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2016 NAACP Lifetime Achievement Awards

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ItemID
acaa458
IDEntry
8492
Date
2016-05-21
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County (Md.), 1890-2008
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On May 21, 2016 the Allegany County, Maryland NAACP Branch 7007 honored the following individuals at its First Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony:

- Pansye Atkinson
- Jean Etta Beckward
- William Colbert (posthumously)
- Alfred Deas
- Carrie Deas
- Albert Feldstein
- James Hurt
- Lucy Reece

The following individuals were also honored with Community Leadership Awards:
- Jo Jacqueline Cooper
- Doris Green
- Emma Watkins

Depicted in the photo are:
Seated, left to right: Mrs. James Hurt, Carmen Jackson (Allegany NAACP Branch 7007 President)
Front row, left to right: Jean Etta Beckward, Jo Jacqueline Cooper, Pansye Atkinson, James Hurt, Carrie Deas, Lucy Reece and Emma Watkins
Back row, left to right: Albert Feldstein, Eve Redman (daughter of and accepting for Doris Green), Alfred Deas and William A. Colbert III (son of and accepting for William Colbert)

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Photograph by Aynia Dorsey