The Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce (GLAAACC) will recognize the Bakewell family and State Senator Steven Bradford at its Annual Economic Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 19, at 5:30 p.m., at the JW Marriott LA Live, 900 West Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles.
Vocalist Lillian Lilly along with gospel influencer and author James Birdsong Jr. will be honored during the Antigua Barbuda Gospel Music and Media Awards on Friday, October 22, at Kentish Pentecostal Church in St. John’s, Antigua in the West Indies. “We celebrate and give honor to those who have not only paved a way for others but do so with distinction. Lillian Lilly of the Mississippi Mass Choir and James C. Birdsong, Jr. stand alongside other notable men and women in their respective fields. We are grateful for all they do with a heart to serve in the best of
Parham, who turned 101 in February, spent more than three decades as publisher of the Cincinnati Herald, which was established in 1955 and counts as the longest running African American newspaper in the city