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I 520 N. LIBERTY JEROMES salutes Mr. Joe Dudley Our New Personality in Black History Stop in and see our fabulous ???elections today! Your Accounts Welcomed ?CURTAINS 'READY-TO- 'BEDSPREADS ?ORAPERIES "WEAR " ?SLIPCOVERS *709 \TA Open 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Monday-Saturday ? Closed Wednesdays Percy E. Sutton Herman J, Russell MODELS OF SUCCESS Business was anything but usual for many of the entrepreneurs who appear in this ad. They were pioneers, persevering in untapped markets and in areas barred by racism and sexism. They were front-runners, show ing others that it could be done and daring others to rise to new heights. These individuals met the chal lenges of establishing businesses, leading them through economic fluctuations and nurturing them through uncertain market de mand. They beat the odds and made significant contributions to the economic growth of our country. ? Nabisco Foods Group pays tribute to Percy E. Sutton of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, Lonear Heard of James T. Heard Management Corporation, Herman J. Russell of H.J. Russell & Company, Henry F. Henderson, Jr. of H.F. Henderson Industries, John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company, Julia Wheeler Taylor of Mechanics A Farmers Bank, Daniel C. Lawson of Lawson National Distributing Company and Jesse Hill, Jr. of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. These entrepreneurs serve as role models to our nation's youth and as inspiration to all of jjs. NABISCO FOODS GROUP (| ' Quotes j) What leaders said about Thurgood MarshaH, upon hearing of his death: A giant m the quest for human rights and equal opportunity ?President Bill Clinton , He made important contributions to America s con stitutional law during his 24 years on the Supreme Court put he will be remembered every bit as much tor what hedid before he came to fhe Court - for his untiring leadership in the legal battles to outlrw -acial discrimination: ?Chief Justice William Rehnquist I Justice Marshall s influence went far beyond the boundaries of Black Americans If you study the his | tor / of Marshall's career the history of his rulings on the Supreme Court oven his dissents, you will undnr ?stnnri when ho speaks he is not speaVmg |ust for Black Americans but for An "ricans of all times ?Dr. John Hope Franklin, Historian He never lost th?' common touch No matter how terrible the situation, he maintained a sense of humor He also put on no airs ?Alex Pitcher, former assistant to J. Marshall at NAACP. Justice Marshall was a friend our family cherished whose advice and wisdom were precious to us all His work and his vision changed America and moved us forward to a new understanding and a new comit ment to civil rights and egual opportunity " ?Vice President Al Gore "For most of us who grew up under segregation, we have never known a dav without Thurgood Marshall hovering over us to protect us " ?Jesse Jackson Quotes by Justice Thurgood Marshall Equal means getting the same thing, at the same time, and in the same place " ?1954, Answering question about Brown vs. Board of Education "We must never forget that the only real source of power that we as judges can tap is the respect of the * people Wb will command that respect only as long as we strive for neutrality " ?1981 speech. "People are people? strike them and they will cry, cut them, and they will bleed, starve them and they will wither away and die But treat them with respect and decency, give them equal access to the leavers of power, attend to their aspirations and grievances, and they will flourish and grow " ?1973 in Africa "I don't think race should be used as an excuse, one way or the Other " ?1991 "The most glaring of the inequities is the administra tion of the death penalty concerns the race of victim and defendant A Negro who kills a white man runs a far greater risk of being executed than a white man who kills a Negro " ?1984 speech
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