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NAACP Elects Roslyn Brock to
Chair Board of Directors
The NAACP named
Roslyn Brock as Chair of the
Board of Directors at its
Annual Board Meeting on
February 20 at the New York
Hilton.
Brock, 44, became the
youngest ever and fourth
woman to serve as Chair of
the NAACP’s Board of
Directors. A highly qualified
candidate, her NAACP
resume boasts more than 25
years of service to the
NAACP in many capacities,
including as a youth board
member, Youth and College
State Conference President,
board member, and Vice
Chair to the Board of
Directors.
Brock also created the
annual NAACP Leadership
500 Summit, and has served
as Chair of the Board
Convention Planning
Committee.
“As the NAACP ushers
in a new generation, it is a
great honor to be elected
Chairman of the Board of
this esteemed Association,”
said NAACP Chairman
Roslyn M. Brock. “We are
blessed with the opportunity
to lead the fight for civil and
human rights into another
century, and I am honored to
help the NAACP issue the
clarion call while ensuring
the future legacy of this great
organization.”
“We’re looking at a
generational shift in our
communities,” continued
Brock. “We have a 48 year
old President in the White
House, an NAACP President
who was 35 at the time of his
election, and a 44 year old
Board Chair. The wisdom of
those who stood the test of
time got us to this point, and
the youth will lead the future
success of our movement.”
She officially
announced her candidacy
last August after her prede
cessor Julian Bond declared
his retirement from the
Chairman position.
Bond endorsed Brock’s
candidacy, citing her experi
ence in many facets of the
Association as well as her
youth as assets she will bring
to the Chair position.
“The time has come for
me to step down as
Chairman of the Board and I
cannot think of a better per
son to pass the torch to than
Roslyn M. Brock. Ms.
Brock understands first-hand
how important youth are to
the success of the NAACP.
She was introduced to the
NAACP 25 years ago when
she served the NAACP as a
youth board member and
Youth and College Division
State Conference President.
She represents the next gen
eration of civil rights lead
ers,” said NAACP Chairman
Emeritus Julian Bond.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis to Perform During
Savannah Music Festival
The Savannah Music
Festival (SMF) is Georgia's
largest musical arts festival
and one of the most distinc
tive cross-genre music festi
vals in the world.
SMF is building a
robust history on its devo
tion to living, vibrant musi
cal traditions, regularly pre
senting commissioned
works, unique and imagina
tive productions and rare
regional appearances by
renowned artists in jazz,
classical, blues, bluegrass,
gospel and other styles of
American and international
roots music.
The festival will run
March 18-April 3. Among
the performers will be the
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis.
The Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra (JLCO),
comprising 15 of the finest
jazz soloists and ensemble
Wynton Marsalis
players today, has been under the direction of
evolving for nearly 20 Wynton Marsalis, returns to
years. This remarkably Savannah for a special mati-
versatile jazz orchestra, nee performance.
Their program features
masterworks from the histo
ry of jazz as well as original
works and arrangements by
JLCO members.
Portrait in Seven
Shades, the JLCO's first CD
of original music in nearly
four years.
Composed by reed vir
tuoso Ted Nash, this suite
consists of seven move
ments, each inspired by a
master of modern art:
Chagall, Dali, Matisse,
Monet, Picasso, Pollack and
Van Gogh.
The band will perform
selections from the suite as
well as a repertoire to
include tunes by Count
Basie, Mary Lou Williams
and others. The performance
will take place on March
28th, 2010 at 3 p.m. at the
Johnny Mercer Theater. For
other acts and performances
please visit www.savannah-
musicfestival.org.
The Savannah
Tribune Salutes
Black History
Month
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
was bom 7 October 1931,
and is a South African cleric
and activist who rose to
worldwide fame during the
1980s as an opponent of
apartheid.
In 1984, Tutu became
the second South African to
be awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize. Tutu was the first black
South African Anglican
Archbishop of Cape Town,
South Africa, and primate of
the Church of the Province of
Southern Africa (now the
Anglican Church of Southern
Africa).
Tutu chaired the Truth
and Reconciliation
Commission and is currently
the chairman of The Elders.
Tutu is vocal in his defense of
human rights and uses his
high profile to campaign for
the oppressed.
Tutu also campaigns to
fight AIDS, tuberculosis,
homophobia, poverty and
racism.
He received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1984, the
Albert Schweitzer Prize for
Humanitarianism, the Gandhi
Peace Prize in 2005 and the
Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 2009.
Tutu has also compiled
several books of his speeches
and sayings.
Information courtesy of
Wikipedia, org
Inside This Week’s Edition:
Best Honored for Leadership, pg. 2
Chatham County Awarded $156,880 in
Federal Funds, pg. 3
National Council of Negro Women’s Coat
Drive A Success, pg. 4
Girl Scouts to Honor Local Women of
Distinction, pg. 7
CIGNA Lab to Stop in Savannah, pg 10
First Book to Donate to Local Literacy
Groups, pg 16
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