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New Pittsburgh Courier's Women of Excellence
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July 26, 2010 ![Women-of-Influence-#1A50355 Fifty African American women from Southwestern Pennsylvania have been named Women of Excellence by the New Pittsburgh Courier. The women, selected for making significant contributions to the local community and business world, were honored during a July 14 luncheon at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. Several of the honorees were Pitt alumni, including the following. Front row, from left: Joy Starzl, (SOC WK Certificate of Advanced Studies ‘97, '97G), Margaret Smith Washington (SOC WK ’70G, GSPH ’74), Deborah Holland (A&S ’74, EDUC ‘80G), Marlene Gary Hogan (A&S ’73), and Kathy Mayle Towns (NURS ’77, ‘80G, KGSB ’82). Back row, from left: Joanne Cobb Burley (EDUC ‘79G), Jeanette Blackston (SIS ‘76G, EDUC ’96G, ), Amelia Michele Joiner (CGS ’98), Emma Lucas-Darby (SOC WK ‘77G, ‘86G), Sheila Beasley (CGS ’87), and Patricia Wade-Johnson (CGS ’87).](/sites/default/files/images/Women-of-Influence-1A50355.jpg)
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On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons