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Thurmond began his four-year term on January 1, 2017. He is the recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees from Clark Atlanta University and LaGrange College . Thurmond has also served as a motivational speaker to state school board associations in nine Southern states on issues regarding leadership, diversity, and public education advocacy in ...
Athens Voice was an African American newspaper in Athens, Georgia.The newspaper was founded by students Fred O. Smith and Mike Thurmond.The first issue was published on June 12, 1975.
Michael Richard Thurman (born July 22, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos from 1997 to 2001 and for the New York Yankees in 2002. Thurman was drafted in the first round (31st overall) of the 1994 amateur draft, after playing for Oregon State University in
In new book, Michael Thurmond makes a case that Georgia’s colonial founder “helped breathe life” into the abolitionist movement, notion […] The post A Black author takes a new look at ...
The written word can have a lasting impact. That’s what happened in 1996 when Athens native Michael Thurmond joined a Georgia delegation to England to participate in the 300 th birthday ...
WRAL and Fox 50 anchor Mikaya Thurmond is leaving the station. She made the announcement on her social media accounts Monday morning, but did not say what she plans to do next. Her last day at the ...
Thurmond was the underdog in trying to become the first African-American to serve Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Thurmond claimed, "Polls are irrelevant. As everyone knows, the only poll that counts is the election on November 2." [7] Isakson defended his record, saying, "Big business is not evil. If you didn't have big business, you wouldn't have ...
There were about 250 attendees. Inductees included Cory Everson, Tamilee Webb, Charles Kuntzleman, Michael Thurmond and others. [1] In November 2014 Bill Crawford (2012 NFHOF Inductee) a fitness trainer and owner of a gym in Scottsdale, Arizona, was appointed Chairman of the National Fitness Hall of Fame and served a 3-year term ending in 2017. [4]