Across Georgia

October 2008

• Who Is Best For Georgia?  The Georgia Informer's Picks For The Upcoming Elections
• SCLC Georgia State Unit Holds Historic State Convention In Valdosta, Georgia 
• GABEO/GCBM Hold Annual Fall Conference In Claxton, Georgia 
• Hamp Swain Inducted Into The Georgia Music Hall Of Fame

September 2008

• Tubman African American Museum Announces $1.5 Million Grant From Peyton Anderson Foundation
• Dr. Terrence Roberts Of Little Rock Nine History Speaks At Martha's Vineyard
• Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Presents Upcoming Events To Please Everyone (Even The Kids!) 
• Macon City Council Attendance Reports Should Surprise Many Bibb County Residents
• Young Jeezy, Brian McKnight, & Bobby Brown Come To Georgia In September
• Hudson Wins Ray Avant Excellence In Prevention Award At Georgia School Of Addiction Studies  
• Appreciation Service For Nathidus Johnson To Be Held At New Hope Baptist Church
• Obama Can Win In Georgia, Says The Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery 
• Donnie Wahlberg Of New Kids On The Block Says Life Insurance Is A No-Brainer 
• Jackson Securities Names Dawn Turner Vice President Of Public Finance 

August 2008

July 2008 

• 40 Years Of Dedication To Civil Rights Make Senator Orrock A Leading Legislator  
• GABEO Holds News Conference & Reenactment Of 1946 Moore's Ford Bridge Lynchings
• Maconite Hamp Swain To Be Inducted Into The Georgia Music Hall Of Fame
• Reverend Jesse Jackson Apologizes For "Cut His Nuts Out" Remark About Obama 
• Robert Johnson, Not Oprah, Was First African American Billionaire In America   
• The Georgia Informer's Endorsements For The Congressional Races
• Three Georgia Businesses Make Black Enterprise Magazine's Top 40 List For Diversity 
• A Crisis Of Affordable Health Care At Memorial - Georgia Watch Report 
• Fort Valley State University Hires Director Of Recruitment
• Priests For Life Meets With African American Leaders To Stop Funding For Planned Parenthood
• Georgia Sierra Club Endorses Representative John Lewis
• Libertarian Presidential Candidate Could Pull Republican Votes
• Clark General Dentistry Center Opens In Macon 
• SCLC Partners With Credit Card Servicer Being Sued By The Federal Trade Commission  
• Macon Attorney Brings Nursing Experience To Her Law Firm To Better Serve Clients

June 2008

May 2008

• Atlanta Hosting Black America's Largest Networking Conference
• T.I. Joins Frankie Beverly & Other Great Artists In Georgia This June
• Owner Of Stephens Diner Is Interim Pastor Of Twiggs County Church
• Bill Lucas Runs For Bibb County Sheriff In Democratic Primary 
• Rev Al Sharpton Preaches At Inauguration Of Macon Chapter National Action Network 
• Jackson Named President Of Newly Created Macon Chapter Of National Action Network
• S&V Educational System Gives Students The Boost They Need
• NAACP Names New National President 
• Rev. Al Sharpton To Rally In Macon Against Malicious Prosecution Of Churches 
• Upcoming Soul Jam Festival Features Lenny Williams & Mel Waiters
• F4 Tornado Sweeps Through Middle Georgia
• Capitol City Bank Releases 2007 Year End Report
• Sanford Bishop Announces $350 Million Bill In House For Military Hospital
• US Representative John Lewis Qualifies For Re-Election
• Dillard Elected Georgia State Conference NAACP Membership Chairperson 
• Mable Thomas To Run For Congress in  the 5th District 
• East Macon Being Forced To Accept "Natural Cemetery" 
• The Links & The American Heart Association Join To Address Childhood Obesity

April 2008

• US Representative John Lewis Qualifies For Re-Election
• Dillard Elected Georgia State Conference NAACP Membership Chairperson 
• Mable Thomas To Run For Congress in  the 5th District 
• East Macon Being Forced To Accept "Natural Cemetery" 
• The Links & The American Heart Association Join To Address Childhood Obesity 
• Free Ticket Helps McDonough Woman Win $264,000 
• BBQ & Blues Festival In Barnesville Honors Newton Collier
• Big Daddy Kane, Sugarhill Gang, & Others Perform Hip Hop Concert In Twiggs County
• Chambliss Votes To Protect Employers Who Discriminate Against Women & African Americans
• Atlanta Life Financial Group Mourns Passing Of President Ronald D. Brown
• Spring Fling 2008 At Tremont Temple Features Recording Artists, Free Health Screenings, & More
• Bibb County Agencies Seek To Alleviate Plight Of Incarcerated Mentally Ill
• Delegates Elected To Represent Georgia At Democratic National Convention
• Jackmont Hospitality Receives Four "Best of the Best" Awards At T.G.I.Fridays Leadership Conference
• Donnie McClurkin Preaches In Macon About Getting Out Of The Church & Into The Street
• 12th Annual Pan African Festival Offers Something For Everyone
• Underwood Seeks To Improve Mercer's National Profile
• "A Different Kind Of Slavery" Excerpt By Douglas Blackmon
• Liberty Baptist Church Gets New Pastor In Reverend Rodney Lockett
• Bentley & Sons Funeral Homes Doing 3 Times The Business Of Nearest Competitor
• Macon Church Maintains Pastor's Innocence Of Federal Charges
• Twiggs County Hosts Old School Hip Hop Concert Featuring Doug E Fresh & Big Daddy Kane
• Hall Of Famer Walter Bellamy Now A Civil Rights Activist
• Habersham Elected Georgia's Minority Small Business Champion Of The Year
• U.S. Chamber Presents Award To Representative Sanford Bishop
• Macon Trumpeter Newton Collier To Be Honored At Blues Festival In Barnesville
• Celebrity Golf Fundraiser To Benefit Young Women's Leadership Academy
• Morris Brown College Launches New Circle Of Friends Campaign
• Georgia Ranks 43rd In National Education Survey
• Debbie Allen Wraps Up 2008 Beach Institute Lecture Series
• Black Male Hood Training Conference Striving To Make Men

March 2008

February 2008

• Greatest Love Story Ever Comes To Macon City Auditorium  
• Bibb County Principal's Salaries
• Ross Accepts Chief Appraiser Position In Monroe County 
  Black Women Film Preservation Luncheon Awards  Honorees 
• Republican Senator Johnny Isakson Visits Fort Valley State University
• Baranco Discusses The High Failure Rate Of Black-Owned Car Dealerships 
• Civil Rights Giant Rev. James Orange Passes In Atlanta
• Raquel Wells Joins The Tubman African American Museum 
• Will Obama's Church Be His Achilles' Heel?  
• Elderhostel Introduces Program To Celebrate The Life & Works Of Richard Wright 
• Rep. John Barrow & SSU Students To Restore King-Tisdell Cottage 
• Obama Sweeps Georgia On Super Tuesday 
• Two U.S. Congressmen Receive Perfect Scores On NAACP Report Card
• Georgia Senators Receive Failing Grade By NAACP Report Card
• AFTER FIVE Celebrating Eight Years Of Creating Community
• Democratic Activist & Women's Organizer Amy Morton Endorses Barack Obama 
• GABEO Holds 38th Annual Board Meeting & Retreat 
• Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS Gives Statement About HIV Prevalence  
• Fresh From South Carolina Win, Obama Speaks In Macon 
• Influential African American Women Commit To Stopping Child Prostitution  

January 2008

• Dubose to Be Sworn In As President Of State Conference NAACP
• The Links Unites With Susan G. Komen For The Cure
• 16th Annual Trumpet Awards - An Impressive Salute To African American Achievement
• Children Should Know Their Grandparents 
• A Closer Look At Augusta & The People Who Make Things Happen
• Macon Pharmacy Tailors Treatment To The Individual Customer 
• Macon Chapter NAACP Has New President
• Macon Rapper To Be Released From Prison After Appearing In Anti-Gun PSA
• AFTER FIVE Will Honor Harmon Construction At Annual Gala
• Macon Chapter NAACP President Cartese Dillard Resigns

December 2007

• Tubman Museum Celebrates Life Of Famed Civil Rights Leader John Lewis
• Big House Foundation Announces Allman Brothers Band Museum
• Cynthia McKinney Announces Presidential Campaign
• New ACLU Report Details Pervasive Racial Discrimination In America
• Kids Yule Love & Joe Allen Still Working Miracles
• Groups Receive $100,000 From Environmental Legal Team
• John White, Not Julian Bond, Led Effort To Make "Georgia" State Song
• Richard Turner Funeral A Celebration Of His Life  
• All Eleven Trumpet Awards Tower Of Power Honorees Are Georgians
• First-Class Wildcat Stamp Goes On Sale
• Georgia Man Proven Innocent By DNA In 28 Year-Old Rape Case 
• Inauguration Of Macon's 41st Mayor Held At Macon City Auditorium
• Camilla, Georgia Elects First African American Mayor
• 2008 International Civil Rights Walk Of Fame Inductees 
• Lifelong Civil Rights Leader Passes In Sandersville
• Otis Redding Tributes Celebrate His Life & Music
• Community Effort In Warner Robins Feeds 425 People
• Was Jesus A Black Man?  Georgia Preachers Discuss The Issue
• Why Isn't Rosey Grier In The Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame?
• Rev. Jesse Jackson Responds To FCC Decision
• Megachurches Investigated By U.S. Senate
• Hip Hop/Rock Band Rehab Rocks Whiskey River Nightclub 
• Central Georgia Diagnostics Holds 15th Annual Reindeer Run & Santa Stroll

November 2007

• Empowering Young Black Men Via Higher Education
• Two African American Churches In Georgia Are Among Nation's Fastest Growing
• Ladies Of Color Talent Show Brings All Ages To The Douglas Theater
• Tubman Museum Receives $8,000 Grant From AT&T
• 2008 Trumpet Awards To Be Held In Atlanta
• Michael Thurmond To Deliver Holmes-Hunter Lecture At UGA
• Two Legends Come Together For One Legendary Night
• Oprah Surprises Macon Audience With "Oprah's Favorite Things 2007"
• Oprah Makes Whirlwind Trip Through Macon On Eve Of Taping
• Oprah To Appear In Macon But I Can't See Her!
• Johnson & Osborne Elected To National Black Caucus - Local Elected Officials
• Allen Directs First African American Production Of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
• All That Jazz At The Cotton Club A Real Jazzy Affair
• Macon Attorney Sees Law Firm As His Calling
• Southwest High School Holds Public Speaking Contest
• Oprah Comes To Macon But I Can't See Her!
• Tyler Perry's New Play Brings Awareness Of Social Issues
• Reichert Receives 96% Of Votes; Becomes Macon's Mayor-Elect
• Judge Phil Brown Appointed To Judicial Workload Assessment Committee
• Study Finds Bank Of America Underserving Minorities
• Senator Reed Selected For Aspen Institute Fellowship Program
• SSU Names Wyatt Vice President For Academic Affairs  
• Eight Year Old Will Sing National Anthem At Atlanta Hawks Game
• Sellers Brothers Funeral Home Moves To New Location
• Ira Davis Discusses African American Immobility
• Governor Perdue Appoints Macon Physician To Chair Of Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission
• Ballentine Calls For National Blackout Day
• Genarlow Wilson Freed! 
• Center For Racial Understanding Presents: A Conversation On Race
• Ficklin & Gordon Receive Awards From GABEO At Fall Conference

October 2007

• Capitol City Bank Opens New Branch In Downtown Atlanta
• Big Name Entertainment Comes To Georgia In November
• Tubman Museum Brings NYC's All Stars Jazz Band To Annual Fundraiser
• Original James Brown Dancer Receives Proclamations From All Over 
• FVSU President Larry Rivers Named Citizen Of The Year
• Branan Foundation Awards $12,000 To South-View Preservation Foundation  
• National Effort To Bring Hunger Awareness Comes To Warner Robins, Georgia
• Hanging Noose Results In Employee Termination At Middle Georgia Company
• GABEO Holds 37th Annual Fall Conference In Augusta
• HomeFirst Educates Georgians About Foreclosure & Predatory Lending
• Ilyasah Shabazz Publishes Her Autobiography 
• Barack Obama On Black Planet! 
• Four Worst Congresspersons Revealed!
• Farrakhan Speaks In Atlanta For 12th Annual Holy Day Of Atonement
• Coca-Cola Elects Alexis Herman As Director
• Georgia Lags Behind 39 States In Offering ID Theft Protection
• Sold-Out Concerts Help Break Attendance Record At Ga National Fair 
• Morehouse School of Medicine Researcher Named To Prestigious Institute Of Medicine
• Al Gore Wins The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
• House Bill To Stop Banks From Extending Unfair Overdraft Loans
• Tubman Museum Holds Act Of Courage Awards Ceremony In Atlanta
• Macon Businessman Waldo Sheftall Slain In Apparent Robbery
• Beth Perera Receives Businesswoman Of The Year Award 
• Marathon Oil Gives Fort Valley State's CDEP Program $50,000
• Nowak Announces Run For U.S. Congressional Seat Against Jim Marshall 
• First African American Mayor Of Barnesville, Georgia Passes
• Three Congressmen From Ga Receive Failing Scores On CBC Report Card 
• GSU Seeks Nominations For Martin Luther King Torch Of Peace Award
• Rainbow PUSH To Hold Press Conference In Atlanta
• GABEO Holds 37th Annual Fall Conference In Augusta
• Man Kills Self In Front Of City Council After Zoning Decision
• Hip Hop Artist NeYo Plans Benefit Concert To Aid Grady Health System 
• New Mexico Governor And Presidential Hopeful Visits Atlanta
• GSU Seeks Nominations For the Hosea Williams Award For Community Activism
• Morris Brown College Walk-A-Thon For Student Scholarships 

September 2007

• Herbert Dennard Receives NAACP's Most Prestigious Award 
• Vickie Winans Shows Alot Of Love At Concert In Warner Robins
• Alumnus Gives $25,000 To Boost SSU's Tom Joyner Scholarship Campaign
• Former Mount Salem Pastor Announces Week Of Praise At Newly Formed Church In Gray
• Major Exhibition Commemorates 40th Anniversary Of Otis Redding's Death
• Thousands Crowd Jena In Protest At Sentencing
• 100 Black Men Of Atlanta To Bring $30 Million To Atlanta For Football Classic
• Magic Johnson Endorses Hillary With Fundraiser At His Home 
• Cynthia McKinney Rallies At Clark Atlanta University For Jena 6
• Fort Valley State University Students To March In Jena 6 Protest Rally
• Summerset Assisted Living Community Opens Expansion 
• CNN Interviews The Kings About The Jena 6 Case
• Otis Redding Tribute At Macon City Auditorium Loaded With RESPECT
• NAACP Files Lawsuit Against Major Home Mortgage Companies
• Macon NAN Plans Trip To Jena, Louisiana To Support The Jena 6
• Cynthia McKinney Gives Speech In London
• Atlanta's Greatest NBA Star: Walt Frazier
• An Evening Of RESPECT: A Tribute To Otis Redding
• Alridge Named UGA's Director Of Institute Of African American Studies
• That 70s Atlanta Show: A Retrospective Of Boyd Lewis' Photography Of Atlanta
• Gospel Great Vickie Winans Comes To The Warner Robins Civic Center
• Yesterday's Memories Of Betty Shabazz 
• Rev. Ronald Toney Receives Community Service Award From NAACP 
• Baptist Church Fires Pastor For Attempting To Gain Control Of Church Finances
• Bibb County Commission Chairman Attempts Removal Of Citizen For Asking Question
• Hanging Nooses Spark Jena 6 Case
• Democrats Fire Back On Global Warming, SAT Scores
• Marc Sydnor Joins Atlanta Life Investment Advisors
• Housing Made Affordable In The City Of Macon

August 2007

• Cynthia McKinney Speaks At Peace Rally In Kennebunkport, Maine
• Cline Hired As Public Relations Expert
• Herbert Dennard To Receive Earl Shinholster Freedom Award
• Stevie Wonder Comes To Georgia
• Cleland To give Democratic Response On Iraq
• Hospital Authority's Board Approves $125 Million For Grady Health System
• City Of Macon Honors Dr. D.T. Walton With Commemorative Marker Ceremony
• Rivers Becomes An Honorary Commander At Robins Air Force Base
• Clayton County's "Keeper" Making His Mark 
• Glover Excels In One Of The Largest Housing Authorities In The Nation
• Lori Howard & Office Of Workforce Development Improves Lives
• World-Renowned Pan-African Educator Dies In Egypt
• Macon Native Wins At 2007 National Hollywood Black Film Festival
• Gourmet Services Appoints New President
• Macon's Hilton Garden Inn Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
• Macon Powerhouse Elected To NFDMA
• ESPN Interviews The Abernathy Family About Michael Vick Case
• City Unity Celebration Brings Macon Together 
• The Steppers Ball Is Steppin N2 Macon, Steppin N2 History
• UGA Graduate School Promotes Diversity In Students & Research
• A Native Son Returns: A Conscience Journey To Mother Africa
• Black History Giants Had A Georgia Connection
• Great Concerts Coming Up In August 
• Tubman Museum Receives Grant From Institute Of Museum & Library Services
• "Always Innocent Until Proven Guilty" Says SCLC President Of Michael Vick

July 2007

• Clark Atlanta University Appoints New VP Of Institutional Advancement
• Former President Clinton To Speak At SCLC Convention
• Chalk-Eating Common In Piedmont Area  
• Black Energy Educates Concerned Black Clergy On The Environment  
• Memorial Service In Honor Of Maceo Snipes
• GABEO Sponsors 3rd Reenactment Of Moore's Ford Bridge Lynching  
• Renowned Anesthesiologist Welcomed To Medical Center Of Central Georgia
• Mayor & International Delegation Return From Macon's African Sister City
• Amnesty International Applauds Stay Of Execution For Troy Davis
• The Tubman Torchbearers
• Supporters To March For Genarlow Wilson
• Many Call For Clemency For Troy Anthony Davis
• Long-Time Teacher & Basketball Coach To Be Honored At Roast & Picnic 
• Shirley Franklin Nominated As Chair Of 2008 National Democratic Convention  
• Franklin Completes Her Term As Georgia Municipal Association President
• Tubman Museum Seeks Nominations For The "Act Of Courage" Award     
• Successful Sales Team Appears In National  Magazine
• Joseph E. Boone Commission Schedules July Public Hearing
• NAACP Investigates Georgia Deaths At The Hands Of Law Enforcement 

June 2007

• Savannah Clerk Of Council Reese Succeeds To Office Of Presidency
• Calvin Hicks Finds Success In Augusta
• Georgians Pessimistic About Eliminating Poverty
• Young Resigns As Atlanta's Chief Operating Officer
• What's Wrong With Thurbert Baker???
• Judge Voids Genarlow's 10-Year Sentence
• State Representative Willie Talton Back In Law Enforcement
• SCLC President Meets With Ambassador Of India
• Winecoff Hotel Goes To Court After Nine Years
• Chef Erica's Kitchen Does Food Fabulously!
• Governor Sonny Perdue Chooses Fish Over Books
• Cynthia McKinney To Speak At State NAACP Gala
• Bibb County Board Of Commissioners Reduces Indigent Funding At Medical Center
• Citizens Trust Bank Holds Empowerment Seminars
• Senator Robert Brown Won't Run For Macon Mayor's Seat
• Representative Stan Watson To Seek DaKalb County CEO Seat
• Cynthia McKinney Speaks About Importance Of Memorial Day
• Representative Sinkfield Speaks Out
• GABEO Holds Annual Summer Convention At SSU

May 2007

• Meet Mayor Phaedra Graham Of Riverdale, Georgia
• Yolanda King Dead At Age 51
• Lee Named New State Conservationist
• 15 Great Places To Discover African American History
• President Of ASU Announces Changes
• Andrew Young's Birthday Bash A Celebrity Event
• Senator Jones Speaks On Unfair Sentencing
• Andrew Is 75 Years Young!
• Georgia Boasts A Large Number Of Black Mayors
• "Takin' It To The Hood" To Educate Macon Community About HIV/AIDS
• Pan African Festival Of Georgia Kicks Off

April 2007

• Macon Woman Patents New Washcloth
• Obama-Mania Rocks Atlanta
• Roy Miller's Letter To The Rappers
• Story New CEO For Grady Health System
• Habitat For Humanity Rebuilding Macon
• Tyrone Brooks Comes To Covington, Georgia
• DeFore Still A Tireless Man Of The People

March 2007

February 2007

• New Bill May Let Payday Lenders Back In Georgia
• Ellis Issues Public Apology For Slavery
• New Ella Fitzgerald Stamp Dedicated At The Douglas

January 2007

• NAACP Installation A Very Moving Program
• Bishop Invites Delegation To Meeting On PeachCare
• Smyre Elected President Of National Black Caucus
• Atlanta Airport Is Nation's Busiest Hub
• Cynthia McKinney Parkway Or Memorial Drive?
• Rivers To Speak At 2007 NAACP Banquet
• Sanford Bishop Named To New Subcommittees
• SCLC Holds Installation Service
• Griffin Elected To NCMEC Board of Directors
• Macon Centreplex Hosts Memorial Dedication Ceremony

November 2006

• Evelyn Lowery To Speak At Annual Freedom Breakfast
• Georgia's Prison Population Growing / Black Men Lead The Numbers
• Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin's Mother Dies
• December 10 Marks Anniversary Of Otis Redding's Death
• Mosteller To Head Georgia State Chapter Of SCLC
• DHR Makes Heating Assistance Available

October 2006

• Juvenile Boot Camps: Are We Killing Our Children?
• Belafonte, Barnes & Others Roast Lowery
• Millions More Movement Hosts Beacon of Light Awards
• Bert Bivins Receives NAACP Award
• New Report Exposes Failure of Workers' Compensation Systems
• Upholding the Rule of Law Requires Prosecution of Killers in the Moore's Ford Bridge Lynchings
• Unity Eve: A Spiritual & Cultural Connection
• Boo! What's Scarier Than Skyrocketing Insurance Premiums, Flood Damage & False Promises?
• Freedom Fund Awards Banquet Held In Macon