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‘GEORGIA’S BEST WEEKLY’
abannah tribune
Week of January 21,2009 - January 27,2009 • Vol. 36 No. 48 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
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Barack Obama stands next to his wife Michelle as he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Obama acknowledged in his
inaugural address that the nation is in crisis, but said America remains the most powerful nation on Earth. "Starting today, we must pick
ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," the president said.
President
Obama
Urges Nation
to Rise
Above the
Challenges
On January 28, 2009, The Savannah
Tribune will publish a Special Edition
on the inaugural events. This edition
will feature an indept look at the
swearing in of President Barack
Obama.
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream
“This will be the day—(is)—when all of God's children will
be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country’, 'tis of
thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my
fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every moun
tainside, 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 moun
tains 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. ”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Senator Lester Jackson, III
takes the Oath of Office
State Senator Lester G. Jackson III of District 2 was sworn in by Henry County
Superior Court Judge Arch W. McGarity as the 2009 Georgia General Assembly
got underway. On hand for the ceremony was Dr. Jackson's wife, Lorna and
their three children Lester IV, Leah, Johnathan along with his parents and
dozens of out of town relatives and friends. After serving nine years in the
House of Representatives, Dr. Jackson replaces former Senator Regina Thomas.
Miller Sworn In As New Chief Judge
of the Georgia Court of Appeals
The Honorable Gary B. Andrews, Presiding Judge of the Court
of Appeals of Georgia, administered the oath of office to The
Honorable M. Yvette Miller.
First African American Woman
to head Georgia s Court of
Appeals
Atlanta, GA - The Honorable
M. Yvette Miller was sworn in
as the Chief Judge of the Court
of Appeals of Georgia on
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at the
Georgia State Capitol. She is the
first African American woman
to hold this position. Judge
Miller joins Chief Justice Leah
Ward Sears as these two African
American women lead
Georgia’s State Appellate
Courts. The Honorable Gary B.
Andrews, Presiding Judge of the
Court of Appeals of Georgia,
administered the oath of office
before a packed audience of
members of the judiciary,
Georgia State officials, attor
neys, family and friends of
Chief Judge Miller.
First appointed to the
Court of Appeals in 1999 by
Governor Roy Barnes, Judge
Miller has been re-elected
statewide for two six-year
terms. She will be responsible
for the administration on the
Court and will act as the head of
the Court for ceremonial pur
poses and for all communica
tions.
Yvette Miller was bom and
raised in middle Georgia, and
calls Macon her home. With the
help of her family, she integrat
ed the public schools of Bibb
County was the first African-
American student to attend 7th
grade at Walter P. Jones School.
She received her B.A. degree,
cum laude, from Mercer
University and her J.D. degree
from Mercer’s Walter F. George
School of Law. Judge Miller
also earned an LL.M. degree in
litigation from Emory
University School of Law and
an LL.M. degree in Judicial
Process from the University of
See Miller Sworn In, page 6
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