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Hank Aaron, Ted Turner Inducted as
Georgia Trustees
Hank Aaron and Ted Turner participate in a question and answer session following their Georgia Trustees induction
Baseball legend Hank
Aaron and Ted Turner, CNN
Founder and Chairman,
Turner Enterprises, Inc., were
inducted as the 2010 Georgia
Tmstees on Saturday,
February 13, at the As Time
Goes by Birthday Bash and
Awards Gala. The event was
a part of the Georgia Days
Celebration.
The two followed the
induction with an insightful
and entertaining question and
answer session. In keeping
with the evening’s theme, and
in honor of great American
pastimes explored throughout
the 2010 Georgia Dancing to
a live band will round out the
evening.
In conjunction with the
Governor’s Office, the
Georgia Historical Society
reconstituted the Georgia
Trustees as a way of recog
nizing Georgians whose
accomplishments and com
munity service reflect the
highest ideals of the founding
body of Trustees.
Black Heritage Festival Concludes
with Sweet Honey In The Rock®
Sweet Honey In the Rock
The 21 st Annual
Savannah Black Heritage
Festival will conclude with
the soulful harmonies and
rhythms of the Grammy-
award winning Sweet Honey
In The Rock® at 5:30 p.m.
on Feb. 21 at First African
Baptist Church on Franklin
Square. While the perform
ance is free and open to the
public, an open-seating tick
et will be required for admis
sion. Free tickets will be
available at the Savannah
Civic Center Box Office and
Lester’s Florist on Feb. 17.
What began 37 years
ago as a vocal workshop
quartet at the D.C. Black
Repertory Theater Company
is today an intemationally-
renowned a cappella ensem
ble of six African-American
women. The group includes
a professional American
Sign Language interpreter
for deaf and hearing-
impaired individuals.
From Psalm 81:16 comes the
promise to a people of being
fed by honey out of the rock.
Honey - an ancient sub
stance, sweet and nurturing.
Rock - an elemental
strength, enduring the winds
of time. The metaphor of
sweet honey in the rock cap
tures completely these
African-American women
whose repertoire is steeped
in the sacred music of the
Black church, the clarion
calls of the civil rights move
ment and songs of the strug
gle for justice everywhere.
At the invitation of
First Lady Michelle Obama,
Sweet Honey performed last
year at the White House in
celebration of African-
American History Month.
For more info, visit
www.savannahblackher-
itagefestival.com
The Savannah
Tribune Salutes
Black History
Month
Xernona Clayton
Xemona Clayton was
bom August 30, 1930 in
Muskogee, Oklahoma and is
recognized as a civil rights
leader and broadcasting exec
utive.
During the Civil Rights
Movement, Ms. Clayton was
an active participant on the
front lines. She organized
events for the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC), under
the direction of Martin Luther
King, and she developed a
deep friendship with Dr.
King's wife, Coretta Scott
King.
Ms. Clayton's persistent
fight for human rights has
been credited by a former
Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux
Klan with influencing him to
denounce the Klan.
In 1968, Clayton
became the first Southern
African American female to
host a daily prime time talk
show. The show was broad
cast on WAGA-TV in Atlanta
and would eventually be
renamed The Xemona
Clayton Show.
Ms. Clayton plays an
active role in organizations
across the country, for
instance, she is on the board of
directors of The King Center.
In 1993, Ms. Clayton, in
concert with her employer
Turner Broadcasting, created
the Trumpet Awards to honor
exceptional diverse
Americans.
Information courtesy of
wikipedia.org.
Inside This Week’s Edition:
Eleven Black Men of Liberty County to hold
Annual Scholarship Dinner, pg. 2
The Savannah Philharmonic Presents “Firebird”,
Pg- ^
100 Black Men, Johnson High Announce
Partnership, pg. 7
Jackson Promoted to Campus Director, pg. 8
Tourism Leadership Council Holds Annual
Awards and Scholarship Dinner, pg. 9
New Savannah Mass Choir Makes Debut, pg. 10
