1. ReMix Ideas to Host Second Annual Black Founders Summit
2. [ELECTION ALERT] Election Information for November 2, 2021 Annual School Election
3. The W. Harold Flowers Law Society to host famed “Giant Killer” litigator William E. Gary at upcoming Oct. 29 symposium honoring legacy of John W. Walker
4. Celebrate! Maya Project presents “Conversations: 50 Years of Memories in Lafayette County, the Place Maya Angelou Called Home”
5. Little Rock Links and Longley Baptist Church Host and Black KARE Culinary Medicine Program
6. John H. Johnson Day To Be Observed Virtually; Former Ebony Magazine Editor, Assistant Dean, and Arkansas Attorney To Be Recognized
1. ReMix Ideas to Host Second Annual Black Founders Summit
2. [ELECTION ALERT] Election Information for November 2, 2021 Annual School Election
3. The W. Harold Flowers Law Society to host famed “Giant Killer” litigator William E. Gary at upcoming Oct. 29 symposium honoring legacy of John W. Walker
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October 21, 2021 Contact: Denese Fletcher|501-371-9773 | whf@whflawsociety
Annual event highlights contributions and legacy of Black attorneys and legal professionals in Arkansas
Little Rock — The W. Harold Flowers Law Society will host famed “Giant Killer” attorney, trial litigator and philanthropist William E. Gary at its upcoming 2021 Civil Rights Symposium on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, that honors the legacy of Little Rock civil rights icon, legislator and attorney John W. Walker.
The annual event by Arkansas’ largest professional association for African American lawyers and legal professionals will kick off with a “Meet and Greet” event at 6 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2021, at The 1836 Club, 1406 Cantrell Road in Little Rock. The symposium, entitled “Giants in the Courtroom: The Litigator,” will follow the next day on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. It will be held at the William H Bowen School of Law, 1201 McMath Ave., in Little Rock.
The symposium will give attendees the option of participating in online or in-person seminars, beginning with a session by Mr. Gary on “Trial Skills, Preparing to Win.” Gary, whose namesake law firm is based in Stuart, Fla., earned his reputation and famous nickname by taking down some of America’s most well- known corporate giants on behalf of his clients. He also won some of the largest jury awards and settlements in U.S. history, including cases valued at more than $30 billion that earned him national recognition as one of the country’s leading trial attorneys.
In May 2002, Gary was featured in Ebony magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Black Americans.” Forbes Magazine has also listed him as one of the “Top 50 attorneys in the U.S.” In addition, the famed Black trial attorney has been spotlighted in several of the nation’s most respected media publications, such as The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Ebony, Jet, People, Black Enterprise, Fortune, The New Yorker and The National Law Journal.
4. Celebrate! Maya Project presents “Conversations: 50 Years of Memories in Lafayette County, the Place Maya Angelou Called Home”
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Celebrate! Maya Project presents “Conversations: 50 Years of Memories
in Lafayette County, the Place Maya Angelou Called Home”
LITTLE ROCK — The Celebrate! Maya Project will close out its 2021 activities with a virtual public program called “Conversations: 50 Years of Memories in Lafayette County, the Place Maya Angelou Called Home.” The public program will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 through Zoom. It will include stories, memories, historical photography, and literary and poetry recitals by Lafayette County youth.
Maya Angelou spent much of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, with her grandmother Annie Johnson and her Uncle Willie Johnson. Her award-winning memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” documents much of her coming-of-age experiences during that time.
The Celebrate! Maya Project’s Lafayette County Oral History Project is funded by the Arkansas Humanities Council’s African American History and Culture grants. The project includes interviews with a diverse group of participants including former Lafayette County residents and descendants of former residents who share their memories of growing up, residing or spending quality time in Lafayette County.
“The oral history project was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity to document the county’s rich history with the rest of the state,” said Janis F. Kearney, president and founder of the Celebrate! Maya Project. “We were specifically interested in stories that spanned the years between 1900-50, about the men, women, organizations, schools and industries that helped shape this extraordinary Arkansas county.”
About the Celebrate! Maya Project
The Celebrate! Maya Project is a statewide 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is “to help honor and promote the inclusive literacy, creativity and social consciousness of the life and work of artist and activist Dr. Maya Angelou.” For more information about the Celebrate! Maya Project, visit celebratemayaproject.org.
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