Tuscaloosa Civil Rights Uplift Awards

1900 Jack Warner Parkway,Tuscaloosa AL 35401

19 May, 2023

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The Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History and Reconciliation Foundation is hosting its Inaugural Uplift Awards to honor the legacy of community members that serve Tuscaloosa, blaze a trail, and are persistent in achieving their goals of making a difference on a personal and professional level. The luncheon awards ceremony will feature keynote speaker Lisa McNair, whose older sister, Denise, was one of the four little girls killed in the infamous 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Through her memoir, Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never Knew, Lisa provides readers a front row seat inside a family that endured a horrific and high-profile loss in the Civil Rights Movement. Below are the winners to be honored: * Rev. Thomas Linton Perseverance Award: Jalen Hurts * Rev. T. Y. Rogers Jr. Trail Blazer Award: Judge John England Jr. * Mr. Bill Buchanan Service Award: Emma Jean Melton * Dr. Myrtle E. Gray Outstanding Youth Award: Central High School student Jared White SIGNATURE SPONSOR: Alabama Power