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springfest 2008 Honorary Co-chairs and awardees
Co-Chairs are selected
because their service to their fellow man
and
they exemplify the Spirit of Sweet Auburn |
LISA BORDERS
PRESIDENT OF
CITY COUNCIL
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RAMSEY DAVIS, JR.
MWGM
PRINCE HALL MASONS - GA |
LONNIE KING
Civil Rights Icon |
WAYNE JONES
David T-Howard Alumni Association |
JANICE MATHIS
Rainbow PUSH |
HERMAN RUSSELL
H. J. Russell Co. |
Nettie Jackson
Director of Cultural initiatives
American Heart Association |
jANIS a. pERKINS
The Odd Fellows Buildings |
Jackie Boatwright
CEO of Jackie Boatwright Enterprise LLC. |
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Triumph
of the Spirit:
More financial institutions, professionals,
educators, entertainers and politicians were on this
one mile of street than any other African American
street in the South. The street was "paved in gold"
observed John Wesley Dobbs. The buildings still
existing within this once thriving and vigorous
black community and the six centers of higher
education adjacent to this street, today honor the
resilience and tenacity of a people operating at a
high level within the confines of extreme social and
economic segregation.
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