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The Savannah Tribune Announces Honorees
For 143rd Anniversary Celebration
Verdelle Lambert
T he Savan
nah Tribune
will cele
brate 143 years of publish
ing, 1875 - 2018, during
this historical year that also
acknowledges 191 years of
the Black Press in Ameri
ca. The Tribune will host a
premiere 143rd Anniversa
ry event, a Biscuit Brunch
and Sneaker Ball, on Satur-
Yvonne Shinhoster
Lamb
day, August 11, 2018, 11:00
a.m., at The DeSoto, 15 East
Liberty Street, Savannah,
GA. Special guests in atten
dance for The Tribune’s an
niversary celebration from
the National Newspaper
Publishers Association will
be Mrs. Dorothy Leavell,
Chairman, and Dr. Benja
min F. Chavis, Jr., President
and CEO.
Wanda S. Lloyd
During this cele
bratory event, we will rec
ognize Savannah natives
who were pioneers in the
Black Press making their
marks on the national lev
el in magazine, print and
broadcast journalism. Four
persons will be recognized
in this category - Verdelle
Lambert, Yvonne Shinhoster
Lamb, Wanda S. Lloyd and
Vaughnette Goode-Walker
Photo: Cindy Wallace
Vaughnette Goode-Walker.
Verdelle Lambert
earned her master’s degree
in magazine journalism at
Syracuse University, and
accepted her first position as
associate editor at Jet mag
azine in Chicago, where her
first interview assignment
earned her the cover of the
May 19, 1966, issue.
Continued on Page 2
Lilly Diabetes Helpline
Assists People Seeking
Affordable Insulin
Starting August
1, a new dedicated helpline
called the Lilly Diabetes
Solution Center will assist
people who need help pay
ing for their insulin - such as
those with lower incomes,
the uninsured, and people in
the deductible phase of their
high-deductible insurance
plans, Eh Lilly and Compa
ny announced today. A cus
tomized suite of solutions
for all Lilly insulins, includ
ing for Humalog® (insu
lin lispro), will be used by
helpline operators to find the
best answers for patients.
Among the solu
tions being made available
through the helpline are
short-term and long-term
options for people with im
mediate needs for insulin
and how people with lower
incomes can access Lilly
insulin through free clinics.
Lilly is donating Humalog
and Humulin® (insulin hu
man injection) to three relief
agencies - Americares, Di
rect Relief, and Dispensary
of Hope - to supply nearly
150 free clinics across the
U.S.
“We want to hear
from people who have trou
ble paying for their insulin
so that we can try to find a
solution for them,” said En
rique Contemo, president
of Lilly Diabetes and Lilly
USA. '
Continued on Page 7
NNPA Honors Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
With Lifetime Legacy Award
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPANewswire Contributor)
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. accepts the 2018 NNPA Lifetime Legacy Award.
Reverend Jesse
L. Jackson Sr. received the
highest honor presented
by the National Newspa
per Publishers Association
(NNPA) at its annual con
vention in Norfolk, Virginia.
The legendary ac
tivist received the NNPA
Lifetime Legacy Award for
his decades of service as one
of the country’s foremost
civil rights, religious and
political figures.
After a video trib
ute that chronicled Jack
son’s life and a surprise solo
performance of “Hero,” by
Jackson favorite, Audrey
DuBois Harris, the iconic
preacher accepted the award
from NNPA President and
CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Cha
vis, Jr., and NNPA Chairman
Dorothy R. Leavell.
“I’m not easy to
surprise,” Jackson told the
crowd, which gave him a
standing ovation as he head
ed to the podium to accept
the honor.
The Presidential
Medal of Freedom winner,
Jackson has been called the
“Conscience of the Nation,”
and “The Great Unifier,”
challenging America to be
inclusive and to establish
just and humane priorities
for the benefit of all.
Bom in 1941 in
Greenville, South Caroli
na, Jackson began his theo
logical studies at Chicago
Theological Seminary, but
deferred his studies when he
began working full time in
the Civil Rights Movement
alongside Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
“This honor takes
on a special meaning for
me because my first job was
selling the ‘Norfolk Journal
and Guide’ newspaper and
then the ‘Baltimore AF-
RO-American’ and then the
‘Pittsburgh Courier,”’ Jack-
son said of the iconic Black-
owned newspapers.
He reminisced
about the fateful night in
Memphis in 1968 when an
assassin’s bullet cut down
King.
“I was with Dr.
King on that chilly night in
Memphis and I went to the
phone to talk to Mrs. King.
I couldn’t really talk,” he
said. “I told her, ‘I think Dr.
King was shot in the shoul
der,’ even though I knew he
was shot in the neck. I just
couldn’t say it.”
During the Gen
eral Motors-sponsored cer
emony, Leavell and Chavis
said Jackson has carried
King’s legacy well.
Continued on Page 10
Senator Lester Jackson To Address
NAACP On 2018 Legislation
Most of us know
that as of July 1, 2018, a new
distracted driving law went
into effect in Georgia that
aims to keep cell phones out
of driver’s hands. Speaker
phones and Bluetooth devic
es will be the only options
for use under the hands-free
driving law.
But that is only one
of hundreds of bills and res
olutions passed by the Geor
gia General Assembly this
year. There are new Georgia
laws concerning breaking a
lease for victims of family
violence, a more expansive
medical marijuana law, the
allowing of local fireworks
restrictions, changes in Sun
day alcohol sales under the
Lester Jackson
“Brunch Bill”, on-line shop
ping sales taxes, overhauling
the state’s adoption statutes
- it’s a long list and they are
now officially on the books.
Georgia State Sen
ator Lester Jackson will ad
dress the Savannah Branch
NAACP about these and
other newly enacted legis
lation that will most great
ly impact local residents
during the July Mass Meet
ing. The meeting is open
to the public and will be held
on Sunday July 22, at 4 pm
at Bethel AME Church lo
cated at 1814 E. 38th Street.
For more information, call
the NAACP office at 912-
233-4161 or visit www.sav-
naacp.com.
Dr. Teresa Middleton To Speak
At Beach Institute
Dr. Teresa Mid
dleton, an Educational Psy
chologist and founder of Ed
ucator’s Circle will present
“Effective Teaching in the
21st Century: An Emphasis
on Cultural Receptivity”
at the Beach Institute on
Wednesday, July 25th from
6:00-7:30 PM. Traditional
methods of instruction and
classroom management in
urban public school settings
have proven ineffective for
many African American stu
dents in grades K-12. Re
ports of underperformance,
dropout rates, and disci
pline-related suspensions
occur disproportionately in
the African American stu
dent community. Dr. Mid
dleton will present research
that supports transitioning
to relational instruction and
classroom management de
signed to prepare African
American students for the
future. Investment is pro
vided by the City of Savan
nah.
Dr. Teresa Middleton
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