Greenville, SC: Gamma
Gamma Lambda Chapter held its 25th annual Martin Luther King
Commemorative Banquet at the
Greenville Hilton on January 19th at 7:00 PM. More than 200 people
attended the night’s celebration which is held to honor
Martin Luther King Jr. and also to raise the funds for the Luke
H. Chatman Scholarship, a local scholarship for Greenville County
High School Students.
Keynote Speaker for the event was Darrin Thomas,
Vice President of BlackPages USA, and spoke on the theme was
Economic Development
in the African-America. BlackPages USA has been a steady promoter
of supporting African-American-owned Businesses. “We must
support on own, but it is two way street”, said Bro. Thomas, “Business
must provide a quality service or product we can support”.
The Chapter also awarded the Martin Luther King
Community Citizenship Award to the Rev. Thomas Bowman of St
Mark United Methodist Church
of Taylors. Past winners of the award include Ralph Anderson,
Annie Maw Austin, Lila Brock, Rev. S.C. Cureton, Richard Kerns,
Roger
Owens, Judge Willie T. Smith, Dr. Rudolph Gordon, Mike Burton, Bro.
Fred Bostic, and Mayor Pro Temp Fleming. Proclamations from the
State, County and City were presented during the banquet. Entertainment
was provided by Bro. Ed Hill, who performed a monologue taken
from Dr. King’s speeches and writing.
This mark the second year of the Banquet was at the Hilton which
provided an elegant atmosphere for the event. A portion of banquet's
ticket goes toward Luke Chatman Scholarship fund that will award
one $3000 scholarship this year.
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Bro.
Darrin Thomas was the Keynote speaker for this year.
Bro.
Ed Hill performed a monologue of Dr. Kings speeches
Rep. Ralph
Anderson presented a Proclamation from the State.
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