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Week of April 21,2010 - April 27,2010 • Vol. 38 No. 9 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Dr.
Dorothy
Height
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Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Legendary civil rights
leader Dorothy Height, a long
time activist and President of
the National Council of Negro
Women, has died. Height
passed away early Tuesday
morning in a Washington hospi
tal after first being admitted
nearly three weeks ago.
“Michelle and I were
deeply saddened to hear about
the passing of Dorothy Height -
the godmother of the Civil
Rights Movement and a hero to
so many Americans,” said
President Barack Obama in a
statement. “Ever since she was
denied entrance to college
because the incoming class had
already met its quota of two
African American women, Dr.
Height devoted her life to those
straggling for equality.”
Height was president of
the National Council of Negro
Women for more than 40 years,
advising presidents from
Dwight Eisenhower to Bill
Clinton on both civil and gender
rights. She helped advance
landmark legislation on school
desegregation, voting rights and
equality in the workplace.
In 1937, while she was
working at the Harlem YWCA,
Height met famed educator
Mary McLeod Bethune, the
founder of the National Council
of Negro Women, and first lady
Eleanor Roosevelt, who had
come to speak at a meeting of
Bethune's organization. Height
See Height, pg. 14
LaTashia Stroman is Omega Psi Phi
Mardi Gras Queen
James “Slim” Melvin is pictured with LaTashia Stroman
Photo courtesy of Trinity Graphics
O n Friday, April 16,
the Mu Phi Chapter
of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc,, held its
Annual Mardi Gras celebra
tion at the Savannah Civic
Center.
During the event, the
organization presented the
three young ladies vying for
the Mardi Gras Queen title.
This year’s contestants
were Whitney Cheek, Dr.
Michel Mitchell, and
LaTashia Stroman. Of
course, only one could walk
away with the crown, and it
went to LaTashia Stroman.
This annual, fun-filled
event allows the men of
Omega Psi Phi the opportu
nity to support scholarships,
and support local worthwhile
organizations.
Three undergradu
ate students and their faculty
advisor founded Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, Inc., on
November 17, 1911, on the
campus of Howard
University. The students
were Edgar A. Love, Oscar J.
Cooper, and Frank Coleman.
The Coastal Jazz
Association of Savannah
will present its Annual
Tribute to Duke Ellington on
Sunday, April 25th at 5:00
p.m. in the Armstrong
Atlantic State University
"Fine Arts Auditorium." .
This event will be cele
brating the legacy left by
one of America’s greatest
musicians/composers for
what would have been his
111th birthday (bom April
29, 1899). This will be
CJA’s 24th year playing trib
ute to Mr. Ellington.
The “guest artist”
which is a feature of this
annual event, will be Multi
Instrumentalist, Longineu
Parsons. Mr. Parsons has
been hailed by critics as one
of the world’s finest trumpet
players. He is also a master
of recorders, flute, percus
sion, and sings. His music
crosses genres and defies
classification.
It’s jazz, it’s funk, it’s
blues, it’s classic, it’s urban,
it’s world fusion, but most of
all, it’s all good. He has per
formed in some thirty coun-
The faculty advisor was Dr.
Ernest E. Just.
Omega Psi Phi
tries in North, South and
Central America, Europe,
Asia, the Middle East and
Africa. His audiences have
included such dignitaries as
the King of Morocco, the
President of Gabon, the
Royal Family of the
Netherlands, the President
of Austria, the U.S.
Ambassador to France, and
the Royal Family of
Monaco.
Over his 25-year
Fraternity, Inc., was incorpo
rated on October 28, 1914,
and is the first fraternity
career, Longineu has shared
the stage and recording stu
dio with Cab Calloway, Nat
Adderley, Cecil Taylor,
Nancy Wilson, Joe
Williams, Herbie Mann,
Frank Foster, Mai Waldron,
Philly Joe Jones, Archie
Shepp, Sun Ra, Sam Rivers,
David Murray and many
others.
Those attending the
concert will also enjoy the
vocals of Priscilla
founded at a historically
black college or university.
From the initials of the
Greek phrase meaning,
"Friendship is essential to
the soul," The name Omega
Psi Phi was derived.
The phrase was select
ed as the motto. Manhood,
scholarship, perseverance,
and uplift were adopted as
cardinal principles.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity has
initiated more than 130,000
members and has over 550
chapters in forty-four states,
the District of Columbia,
Europe, Asia, Africa, the
Bahamas, the Virgin Islands
and Panama.
Mu Phi, the local chap
ter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Incorporated was
established on April 7, 1926,
and has been serving the
community through various
mandated programs that
include, mentoring at risk
youth, Habitat for Humanity,
and American Diabetes
Awareness.
James “Slim” Melvin
serves as Basileus.
Albergottie-Williams, who
is the Savannah Jazz
Orchestra’s featured vocal
ist.
Ms. Albergottie-
Williams has performed
both church and secular
music in superb equilibrium.
She has performed with
trombonist, Teddy Adams,
for years and was the fea
tured vocalist with the
Savannah Jazz Orchestra.
She can be heard on SJO:
live recording "Satin Doll"
-featuring the music of
Duke Ellington and Johnny
Mercer.
The concert is free and
open to the public and is pre
sented by The Coastal Jazz
Association of Savannah
through a generous grant
from the City of Savannah.
Because of the tremen
dous contributions that
Stubby Mitchell and Isadore
Karpf have made to jazz in
the Coastal Empire, this con
cert is dedicated to them.
CJA graciously acknowl
edges their generous contri
butions and unending sup
port of the arts in Savannah.
History
Made at
University
of Notre
Dame
Katie Washington
History is being made at
the University of Notre Dame
this spring. In the 161 years the
University of Notre Dame has
been awarding degrees, never
had there been an African-
American as valedictorian.
Until this year.
Katie Washington, a bio
logical sciences major from
Gary, Ind., has been named vale
dictorian of the 2010 University
of Notre Dame graduating class
and will present the valedictory
address during Commencement
exercises May 16 (Sunday) in
Notre Dame stadium.
Washington, who earned a
4.0 grade point average, has a
minor in Catholic Social
Teaching. She has conducted
research on lung cancer at the
Cold Spring Harbor labs and
performed genetic studies in the
University’s Eck Institute for
Global Health on the mosquito
that carries dengue and yellow
fever. She is the co-author of a
research paper with David
Severson, professor of biologi
cal sciences.
Washington directs the
Voices of Faith Gospel Choir at
Notre Dame, and serves as the
student coordinator of the Center
for Social Concerns’ “Lives in
the Balance: Youth Violence and
Society Seminar.”
Upon graduation, Washington
plans to pursue a joint
M.D./Ph.D program at Johns
Hopkins University .
Coastal Jazz Association to hold
Annual Tribute to Duke Ellington
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