At Friday Luncheon on August 30, 2013, at the Phenomenal Women's Summit presented by Bishop Teresa Snorton, the women took time out to recognize Phenomenal Women as Trailblazers: Past and Present with a slideshow of persons who are trailblazers yesterday as well as today. Additionally, awards "Honoring our Living Legends" were presented to the honorees.
See the Slideshow below:
Reflections of the Living Legends
Linda Coleman, Merika Coleman Evans and Juandalynn Givan
Yvette McPherson-Richardson, Belinda McCain, and Patsy Jones.
LaJuana Bradford, J. Richert Pearson and Diana Knighton
The Full List of Honorees is as follows:
Tributes
Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America
Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Yvonne Kennedy, Alabama State Legislator (posthumously)
Lola Haynes Hendricks, 1960s Civil Rights Activist (posthumously)
Lucinda Thelma Brown Robey, 1960s Civil Rights Activist (posthumously)
Atherine Juanita Lucy, 1st African American admitted to University of Alabama, 1956
Vivian Malone Jones, 1st African graduate, University of Alabama, 1965 (posthumously)
Awardees
Terri Sewell, First African-American U. S. Congresswoman from Alabama
Linda Coleman, Alabama State Senator
Priscilla Dunn, Alabama State Senator
Barbara Boyd, Alabama State Legislator
Merika Coleman Evans, Alabama State Legislator
Juandalynn Givan, Alabama State Legislator
Mary Moore, Alabama State Legislator
Yvette McPherson-Richardson, Alabama Board of Education
Belinda McCain, Mayor, Sipsey, AL
Maxine Parker, Birmingham City Council
Lashunda Scales, Birmingham City Council
Patsy Jones, Opelika City Council
Bobbie Knight, Alabama Power
LaJuana Bradford, Regions Bank
J. Richet Pearson, Dean, Miles School of Law
Mattie Mashaw Jackson, Miles College (retired)
Diana Knighton, Miles College
Odessa Mack, 1960s Civil Rights Activist
Carstella Scott, 1960s Civil Rights Activist
Helen Shores Lee, Circuit Court Judge and Civil Rights Advocate
Carolyn McKinstry, Civil Rights Advocate
Georgia McCoy O’Neal, Civil Rights Advocate
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