Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Celebrating Black History Month 2021 Honoring Local Icons

Top right: 
Eddie Ponds
Publisher of  the Drum Newspapers
Top Left
Dr. Kingsley B. Garrison
Professor, Music Supervisor, Assistant Principal, and Community Activist
Second Row Left End
Ann  A. Smith
Represents the 5th Congressional District, Retired School Educator, Former member of  
Tangipahoa Parish School Board District A
Second Row Right End
Harold Smith
First African American elected as mayor of Kentwood, La
Former Educator
Third Row, Left End
Bobby Cyprian
Civil Rights Leader
Third Row, Right End
Collis Temple, Sr.
Principal and Educator
O.W. Dillon School
Third Person
Lemar  F. Marshall
Former City Councilmember,  District 4, Hammond, LA 
Advocate for STEM Education in Tangipahoa Parish
Fourth Person
Major Coleman
Former Member-At-Large
Police Jury Association
Board of Director for the Southeast Community Health System
Robert Parker
Singer known for his 1966 song "Barefootin" He was introduced into the
Louisiana Music Hall of Fame 2007
Mrs. Shirley Cross
Educator, Graduate of Tuskegee Institute
Left Second to the End
Jo-Ann Lewis Frazier
Community Activist 
Right End
Irma Thompson Gordon
Former Educator and the First African-American Woman elected as mayor of Kentwood
Gloria Gordon Brumfield
One of the first African American student to Desegregate the Schools in St. Helena Parish
Alvin Holden
Voter Right Leader in Hammond, Louisiana, Founding members of the Tangipahoa Parish Voter League, and organization that fought to obtain the right to vote and equal treatment for African Americans. He was the first African American to register to vote in parish.
Dr. Willard Vernon and Mrs. Alma Harrison Vernon
Educators and Community Advocates
Community Organizers, Educators. Dr. Willard built the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Mrs. Alma Harrison Vernon, received and Appreciation in recognition of her important contribution to ongoing fight against hatred and intolerance in America. 
Wilbert Dangerfield
The first African American elected as Councilman for District 1 in Hammond, LA.
Bobby Carter
First African American Deputy of the City of Hammond
Fred and Vernia McCoy
Botton Right
Former Educators in Tangipahoa Parish and Civil Rights Leaders




 

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