5 ICONIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
Former US Ambassador Andrew Young speaking to students during TheNYS opening reception at the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson MS 2019
3 Historical descendants
Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott whose lawsuits led to a Civil War and the Immancipation Proclamation with Kenneth Morris Jr. great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, reknown orator, apolitionist and author
Opening reception of the NYS at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church from left to right: Lynne M. Jackson, great-greatgranddaughter of Dred Scott, Rev. Dr. Charles Steele, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr Terrence Roberts, the Little Rock Nine, Dr Bernard Lafayette, Freedom Rider, former SNCC Director (Selma) & Chair of the SCLC, Dr Christi Griffin and journalist Vickie Newton 2017
200 Community LEADERS
One of more than 200 community leaders who volunteered to work with youth during ten years of youth summits, the late Jim Buford, then-President of the Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis speaks with members of the Student Leadership Corp during a summit planning meeting at the Urban League. 2010