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2008 Annual Dinner Highlights 2

Wellington Webb, Louis Stokes, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, D-Ohio; and Jesse Jackson.

Rev. John Silvanus Wilson, Susan Taylor and Jesse Jackson

William Coleman and Rodney Slater, former secretaries of transportation.

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center, presents the annual Louis B. Martin Great American Award to House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn as four members of the Joint Center Board of Governors look on: U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, Norma Ketay Asnes, Jacqulyn C. Shropshire and Larry D. Bailey.

William D. Novelli of AARP, Stephen Hemsley of UnitedHealth Group, Judge Joyce London Alexander, House Majority Leader James E. Clyburn and Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center.

Mrs. Gertrude Martin, widow of Louis E. Martin, is presented with roses by Larry D. Bailey, a member of the Joint Center’s Board of Governors.

Gail Christopher, a Vice President at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Joint Center staff members.

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Did You Know?

In 2006, blacks made up 22 percent of the U.S. Army overall, but comprised only 12.3 percent of the officer corps and between seven and eight percent of the combat arms officers. The combat arms branches represent the principal pipeline to the Army's senior ranks. In 1990, blacks were 29.1 percent of the Army, but only 11 percent of the officer corps.

Source: Lt. Colonel Anthony D. Reyes, Strategic Options for Managing Diversity in the U.S. Army, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, June 2006