Madea’s One Big Happy Family - Sprint Arena, Kansas City
January 29, 2010
Tyler Perry was on the Steve Harvey Morning Show recently to discuss his new play, “Madea - One Big Happy Family“. Perry says that he wrote this play in honor of his Mother who recently passed away at the end of 2009. Perry says that his Mother loved Madea and he wanted to do this play as a means to grieve the loss of his real Mom.
Perry also said that he could have turned this into a movie but felt that the movie only gives one side of the Madea character and this play allows him to reconnect with his fans.
Madea is the main character of the play, “One Big Happy Family.” And Perry is not bashful when he says that he went all the way out for this play. He has about 19 semis, 8 buses, 70 cast members, a 9 piece band, and more! He said that people live this play wondering what has just happened to them.
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Ethnic Enrichment Festival at Swope Park in Kansas City
August 15, 2009
As Kansas City prepared to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial in 1976, an idea was born which eventually led to the appointment of the Mayor’s Ethnic Enrichment Commission. Read more
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Fields and Brown, LLC Law Firm - Kansas City, Missouri
August 15, 2009
FIELDS & BROWN FIRM is an Arican American owned, successful law firm located in Kansas City, Missouri. When I visited their website at fieldsandbrown.com, I was impressed and inspired.
Their website provides a profile of Fields and Brown, LLC:
Fields & Brown, LLC engages in the general practice of law with an emphasis in the areas of employment law, insurance and workers’ compensation defense, public finance, constitutional law and commercial litigation. It is the largest minority-owned law firm in the Kansas City area. Fields & Brown has attained a Legal Ability and General Recommendation Rating of “AV” through the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The firm is listed in the The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace (“Red Book”), and attorneys in the firm are members of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Fields & Brown was established in 1987. The firm is dedicated to providing effective and aggressive representation of its clients. The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience prosecuting civil litigation in both federal and state courts. Their experience encompasses a wide variety of areas including bankruptcy, corporate, business torts, contracts, insurance, real estate, labor, and employment discrimination.
The firm represents such Fortune 100 companies as Bank of America, General Motors Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, ExxonMobil Corporation, Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc, American Family Insurance Group, and The Travelers Companies, Inc. Fields & Brown also represents a variety of governmental agencies, including the State of Missouri, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City, Missouri School District and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. At the federal level, Fields & Brown has provided significant legal services to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in real estate litigation and transactions.
The attorneys of the firm are supported by a staff of experienced and well-supervised law clerks, paralegals and clerical personnel supplied with the most advanced computerized research and database systems. The firm’s offices are conveniently located in the central business and financial district in downtown Kansas City.
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University of Missouri’s Diversity Spotlight Shines On African American Lawyers
August 15, 2009
The University of Missouri’s history with African American students is probably something that they wish they never had. But, in some ways, because of the sensitivity surrounding its history, has cause MU to take measures to actively recruit and promote diversity at Mizzou.
Well, it’s about damn time!
The legal studies section of the University of Missouri’s website showcases the great accomplishments of African American lawyers. This is great because it helps high school students see people who look like them in successful positions.
Visit www.law.missouri.edu/about/diversity/
Diversity Resources
Student Organizations
Diversity Resources and Links
ABA
National Black Law Students Association
Hispanic National Bar Association
National Bar Association
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Native American Rights Fund
Council on Legal Education and Opportunity
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Lambda Legal
National Native American Bar Association
Minority Corporate Counsel
National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association
Area Bar Associations
KCMBA
BAMSL
Mound City Bar Association
Jackson County Bar Association
Missouri Bar
Campus Diversity Resources
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center
The Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students
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Mavis Thompson, National Bar Association
August 15, 2009
Mavis Thompson, President Elect NBA
In 1993 Governor Mel Carnahan appointed Mavis the Circuit Clerk for the City of St. Louis. She was elected the first female Circuit Clerk and the only African American female holding a citywide elected office in 1994. In that capacity, she was responsible for more than 250 employees and a budget of $62 million. During her six-year tenure, she increased child support collections, automated the entire office, improved fiscal accountability, modernized file storage and record retrieval and implemented numerous public and customer service programs, including hosting a monthly T.V. show and writing a monthly legal column, both named, “The Circuit Breaker”.
Mavis is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations. She is Vice President of Regions and Affiliates of the National Bar Association and Past President of the Mound City Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Women Lawyers Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She currently serves as a Hearing Officer for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, as Past President of the Citywide Community Education Council and of the Board of Trustees at the Mt. Herald M.B. Church. She is a member of the boards of, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Human Development Corporation. Mavis is a certified diversity facilitator and youth speaker, conducting workshops across the United States and she spends a great deal of time mentoring law students and lawyers newly admitted to the bar. Mavis is also a 1995 graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mavis enjoys international travel and has visited, Africa, Brazil, China, Japan, United Kingdom, South Africa, the Netherlands, Italy, France, and numerous other cities, towns and villages.
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History of the Mound City Bar Association
August 15, 2009
Historical pictures of members of the Mound City Bar Association
Bottom Five: Harvey V. Tucker, president; Robert L. Witherspoon;
Virgil Lucas, secretary; Joseph L. McLemore; Edwin F. Kenswil.
Top eight: Silas E. Garner, DeWitt Lawson, George Wade, William H. Parker, N.B. Young, Ellis Outlaw, Harrison Hollie, and Ambrose A. Page.
The Mound City Bar Association is one of the oldest black bar associations west of the Mississippi River. Their objectives are to advance the professional interest of our members; to improve the administration of justice; to uphold the honor of the legal profession; to promote the professional development of our members; and to provide service to the community.
Standing Committees
• Budget and Finance
• Community Affairs
• Constitution and Bylaws
• Membership
• Professional Development
• Program
Additionally, the Mound City Bar Association provides a host of other professional and social networking opportunities for judges, attorneys and law students, including an annual picnic, holiday reception, cosponsoring programs with BAMSL and The Missouri Bar, and providing pro bono services to the community.
Benefits of Membership
National Bar Association
Mound City Bar Association is an affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association, the premier professional organization for African-American attorneys.
Address: 1225 11th St. NW; Washington, DC 20001-4217
Phone: (202) 842-3900 Fax: (202) 289-6170
www.nationalbar.org
Scovel Richardson Scholarship
The Scovel Richardson Scholarship is awarded at the annual Scholarship Dinner to an African-American law student who most exemplifies the ideals and accomplishments of Judge Richardson, the first Howard University law school graduate to be appointed to the federal bench.
Pictorial Directory
The Mound City Bar Association Pictorial Directory serves as a resource for individuals, recruiters, law firms and corporations. It showcases the diverse talents and areas of practice of MCBA members.
Black History Month Program
Annually cosponsored by the Mound City Bar Association and the Lawyers’ Association, this program features a keynote speaker, a dinner and the opportunity to network with judges, attorneys and community leaders.
Continuing Legal Education
Mound City Bar Association sponsors at least four CLEs per year. Past topics have included: Ethics, Federal Practice, the Solo Practitioner, Criminal Practice, Bar Disciplinary Procedures, Establishing Client Trust Accounts and Workers’ Compensation.
The Mound City Bar Association was originally organized as the St. Louis Negro Bar Association on January 13, 1922 because black lawyers were not allowed to join the all-white St. Louis Law Association.
Until his death in 1933, the dean of the profession — Albert Burgess — practiced for more than fifty years in this area.
Homer G. Phillips, the “Lost Leader” of St. Louis
Homer G. Phillips, the “lost leader” of St. Louis, whose career was snuffed out by the bullets of “unpunished” murderers on a hot sultry June morning in 1031 as he walked alone from his home to board a street car…. Phillips was the indomitable figure in civic and public life of St. Louis, although he never held public office…. was a stalwart Republican yet his independence once led him against a local mayoralty ticket… was a par excellent speaker of the daring and persuasive type… his determined and intelligent leadership in the fight for the new City Hospital was a standout… he was a stickler for securing the inside facts and figures, and then fighting with them like a U.S. Grant around Richmond… was a man of few intimate friends and thus not without a levy of personal foes… he suffered with weak arches and wore expensive shoes and always fine felt hats… but he owned no automobile and died not a well-fixed man, which is not in keeping with his many opportunities to have “made money” because of his influence… a lawyer of large capabilities but he did not like small-bore, detail practice … and to his solid memory the two million dollar city hospital is named in his honor… a man for all of that!
Frank S. Bledsoe, first Colored elected Justice of Peace by Democrats. Sits in old Court House in court room where the Dred Scott case was first tried in 1848. A graduate of Howard University and in practice here since 1923.
Henry D. Espy, twice president of the N. A. A. C. P. and associate counsel in important cases of public interest. Graduate of Howard University.
Silas E. Garner, former special assistant to State Attorney General and prominent in the general practice here since 1919. A graduate of old West Tennessee.
David M. Grant, assistant city counselor, first to hold such office under a local Democrat administration. A graduate of Howard University.
David M. Grant, assistant city counselor, first to hold such office under a local Democrat administration. A graduate of Howard University.
Joseph P. Harris, 27 years a public official in the Probate Court, whose record was one of advancement and respect by the bench and bar, whose ambition carried him through extra studious hours and admittance to the Bar and into the practice of law. One of the first to do social settlement work more than 30 years ago when he founded a small center near the levee.
Harrison Hollie, in general practice in Kansas before coming to St. Louis in 1926. He is a graduate of Kansas University.
Edwin F. Kenswil, began practice in 1923 and is a graduate of Howard University. One of top men in present city administration.
DeWitt Lawson, member of Nebraska and Arkansas bars before coming to St. Louis to practice in 1928. A graduate of the University of Nebraska.
Virgil Lucas, secretary of the Mound City Bar. Began practice here in 1932. A graduate of Howard University.
Joseph L. McLemore, City Legal Aid Assistant, president of Board of Curators of Lincoln University and first Colored to be nominated on Democratic ticket in State (for Congress, 1928). Graduate of a New York University and Howard University.
Ellis Outlaw, in practice here since 1927. A graduate of Chicago Law School of Depaul U.
William H. Parker, Sr. , admitted to bar in 1911 and in practice in Kansas City for a few years. Prominent in City Administration setup in building department.
Ambrose A. Page, in practice since 1928. Was French interpreter with the A.E.F. in France where he served for more than 14 months.
Harvey V. Tucker, president of the Mound City Bar. Began practice here in 1923. A graduate of Howard University.
Sidney D. Redmond, chairman of Executive Committee of N.A.A.C.P. and one of counsel in important civil rights cases brought against State and City. A graduate of Harvard University.
George W. Wade, admitted to practice in 1919. Active in legal work since retirement as Government employee in 1934.
Robert L. Witherspoon, vice-president of Bar and in practice since 1930. A graduate of Howard University.
N.B. Young, began practice here in 1924. A member of the Alabama Bar previously. Editor of “St. Louis American” and “Your St. Louis.” A graduate of Yale University.
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