About Our Award Symbol
The American Eagle was chosen as the perfect symbol for our Racial Barrier Breakers Award because this powerful and magnificent animal embodies characteristics that are respected and admired in each of our Awardees.
The American Eagle was chosen as the perfect symbol for our Racial Barrier Breakers Award because this powerful and magnificent animal embodies characteristics that are respected and admired in each of our Awardees.
I entered college with a basketball scholarship because at that predominately white college, scholarships for freshman African American students were few and far between.
When discussing the name of the Wimberly Institute, it was Councilman James Timely who remarked that it should be “Black” rather than “African American” Studies.
Juneteenth marks our country's second Independence Day. It is often called Freedom Day.
Jasmine Habersham’s journey from Macon to the World has been sensational and there is much more to come from this musically gifted vocalist!
Dr. Thelma Dillard First African American To Serve On The Middle Georgia Regional Commission Zack Dozier First To Form A.
Asha Ellen First African American CEO Of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Commission Delvecchio Finley First African American President Of Atrium Health.
Doris H. Adams, Ed.D First Black Woman With A Doctorate To Be Hired At The Bibb County Board of Education.
Elizabeth Ansley Allan First White Teacher At Ballard Hudson High School Bishop L.M. Bell First African American A Radio Ministry.
William Thomas Barnes, Jr. First African American Congressional Aid In Middle Georgia Clara Lowe Clark Draine First African American Sales.