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SUMMARY:Living Legend Gala Honoring Dr. C.O. Simpkins
DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release\nContact: Roxann Johnson\, 318-218-0231 \n\nTickets & Sponsorships No Longer Available Online!\n(Call 318-218-0231 or 219-6099.) \n\nAndrew Young to Honor Dr. C.O. Simpkins\, Sr. at Civil Rights Gala\nEvent November 3\, 2018 to benefit North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition\nShreveport\, LA — Dr. C.O. Simpkins\, Sr.\, civil rights pioneer from Shreveport\, Louisiana\, will be honored at a gala at the Shreveport Convention Center on November 3\, 2018\, benefiting the capital campaign of the North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition (NLCRC) to restore the old Galilee Baptist Church as the future location of the Galilee Civil Rights Museum. Simpkins was a founding member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the 1950s\, serving closely with his friend Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nDr. & Mrs. C.O. Simpkins\, Sr.\nCuthbert Ormond Simpkins I was born in 1925 in Mansfield\, LA. He attended Wiley College and Tennessee State University\, where he received his undergraduate degree. He earned a Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville\, Tennessee. He served in the Air Force as a Captain until 1951 and returned to Shreveport to practice dentistry. \nSimpkins’ civil rights activities focused on voting rights. He was harassed by the Ku Klux Klan\, elected officials and law enforcement. Simpkins invited Dr. King to Shreveport to call attention to the racial problems here. His home and office were firebombed\, and he ultimately moved to New York\, where he continued his civil rights advocacy. \nAfter 26 years in New York\, he returned to Shreveport and ran for mayor. Simpkins lost the mayor’s race but won a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives\, representing District 4 from 1992–1996. He retired in 2011 but continues to be a community advocate. He and his wife donated land for a community clinic in an underserved neighborhood. Simpkins is Honorary chairman and founder of the NLCRC\, along with Dr. Harry Blake\, and Dr. C.E. McLain. \nFrmr. Atlanta Mayor\, Congressman\, & U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young\nAndrew Young\, who also worked with Simpkins and King\, will be the keynote speaker for the event. Young is an American politician\, diplomat and civil rights activist. Beginning his career as a pastor\, he was an early leader in the civil rights movement\, serving as Executive Director of the SCLC. Young later became active in politics\, serving first as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia\, then United States Ambassador to the United Nations\, and finally Mayor of Atlanta. \nSince leaving political office\, Young has founded or served in a large number of organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying. Ambassador\, Congressman\, Mayor\, humanitarian\, ordained minister\, international businessman\, and sports enthusiast\, Andrew Young has been serving and shaping our country for almost 50 years. \nTestimonials about Dr. Simpkins:\nIt is with great honor that the North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition has the privilege of honoring our Co-Founder\, Dr. C.O. Simpkins. This organization holds his legacy and ongoing work in civil rights as a shining example in everything we do. Our mission is to make his dream of restoring the old Galilee Baptist Church into a civil rights museum a reality. Dr. Simpkins has worked for decades to make this museum possible and now it is upon us. We shall see it into fruition. \n— Deborah Allen\, Executive Director\, North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition \nSimpkins is married to Elaine Shoemaker Simpkins\, Ph.D.\, a biochemist. His children are Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins II\, MD\, of Shreveport\, Louisiana\, a trauma surgeon; Deborah Simpkins-Savage\, of California\, a translator; Eric Simpkins of Washington\, DC\, a computer analyst; Cheri Simpkins Gardner of Washington\, DC\, an assistant district attorney; and Alicia Ritchens of Australia.
URL:https://nlcrc.org/event/living-legend-gala-honoring-dr-c-o-simpkins/
LOCATION:Shreveport Convention Center\, 400 Caddo St\, Shreveport\, LA\, 71101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legend Gala
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