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March 16,2011- March 22,2011* Vol. 39 No. 3 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
The
Savannah
Tribune
Salutes
Women’s
History
Month
Edna Jackson
Edna Branch Jackson grew
up in the throes of segregation
during the 1940’s in Savannah.
By the time she was nine years
old, Jackson was attending
NAACP (National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People) meetings, where she
learned valuable lessons about
civil rights, leadership, and non
violent protest strategies.
She and other teenagers
were arrested for sitting at a white
lunch counter at stores such as
Kress and Levy’s. Along with
several other teens, she was
arrested a second time for a
“wade-in” at the beach on Tybee
Island, which, like the lunch
counters, was also off-limits to
blacks. And, she experienced all
of this before graduating from
high school!
After graduating from Beach
High, Jackson enrolled at
Savannah State College, but after
two years, went to Florida to work
with the NAACP, teaching young
people how to employ non-violent
demonstration techniques.
She eventually returned to
Savannah and completed her edu
cation at Savannah State College
(now University), where she
experienced an illustrious 30-year
career serving in various capaci
ties. Upon her retirement from
Savannah State, she ran for the
Savannah City Council, and was
elected to the Alderman At-Large
See Jackson, page 7
The Savannah Children’s Choir
Announces 5th Anniversary Artists in
Residence Program and Gala Concert
Eric Jones
Helping celebrate
the Savannah Children’s
Choir’s 5th anniversary
will be returning Artists
in Residence
Metropolitan Opera
bass/baritone Keith
Miller and Memphis
Opera mezzo-soprano
Rachel Waiters. The
Choir will also welcome
Darion Clonts, tenor,
from Morehouse
College, and
Music Alive! as ensemble
in residence.
In addition to pro
viding 24 direct services
to local public schools in
the form of lectures,
recitals or Master
Classes, the Artists in
Residence will join the
Savannah Children’s
Choir and the Savannah
Arts Academy Chorus
and Orchestra in a gala
performance Tuesday,
March 22 at 7 p.m. at the
Lucas Theater. The con
cert is supported by
Brasseler and
International Paper.
The performance
will feature solos and
arias from the Artists in
Residence, as well as
selections from Rutter’s
Mass of the Children.
The main feature
will be the world premier
of a newly commissioned
work titled Songs of
Creation by composer
Eric Jones. The work,
based on the poetry of
African-American poet
James Weldon Johnson,
will be performed by the
Artists, SCC and SAA
Chorus and Orchestra.
Student/child tick
ets are only $2, adult
tickets are $15 and both
are available at SCAD
box office, (912) 525-
5050 or www.scadboxof-
fice.com . VIP tickets,
which include reserved
seating and an Artists
Reception following the
concert, are $75 and
available at www.savan-
nahchoir.org .
Schools interested
in scheduling Artist in
Residence services
should contact the
Savannah Children’s
Choir at info@savannah-
choir.org or by calling
(912) 228-4758.
Savannah Music Festival Announces
2011 Lineup
Savannah Music
Festival (SMF)
announces the lineup
for its 2011 season, an
expansive city-wide,
multi-venue program
showcasing a wide
array of internationally
acclaimed artists in
over one hundred pro
ductions.
Held annually ini
historic downtown)
Savannah, this 22nd
season of Georgia's
largest festival
described by The Times
of London as "one o
the best events around
the world"- features two
premieres, numerous
festival debuts, and the
return of several audi
ence favorites from the
realms of classical, jazz,
Americana and world
music.
In addition to a
wealth of concert pro
gramming, SMF gives
attendees a chance to hit
the dance floor with four
Robert Randolph
dance parties - Cuban,
Cajun, Funk, and Zydeco
music - scheduled
throughout the festival.
The 2011 Savannah
Music Festival is coming
up soon, and features
more blues, soul, funk,
jazz and R&B artists than
ever before. Beginning
on March 24th, the festi
val includes more than
100 concerts in fifteen
venues throughout the
historic district.
Upcoming jazz and R&B
programming highlights
include:
One of New
Orleans' priceless musi
cal treasures, Rock n'
Roll Hall of Famer Allen
Toussaint has estab
lished himself as one of
America's most influen
tial rhythm and blues
artists during a career
spanning five decades.
In addition, his
songs for and collabora
tions with The Rolling
Stones, The Who, Elvis
Costello, Paul
McCartney, Aaron
Neville, Dr. John, Jerry
Garcia, Phish and scores
of others have made him
one of the most original
and in-demand musi
cians, composers and
record producers in the
U.S.
Toussaint performs
with his outstanding
Louisiana-based band in
his Savannah debut.
Sharing this distinctive
SMF double bill is UK-
See Festival, pg. 8
Savannah
State
Student
Government
Presents
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
The Savannah State
University (SSU) Student
Government Association will pres
ent “An Evening with Spike Lee:
America Through My Lens” at 7
p.m., Tuesday, March 22, in Tiger
Arena.
The event, which is part of a
student leadership lecture series, is
free to SSU students with valid uni
versity identification. Tickets, $5
for non-SSU students with valid
school ID and $10 general admis
sion, are available in the campus
bookstore located in the King-
Frazier Student Center. Proceeds
benefit the Miss Savannah State
University scholarship fund.
Lee is a forerunner in the “do-
it-yourself’ school of filmmaking.
The writer, director, producer, actor
and author revolutionized the land
scape of independent cinema and
the role of black talent in film. His
movies have examined race rela
tions, the role of media in contem
porary life, urban crime and pover
ty and other political issues.
In summer 2010, Lee’s pro
duction company, 40 Acres and a
Mule Filmworks, released the fol
low-up documentary “If God is
Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise,”
which revisits the storm-ravaged
Gulf Coast region as residents
attempt to rebuild while also
demanding assistance and account
ability from political leaders.
The film, which premiered
five years to the day that Hurricane
Katrina formed, is a follow-up to
Lee’s groundbreaking documen-
See Lee, pg. 16