Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Mayor Alvin Brown Hosted Reception for Friend and Colleague U . S . Representative James E . Clyburn
Story by Marsha Dean Phelts Photos by Frank M . Powell
Congresswoman Corrine Brown , Mayor Alvin Brown , US Representative James jE . Clyburn , Marsha Dean Phelts , Fronk M . Powell Jacksonville , Florida August 2014
1 ) Congresswoman Corrine Brown , Saundra Morene Jacksonville Gullah Geechee and Congressman James Clyburn 2 ) Congressman James Clyburn 3 ) Congressman James Clyburn and Cornell Harvey Mayor City of Brunswick Georgia 4 ) Charles F . Spencer Executive Vice President ILA Local 1408 , Congresswoman Corrine Brown , Rev . Dr . H . T . Rhim Pastor of St . Joseph Missionary Baptist Church , and Leon Russel , NAACP 5 ) Jacksonville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
6 ) Congressman James Clyburn and Wife Emily Clyburn , and Von Alexander with The Alexander Agency 7 ) Jordan Brown , Congressman James Clyburn , Congresswoman Corrine Brown , Santhea Brown , City of Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown , and Joshua Brown
The 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was celebrated by U . S . Representative Corrine Brown and Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown with a reception honoring Congressman James E . Clyburn at the Historic Ritz Theatre and Museum . Both the Congresswoman and the Mayor are treasured longtime friends of Congressman Clyburn , the third highest ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives . Angela Spears , Special Assistant to Mayor Alvin Brown kept the stellar program on schedule from beginning to end without a moment for lulls . The program opened with magnificent voices from the choir of Day Spring Baptist Church , Reverend Henry Rhim , Pastor . Sandra Morene the Florida Commissioner for the Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor along with the representatives for the Pan Hellenic Council of Greek Organizations each presented Rep . Clyburn with expressions of appreciation from their groups . For the 400 crowd swellers who showed up it was a beautiful Sunday evening that will be long remembered . James E . Clyburn's name has been chiseled in civil rights as an activist from the time when he was 12 years old , and he worked with Dr . Martin Luther King Jr . as leader of the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ).
Jim Clyburn was in his senior year at South Carolina State when he met and fell head over heels in love with fellow student , Emily England , for sharing half of her hamburger with him upon his release from jail for his participation in a civil rights demonstration at the South Carolina State Capital . A born leader , Congressman Clyburn was one of the Orangeburg Seven organizers , leading one of the largest protests in the South . He became a high school teacher , along the way , he served as director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps , executive director of SC Farm Workers , organized the Big Brother and Big Sister program for African American children in the state and even more . In 1992 after three attempts for elected office in the state he was elected to Congress , becoming the first African-American