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Gilbert
to
Keynote
Law
Legacy
Breakfast
Mrs. Eloria Gilbert
Mrs. Eloria Gilbert,
widow of Ralph Mark Gilbert
and long time friend and sup
porter of W. W. Law is the
invited speaker for the W. W.
Law Foundation Circle of
Friends, W. W. Law Legacy
Breakfast on Saturday,
August 8, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
at Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil
Rights Museum Annex.
Mrs. Gilbert, a retired
educator and civil rights
activist, has a compelling
behind the scenes story repre
sentative of the contribution
of women in the civil rights
movement.
The breakfast launches
W. W. Law Foundation 2009-
2010 annual fundraising
campaign themed "Continue
Passing the Torch: Let's
Preserve the Life and Legacy
of W. W. Law Together."
W. W. Law Foundation
Circle of Friends are dedicat
ed to "Continue Passing the
Torch" to ensure that the
100,000 pieces, representing
more than 100 years of pre
cious historical African
American treasures, collected
by W. W. Law becomes the
gift to this community that he
wanted it to be.
Tickets to hear and
meet Mrs. Gilbert are $30 per
person and $240 for a table of
8.
Contact Remer
Pendergraph or Tina Brown,
912-234-1250 or wwlawcol-
lection@gmail.com, for addi
tional information.
The 2009 Savannah Jazz Festival
Line-Up Announced, Poster Unveiled
O n Monday, August 3,
the Coastal Jazz
Association held a
press conference at Blowin’
Smoke Restaurant, 514
Martin Luther King, Blvd.,
to announce the line-up for
the 2009 Savannah Music
Festival to be held on
September 20-27, 2009.
Among the performers will
be pianist Mose Alison, sax
ophonist Grace Kelly, Ben
Riley Trio, guitarist Jim
Hall, and many others.
Pictured above are (1-r):
Ligel Lambert, designer of
the 2009 Savannah Jazz
Festival and Skip Jennings,
First Vice-President unveiled
the 2009 poster, which fea
tures a likeness of drummer
and Savannah native Ben
Riley. Also in attendance at
the press conference were
Coastal Jazz Association
officers and board members
including Lacy Manigult,
CJA President.
The festival will kick
off Sunday, September 20 at
5pm at Blowin’ Smoke.
Thursday through Sunday
festival will be held at
Forsyth Park.
For further information
visit
savannahj azzfestival.org
Lowery, Poitier Among Presidential
Medal of Freedom Recipients
President Obama
recently named 16 recipients
of the 2009 Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
America’s highest civil
ian honor, the Medal of
Freedom is awarded to indi
viduals who make an espe
cially meritorious contribu
tion to the security or nation
al interests of the United
States, world peace, cultural
or other significant public or
private endeavors.
This year’s awardees
were chosen for their work as
agents of change. Among
their many accomplishments
in fields ranging from sports
and art to science and medi
cine to politics and public
policy, these men and women
have changed the world for
the better. They have blazed
trails and broken down barri
ers. They have discovered
new theories, launched new
initiatives, and opened minds
to new possibilities.
President Obama said,
“These outstanding men and
women represent an incredi
ble diversity of backgrounds.
Their tremendous accom
plishments span fields from
Rev. Joseph Lowery
science to sports, from fine
arts to foreign affairs. Yet
they share one overarching
trait: Each has been an agent
of change. Each saw an
imperfect world and set
about improving it, often
overcoming great obstacles
along the way. “Their relent
less devotion to breaking
down barriers and lifting up
their fellow citizens sets a
standard to which we all
should strive. It is my great
honor to award them the
Medal of Freedom.”
President Obama will pres
ent the awards at a ceremony
on Wednesday, August 12.
Sidney Poitier
The following individuals
will receive the 2009
Presidential Medal of
Freedom:Nancy Goodman
Brinker- founder of Susan
G. Komen for the Cure, the
world’s leading breast cancer
grass roots organization;
Pedro Jose Greer- Jr. a
physician and the Assistant
Dean of Academic Affairs at
the Florida International
University School of
Medicine; Stephen
Hawking-internationally-
recognized theoretical physi
cist, having overcome a
severe physical disability due
to motor neuron disease;
Jack Kemp- served as a
U.S. Congressman (1971 -
1989), Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development
(1989 - 1993), and
Republican Nominee for Vice
President (1996); Sen.
Edward Kennedy- of
Massachusetts; has served in
the United States Senate for
forty-six years; Billie Jean
King- acclaimed tennis play
er; Rev. Joseph Lowery- a
leader in the U.S. civil rights
movement since the early
1950s; Joe Medicine Crow
- High Bird-the last living
Plains Indian war chief;
Harvey Milk- the first open
ly gay elected official from a
major city in the United
States when he was elected to
the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors in 1977; Sandra
Day O’Connor- the first
woman ever to sit on the
United States Supreme
Court; Sidney Poitier-
groundbreaking actor,
becoming the top black
movie star in the 1950s and
1960s; Chita Rivera-
accomplished and versatile
See Medal, page 10
Georgian
to Attend
Indiana
Legal
Institute
Christopher Kimbrough
Thirty students, includ
ing Christopher William
Kimbrough of Georgia, are
participating in the Indiana
Conference for Legal
Education Opportunity
(ICLEO) Summer Institute
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
ICLEO is a program
designed to assist Indiana
minority, low income or
educationally disadvantaged
college graduates in pursu
ing a law degree and a career
in the Indiana legal commu
nity.
Christopher William
Kimbrough is the son of
William and Beverly
Kimbrough of Georgia.
In 2006, he graduated
from Georgia Southern
University with honors and a
Bachelor of Science degree
in Political Science/Pre-Law
and a minor in Philosophy.
In 2008, he received his
Master of Business
Administration degree in
General Business from
GSU.
Kimbrough hopes to become
a defense attorney and one
day serve as a U.S. Supreme
Court Justice. He will attend
Indiana University School of
Law-Indianapolis in the fall.
He said the ICLEO
Summer Institute is impor
tant because, “It is arming us
with the tools that we need
to be successful in law
school, providing network
ing opportunities and show
ing us the dichotomy
between doing public inter
est law and private practice.”
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