Hare to address MLK Observance
Day Business Community Breakfast
Dr. Julia Hare, National
Executive Director Black Think
Tank, will serve as the keynote
speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Observance Day Association, Inc.,
Business Community Breakfast on
Saturday, January 24, 8:30 a.m. The
event will be held at the Savannah
International Trade & Convention
Center
Dr. Hare, a dynamic motiva
tional lecturer, relationship expert,
author, social commentator and edu
cational psychologist, was bom in
Tulsa, Oklahoma . She has appeared
on several television programs offer
ing her expertise and insights on
male/female relationships, gender
interactions in the workplace, mate
selection, toxic relationships and
matrimonial harmony. She has
appeared on CNN & Company, C-
SPAN, Tony Brown's Journal and
Inside Edition. Hare has also spoken
before the Congressional Black
Caucus. Hare and her husband co-
Dr. Julia Hare
authored The Endangered Black
Family: Bringing the Black Bov to
Manhood: The Passage. The
Miseducation of The Black Child.
Crisis in Black Sexual Politics and
How to Find and Keep a BMW
(Black Man Working).
Dr. Hare, along with her hus
band, Dr. Nathan Hare, formed The
Black Think Tank located in San
Francisco, California. Their consult
ing firm focuses on issues affecting
the black family.
Dr. Hare's work has brought her
many awards and honors including:
Educator of the Year for Washington,
D.C. by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and World Book
Encyclopedia in coordination with
American University; The Abe
Lincoln Award for Outstanding
Broadcasting, The Carter G.
Woodson Education Award; the
Scholar of the Year Award from the
Association of African Historians;
and the Lifetime Achievement Award
from the International Black Writers
and Artists Union. Her formal educa
tion includes a B.A. in music from
Langston University of Langston,
Oklahoma; a M.A. degree in music
education from Roosevelt University
located in Chicago, Illinois and a
Ph.D. in education from the
California Coast University in Santa
Ana, California.
Tribune
Publisher to
Attend
Obama
Swearing-in
Ceremony
Shirley Barber James,
Publisher of The Savannah
Tribune, will be among the dis
tinguished journalist to witness
the swearing-in ceremony for
President Barack Obama at the
U.S. Capitol on January 20,
2009. The notice that she has
been awarded official creden
tials for the event was received
from the Inauguration
Executive Committee of
Periodical Correspondents.
See Tribune Publisher, page 4
SSU to Host
MLK, Jr.
Assembly,
Candlelight
Vigil
Savannah State
University (SSU) will hold its
annual Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Observance Assembly on
Thursday, Jan. 15, at 10 a.m. in
See Candlelight Vigil, page 7
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