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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Kurt Higgins, 81st Training Group training and evaluation chief, greets retired Chief Master Sgt. James Crowell, NAACP Biloxi branch president, at the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Moore sings “Then My Living Shall Not be in Vain” at the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James Crowell, NAACP Biloxi branch president, addresses the guests at the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Artwork sit on display during the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Guests attending the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Chaplain (Capt.) Eugene Ansah, 81st Training Wing chaplain, delivers the invocation during annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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Keesler hosts AAHM luncheon

Published Feb. 27, 2017
By Andre Askew
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Kurt Higgins, 81st Training Group training and evaluation chief, greets retired Chief Master Sgt. James Crowell, NAACP Biloxi branch president, at the annual African-American Heritage Committee Luncheon at the Bay Breeze Event Center Feb. 23, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The theme of African American History Month this year is “The Crisis in Education.” Proceeds from the event will benefit the Col. Lawrence E. Roberts memorial scholarship fund. Roberts, a Biloxi resident and Tuskegee Airman, passed away in 2004. The scholarship helps local youth pay for tuition, books and other academic costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre' Askew)

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