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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
RIVERSIDE
Ninety three years ago Booker T. Washington came to visit
Frank Miller at the Glenwood Mission Inn. On April 13, 2007 at 11:30 A.M.
his great granddaughter, Gloria Yvonne "Bonnie" Jackson will join other
family members at the Mission Inn and speak on the life of this great American.
Jackson
is the daughter of his youngest living granddaughter, Gloria Washington Jackson
Baskin.
The event is being sponsored by the Riverside African
American Historical Society, the Elites Social Club, Black Voice News, and Black
Voice Foundation, Inc.
 Washington came to the
Inland Empire in 1903, where he spoke at the Methodist
Church in Ontario
in the morning to an overflowing crowd and at Claremont College
in the afternoon. A day earlier he spoke at the California Teacher's
Association convention. This was before his travels took him to Northern California where Dr. Rudolph Lapp, a noted
historian said he impressed everyone to whom he spoke.
He returned to Tuskegee and
did not return to California
again until March 1914. Our research shows that he returned with the
Congregational Churches speaking in Riverside and in Redlands as well as the
one of the oldest Black churches, Second Baptist in Riverside and the Music
Room at the Mission Inn. When he returned home he passed away and the residents
of Riverside and Redlands held memorial services that were
well attended.
While he was in Riverside
he spoke to Whites and Blacks in mass. One newspaper article says he spoke to
"500 Colored Folks". He spoke to them about the importance of the accumulation
of property and of doing their work so well that they will become indispensable
to their employer. His travels were to raise money for the school and the area
didn't disappoint.
The speaker this year, Bonnie Jackson, is a great-granddaughter
of Dr. Booker T. Washington and is the Founder and President of the Booker T.
Washington Inspirational Network, Inc., (BTWIN) - "Building to Win". It
is Gloria's belief that it was not by accident that she was born into the
bloodline of Booker T. Washington. She, instead, believes that it is a
God-given gift to provide her a platform from which to share with others the
profound spiritual and economic wisdom and the liberating truth embodied in the
words and actions of her great-grandfather.
She is an engaging and compelling speaker on the
common-sense themes that comprise the wisdom of Booker T. Washington: faith,
freedom and personal responsibility; character development and excellence in
education; ownership and economic self-sufficiency, foremost among them. She
also speaks out to counter the twisted and distorted view that some are taught
about her great-grandfather in this politically correct age.
Ms. Jackson has been blessed to be featured in film,
television, radio and print, addressing the topic of her great-grandfather and
his powerful philosophy.
 Gloria Jackson
Gloria's book, co-authored with her cousin Sarah Rush,
Timeless Treasures-Reflections of God's Word in the Wisdom of Booker T.
Washington, was released in April 2006, coinciding with the 150th year since
the birth of their great-grandfather. It is their tribute to the life and
legacy of this extraordinary man. For further information on the Booker
T. Washington Inspirational, Network, Inc., please visit the organizational
website at www.booker-t-washington.com.
For more information call (909) 888-5040.
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