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Week of December 30,2009 - January 5,2010 • Vol. 37 No. 45 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Georgia Historical Society's Georgia
Days to Include Aaron and Turner
Hank Aaron
Ted Turner
The Georgia Historical
Society (GHS) has announced
the schedule of events for
Georgia Days 2010, to be held
February 2-13 in commemo
ration of the 277th anniver
sary of the founding of the
Georgia colony. Thousands of
parents, students, educators,
and government officials par
ticipate in the Society's annual
statewide event.
Taking a page from
modem history and popular
culture, the Society has
named Georgia native and
American baseball legend
Jackie Robinson as Historic
Honoree of the 2010 celebra
tion.
In addition to traditional
events that include the
Colonial Faire and Muster at
Wormsloe, Super Museum
Sunday, and the Georgia Day
Parade featuring school chil
dren, costumed characters and
dignitaries parading through
Savannah's historic district,
Georgia Days 2010 will fea
ture the Birthday Bash and
Awards Gala, entitled "As
Time Goes By."
"In addition to an
evening of cocktails, dinner,
and dancing, baseball legend
Hank Aaron and Ted Turner,
CNN Founder and Chairman,
Turner Enterprises, Inc. will
participate in a conversation
moderated by GHS staff. It
promises to be a lively and
engaging discussion with two
of the most prominent
Georgians in post-WWII
America. The evening will
also include Governor Sonny
Perdue inducting both Aaron
and Turner as the 2010
Georgia Trustees, "says Laura
Garcia-Culler, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating
Officer of the Society. Visit
www.georgiahistory.com for
more information.
Savannah’s Black Heritage
Festival 2010 Set for February 6-21
The 21 st Annual
Savannah Black Heritage
Festival kicks off its celebra
tion on February 6, 2010,
and will continue through
Sunday, February 21st with
some pre- and post-festival
events. This year’s theme is
“Our Journey from a
Glorious Past”.
The festival is present
ed by The City of Savannah
and Savannah State
University, and all events
and activities are free of
admission, however, some
events require a free
reserved-seat ticket for
admission. These events are
indicated on the schedule
along with information
about obtaining tickets and
the location of ticket outlets.
Each year, the festival
presents activities for every
age and every interest.
Cultural education and
exposure to the performing
and visual arts, as well as
ethnic cuisine, crafts, fun
and family are emphasized
throughout the celebration.
Great music of every
genre and dance perform
ances by national recording
artists and dancers, local
youth talent showcases, his
toric tours, visual art exhibi
tions by internationally
acclaimed and local artists
and sculptors, lectures, spo
ken word and dramatic pro
ductions are all included on
the schedule.
In addition, educational
opportunities are provided
during the festival through a
Health and Wellness Fair,
Culinary Arts activities and
Youth Programs.
Grand Festival Day, a
family fun day of top enter
tainment, is one of the high
lights of the festival and is
held in the Savannah Civic
Center’s Martin Luther
King, Jr. Arena on a
Saturday, February 20th
from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00
p.m.
In addition to the vari
ety of activities and perform
ances, food and retail ven
dors are also on hand with a
wide variety of food, goods
and services.
For more information,
please visit www.savannah-
blackheritagefestival.com.
Civil Rights Icon
Percy Sutton Dies
Percy Sutton
(NNPA) - Percy Sutton, best
known outside New York for
his involvement in the civil
rights movement and found
ing a communications
empire, died on December
26. He was 89.
Sutton was bom in
San Antonio, Texas, the
youngest of 15 children of a
former slave and his wife.
According to the New
York Times, Sutton received
education at three historically
Black college or universities ,
but did not complete a degree
at any of those schools. He
served with the Tuskegee
Airmen during World War II.
Although he did not
have an undergraduate
degree, Sutton was admitted
to Columbia Law School
through the G.I. Bill and on
the merit of his solid under
graduate performances.
Because he had to work while
attending school, he trans
ferred to Brooklyn Law
School. Sutton’s involvement
with the civil rights move
ment included a family
involvement with the
NAACP that earned him a
police beating at age 15. As
an attorney, he became an
advocate for the cause and
longtime attorney for
Malcolm X and his family.
Sutton was also a politician,
and served as Manhattan bor
ough president from 1966 to
1977 and a state assembly-
man for one term starting in
1964. ‘■‘Percy Sutton was a
true hero to African
Americans in New York City
and around the country,”
President Obama said in a
statement. “His life-long ded
ication to the fight for civil
rights and his career as an
entrepreneur and public ser
vant made the rise of count
less young African
Americans possible.”
He was married three
times, twice to Leatrice
O’Farrell Sutton, his surviv
ing spouse. He is also sur
vived by a son, Pierre Sutton,
and a daughter from his sec
ond marriage, Cheryl Lynn
Sutton.
Inside This Week’s Edition:
President Receives H1N1 Vaccination,
Page 2
Firefighters Donate Bicycles to
Greenbriar Center, Page 3
West Broad YMCA Awarded $5,000
Grant, Page 7
Memorial Lifts Visitation Restrictions,
Page 8
Miracle on May Street a Success,
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