National Bar Associatio·N Convention 1983

NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIO·N CONVENTION 1983

LOREN MILLER BAR ASSOCIATION SEATTLE, WA WELCOME WELCOME • WELCOME • WELCOME • WELCOME * * * * WELCOME TO THE EMERALD CITY FOR THE 58th SeauleS··*· ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION We are honored to be hosting the National Bar Association Convention. Seattle is a beautiful city and we Rltit:siiir · · are certai n everyone will enjoy it. I'm sure that you will also enjoy the hospitality here. An exciting week o f *.* ... * events has been planned by both the National Bar and the Loren Miller Bar Association, your host affiliate. As we assem ble here, we must be ever mindful of the social and economic problems which shape and * * ODS could dest roy the world. While our country pays farmers subsidies not to grow food, forty thousand fNG COUNT. Y encompasses a multitude of exciting memo- S"~ound g d t d' · children d ie each day of malnutrition, hunger, and associated diseases. While aid to dependent children is • . "', .*m o,wn' own* are Istmct communities,.. each with a flavor* of * Jt;rable expenences. From one of America's premier wineries Its own. And, at no time do your eyes leave the water. The communities of cut we go forward with the MX Missile. to real wilderness camping and fishing KING COUNTY West Seattle, Que~n Anne, Magnolia , and Ballard are all bordered by offers all you could wish for in a vacation. And in the center of Puget Sound. Wallingford, the University District, Capi'tol HI'll, and We the Black Lawyers of America, are uniquely positioned, because of our profession, to work toward the *KING COUNTY'S varied attractions: SEATTLE! M B k S 1 · f ount ~ er ar~ all on the shores of Lake Union or Lake Washington.* correct ion of those contradictions, to the end that hunger and starvation will be eliminated from the world . ea.tt e IS a ascinating city. A city of many facets with an exciting Each has Its sp.ec~all~dmarks and special shopping destinations. All are begmnmg, a tremendous future, promising you a bright experience. Its part of Seattle s mosaic. in our t ime. Therefore, let us not forget the seriousness of our coming together as we make merry in these rough and tumble early days, built on the tideflats of Puget Sound are *I h · ?f: partofSeattle'sliving history.PioneerSquare, the International District SE"'TTntLe middle of all of this are FOUR STAR ATTRACTIONS · lush settings. . d f~ • A n.U E CENTER, THE WOODLAND P"nu ZOO , THE SE"'TILE. an d t he Kmg orne o rer the smoothest combination of the historic and Q ARIUM d T n.lU\. n. Contemp orary &roun d m· a mo dem CI't y. Ga 11 en·es , e thn IC' &roods and goods t • d an d HE JAPANESE GARDEN. Four star regional attrac- and a professional sports emporium are all within blocks of each other. ' IOns owne an operated by the City. Each unique in the country and among the best in the world.* A short streetcar ride along the waterfront will cover more than a cen- C 1 • tury of events. You will leave a port built for clipper ships from around the an you. te 1 we r~ proud of Seattle? We call it the Emerald City. Wel- Horn.tobe ononeof themostlively waterfrontsinAmerica. Upthehillis come. EnJOY the Jewel of the Northwest and its FOUR STAR the Pike Plac.e Market with its impressive array of the fmest fresh seafood ATTRACTIONS* *Sincerely, t2t and superlative green grocers. A short walk East is a flashy collection of * CJA. Q). !JA first class shops and hotels. Quite a package in less than a Yz square mile. * .a-1 * Charles Royer * * Mayor

Kenneth Burton LM BA President

LOREN MILLER BAR ASSOCIATION CONVENTION COMMITTEE

Ch airm an : Lembhard Howell Vice Chairman: Leroy McCullough Coordinator: Constance Proctor SubCommittee Ch airpersons: Gwendolyn Howard, Craig Lewis, Chris Mathews, LaVeeda G. Mathews, W. Kirland Taylor, Josephine Stokes (Barristers' Spouses) Committee: P.K. Abraham, Thaddus Alston, Monica Benton, Jackie Brown, Kenneth Burton, Philip Burton, Nia Cottrell, Gary Gayton, Eugene Green, Hon. Donald Haley, Wilda Heard, Michael Holland, G. Jackson Ernest lshem, Richard Jones, Arthur Joyner, Barbara Laners, Gordon McHenry, Jeanette Pfotenhauer Edwin Stone, Ronald Ward, Mark Wheeler (law student), Jean Farris, Eleanor Smith (Barristers' Spouses), and Mona L. Guillory (souvenir program coordinator).

SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Thaddus Alston Hon. Donald Haley Leroy McCullough James Buckley Gwendolyn Howard Gordon McHenry Kenneth Burton Lembhard Howell Constance Proctor Philip Burton Ernest lshem Norman Proctor William Covington Barbara Laners Kirkland Taylor Gary Gayton Craig Lewis David Walton Sidney W. Glass Carl Maxey Ronald Ward

BA participants are asked to su pport our advertisers who have made pecial efforts to make this convention enjoyable for everyone. Cove r design: AL DOGGETT© COMMITTEES Senator GEORGE FLEMING • LOREN MILLER • RULES DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIRMAN WAYS AND MEANS STATE GOVERNMENT THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE The Seattle affiliate of the NBA, has proudly named this chapter in ded ication to the son of a slave, who helped to bring about one of the most • LOREN MILLER BAR ASSOC. • important civil rights decisions of the Pre-convention seminars last hundred years. August 5, 1983 Loren Miller was born on January 20, 1903 in Kansas City. He moved to California in the early 1930's and set SO YO U WANT TO BE A LAWYER up his law practice, specializing in Conve no r. G ordon McHenry, Esq . cases involving racially restrictive July, 198 3 Pan elists Marlaina Kiner, Esq. covenants. Loren Miller was actively Cll arles Z. Smith, Esq. involved in most, if not all, of the Kenneth Burton, Esq. major civil rights cases of the 1950's and early 1960's. He participated in TI PS ON DR ESSING FOR SUCCESS the planning and implementation of Convenor Gwendolyn Howard, Esq. Brown vs . Board of Education and VEAR NATI ONA L BAR ASSOCIATION CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS: numerous other civil rights cases. EMPLO YM EN T DISCRIMINATION Convenor. Gary Jackson, Esq. From 1954 to 1964 he was the editor I wuc.ome. the. NatiovuU'_ BM AM oc.iation to the. be.autit]ul Pac.it]ic. NoJtthwv.d, Panelist: A rthur Joyner, Esq. and publisher of the oldest black the. pic.tWLe6que. J.J tate. ot] WMhing ton, and t he. EmVLCLtd Cay ot] the. Puge.t Sound, newspaper in the West, The California SE NIO R CITIZEN'S RIGHTS Eagle. Both Loren Miller and his roommate the great poet Langston Hughes Se.a.t;U_e.. The. J.Jin c.VL e6t and WCVLme6t o tJ gll.e.e.ting/.J Me. e.xte.nde.d to you wah the. Convenor: Leroy McCullough, Esq. worked and wrote for Crisis, N.A.A.C. P's monthly magazine. Loren Miller wrote the hope6 OtJ a mOJ.Jt /.JL{C.C. e6 J.Jt)u£ and pll.oduc_tive_ nmonal_ c.ont)VLe.nc. e. . Panel1st Edwin Stone, Esq. book The Pe titioners, tracing the history of Blacks and the Supreme Court from the first known case to the early 1960's. This is presently used as a law school text book. Th e6 e. Me. di{l6ic.ult Ume6 t)oJr. blac. k. people.. We. Me. wane6J.J-Lng an Loren Miller was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal court in 1964 where he unpMctlie.fe.d e.ILO J.J -ton OtJ OWL bM-Lc. c.ivil Ught/.J. Re.c.e.ntly t he. U.S. Comm~J.J-L on served until he died on July 17, 1967. His son Loren Miller Jr. is presently Superior on Civil Right/.J ~Le.po !Lte. d: Court judge in Los Angeles County.

P.K. Abraham "The. p!Lopo J.J c. d 6 ~c.a1- ye.M ' 83 budg et ~ a ne.w low point -Ln a Seattle, Wa . fu t WLbing tll.e. nd OtJ de.c.liMng J.Juppo!Lt tJOIL c.ivil Ught/.J e.nt)oll.c.e. me.nt that, U171. e6 J.J hctUe.d, c.ould leave_ OWL t)e.de.fl.al_ UVU Ught/.J lawJ.J ~ e. moll. e. than de.vCLtue.d pie.c.e6 o t] pape.Jr. . "

In addition, the. age.nc.y ll.e.po!Lte.d a futWLb-Lng tll.e.nd t hat at]t]e.c.t/.J blac.k. l awye.M . The. C omm~ J.J-Lon note.d, 11 A J.JhMp dll.op -Ln appo-Lntme.nt/.J o t] bl ac.k.J.J and an appMe. nt Jr.e.v e.M CLt o t1 Jr.e.c.e.nt pll.ogll.e6J.J -Ln -Lnc.Jr.e.M-Lng m-Lnowy Jr.e.pll.e6 e.nta.;tio n among t] e.de.Jr.CLt j udg e6 and U.S. attoJr.ne.yJ.J . " The University of Washington School of Law

We. muJ.J t nC' t be. fumaye.d. It ~ the. time. 6oJr. the. National_ BM AM oc.ia.:tion is actively seeking minority applicants. The University of and ot he.M to ,·c·( )tlill.m the.ill. c.ommame.nt that one. day "w e. J.JhctU ove.Jr.c.ome. . 11 We. washington welcomes diversity in racial, ethnic and muJ.Jt not 6oJr.g eA th e. Woll.d/.J we. onc.e. J.Jang, "ctin' t nobody going to tWLn me. Mound. 11 cultural backgrounds. AU t he. me.mb e.M ot] the. National_ BM AMoc.iation have. a bWLde.n to c.aJLJr.y. we encourage the participants of the National Bar YoWL bac. k.J.J anr •)u nd/.J Me. J.J0ong .. YoWL he.aJtt ~ big, the. dll.e.am ot] t he. pll.o~e.d Association Convention to visit our campus and to review l and ~ 6Jr.e6h te.M e. c. ontinue. -tn yoWL pll.oud tll.adition. our Law School program. we are here to provide assistance and to answer any S-Lnc. e.tz e f.. y, questions you have regarding our Law School program

John Price Helen Halpert Steve Walton Dean Assistant Dean Admissions Officer (206) 543-4552 (206) 543-4078

2 3 • FACTUAL NOTES • Contrary to popular belief, Seattle is not ALWAYS wet. There is an annual average of only 152 days of measurable rainfall LA MED~TERRANEAN in downtown Seattle, measuring a mere 35.65 inches. DEL ATESSEN However, we have an annual average of 71 CLEAR days, give or take a week. On an even brighter side for Seattlites, the average annual temperature is 52.5°, which means we can 528 Broadway, Seattle, Wash wear autumn clothes year 'round. 329--881 8 You might also want to know that: LIMOUSINE & EXCURSION SERVICE -The city population in 1980 was 493,846; the Black l a Fon P.O. BOX 23095 SEATTLE, WA. 98102 (206) 725-7982 population was 46,755. 447-9629 -George Washington Bush was among the first group of Center House, Seattle Center settlers to arrive in Washington. He was a scout. He DIANE FARRAR-THOMPSON founded the city of Centralia, Washington. STEVEN c_ MINNIS -In April, 1980 the total Washington state population was 4,130,163; the total Black population was 105,574. - Seattle has two weekly Black newspapers. The Seattle Facts is observing its 21st year of operation. Fitzgerald Beaver is the publisher. The Medium Newspaper has been Fine Southern • Creole Cuisine in operation since 1970. Chris Bennett, publisher, is the Gourmet Soups • Salads newly elected President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Sandwiches • Cheese Cake Of particular interest to the NBA is the fact that: Homemade Breads & Pastries -The first Black Law School student to graduate from the Custom Bar-B-Queing University of Washington was W.M. Austin, in 1902. That same year there were two female and one Asian graduates. Ribs, Chickens, Pheasants -In 1972, there were 15 Black law students attending the Quiche Lorraine • Croissants University of Washington; there were 10 Black Law School graduates in 1975. "Southern Country" Brunch -In 1982, there were 2 Black law students attending the Groups 30 or more University of Washington; it is anticipated that 5 Black law students will attend the University of Washington in 1983. Distinctive Catering, - The number of Black practicing attorneys in 1973 was 15 in Party Platters Washington State and 11 in Seattle. On Order International Food: -The number of Black practicing attorneys in 1983 was 95 in Washington State and 85 in Seattle. African, Carribean 81 .1 7.589 -Black judges totaled 4 in 1973; there are now 8 Black judges. MASK: GELEDE -The percentage of Blacks in Washington State's prisons, Nigeria, Yoruba Culture, 20th century estimated at 19%, is said to the the highest in the nation. Wood and pigment •• Each of the Black Law School graduates from the University Katherine White Collection of Washington, during the 1950's, has been named a SEATILE ART MUSEUM Judge. They are: Jack Tanner, Herbert Stephens, Charles Z . Smith, Jerome Farris, Charles V. Johnson, Donald Haley and Andy Young. While in Seattle, see masks and textiles from the Katherine Flowers By Neziah SeAtde City Council White Collection of African Art, (Seattle's only Black-owned flower shop) Member£ of the National Bar Association: one of the finest private Specializing in collections of African art in weddings, funerals & all occasional arrangements, As memb~rs of the Seattle City Council, it is including Ikebana (Japanese Floral A rrangings) America, on view at the Featuring: occasional wrappings, cards & fruitbaskets. with prid~ that we welcome you to our City. Seattle Art Museum located in Bonnie Gallowayffony Jackson Your continued dili&ence and co~itment for beautiful Volunteer Pa rk We Deliver City Wide maintainin~ an environment of equity and 2330 E. Madison fairness for a ll is most important. Scuttle, Wo . 98122 Museum hours are: Fl o rfax Wire Se rvice 322-0870 10am-5pm Tuesdays-Saturda ys; Best wish~~ for a productive 1Oam-9pm Thursdays; meeting. and noon to 5pm Sundays Admission is $2/ adults and '>1 / students eddie cotton's and seniors. restaurant and lounge

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4 • AGENDA • AG EN DA • AGENDA • AGENDA • AGENDA • AGENDA GE NOA • AGENDA • AGENDA • AGENDA • SUNDAY • AU GUST7 • SUND AY • AUGUST 9:30am- Opening Session NBS 12:00pm Greetings: 9:00am COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL • SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES • NBA Ms. Katie Robinson, Regional Director BREAKFAST-Westin Hotel Ms. Josephine Stokes, Convention Chairperson 9:00am- REGISTRATION Ms. Rosanne Royer, wife of Mayor of Seattle 9:30am- Call to order Special seating and recognition will be given to 5:00pm 10:30am 2:00pm Visit waterfront, Fish/adder, Locks Tour, Pioneer NBA out-of-town guests. LMBA Square, Underground, and the 10:45am- Pa nel Discussion: International District 12:00pm "YOUTH MEETING CHALLENGES AND 5:30pm- WELCOME TO SEA TTLE RECEPTION CRISES IN THE EIGHTIES" 7:00pm- NBA PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH 7:00pm Loren Miller Bar Assn. and Barristers' Spouses Moderator: Dorothy Hollingsworth, Director 8:00-10:45 am 9:00pm Harbor Club Family and Youth Services for the City of Seattle 1522 14th Avenue YOUTH Panelists: Norwood Brooks, Commissioner Rev. Fred E. Stephens, Pastor YOUTH Wash. State Employment Service 2:00pm- YOUTH GET ACQUAINTED RECEPTION 2:00pm- DISCOVER SEATTLE MINI TOURS $2.00 Millie Russell, Health Care and Education 4:00pm (Hospitality Room) 1 4:00pm Sign up for mini tour walking or by car with a Specialist, University of Washington Slide presentation to acquaint visitors with the GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Seattle resident host to explore nearby spots Han. Norma Smith, Judge Seattle and Puget Sound region .J 8:00-1 0:45am of interest Municipal Court of Seattle 722 30th South 4:00-6:00pm Leisure activities with host Perry Wilkens, Director Rev. Edsel Goldson, Pastor MONDAY •AUGUST8• MON DAY• AUGUST Youth Services for King County 2:00pm- CLA IROL DEMONSTRATION NBA TUESDAY • AUGUST 9 • TUESDAY • AUG 4:00pm Ethnic Consumer Specialist IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH 7:00pm- PRESIDENT'S RE CEPTION LMBA 11:00 am 9:30pm Norton Building-Harbor Club NBA YOUTH 820 18th Avenue 801 2nd A venue Fr. John Cornelius, Pastor 9:30am- 58th ANNUAL CONVENTION 3:00pm- SPLASH PARTY $2.00 Admission: NBA registration badge Swimming, poolside snacks at the home of 11 :30am OPENING SESSION 6:00pm Ph1 /ip and Toby Burton. (Limited space: 25 on a Welcome firs t-come, first sign-up basis) NBS Keynote Address: Han. Alcee Hastings, MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Compliments of U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of 10:45 am Los Angeles Barristers' Spouses- Westin Hotel Florida (Miami) 1634 19th Avenue Rev. Samuel McKi nney, Pastor

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Using Metro is even easier for the or Bar Association Convention theU. Attendees During the convention, Metro three day passes will be on sale next to the convention registration desk. The pass costs only $ 5.00 and allows three days of unlimited riding on Metro's 7,000 miles of service in Seattle and King County. The pass can also be used for unlimited riding on Seattle's famous Waterfront Streetcar and a round trip on the monorail.

7 6 ------· WE OFFER COMPLETE • AGENDA • • AGENDA • CONVENTION PLANNING & SERVICEs· WEDNESDAY•AUGUST10•WEDNESDAY LMBA NBA 2:00pm- PRIMER: FINANCIAL PLANNING AND REAL 9:30am- SEMINARS 4:00pm PRO PERTY INVESTMENTS 4:00pm Convenors: Kev1n Davis, Esq. , Garvey, Schubert, Adams & Barer Gordon McHenry, Esq., Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams LMBA Panelists: Beverly Freeman, Vice-President of Rainier National 2:00pm- CRISIS IN EDUCATION Bank, Seattle 4:00pm Convenor: James Purnell, President, Liberty Bank, Seattle MANAGEMENT Gary Jackson, Esq., Regional Director Ro nald Leverett, Regional Vice-President, National Assoc. Black Office for Civil Rights, Seattle Accountants, Seattle Panelists: Th addus Alston, Esq., Bogie & Gates •••-•fto Melvin Jenkins, Esq. , Regional Director 9:00pm THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LMBA & SEATTLE BLACK COMMUNITY U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Kansas City, MO Music and dancing. Location to be announced. (( ....L . Arthur Joyner, Esq., Seattle MEDIA COVERAGE Joan Sessa~~· C~ief Regional Civil Rights Atty. Offtce for Ctvtl Rtghts, U.S. Dept. of Education, NBS Dallas, TX 9:00am CONTINENTAL COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST, Westin Hotel 5:30pm SUNSET CRUISE AND SALMON DINNER 9:30am- Business Session and Election of Officers An evening with Loren Miller Bar Association. 12:00pm Our cruise will take you to Tillicum Village, a 12:00pm- .. EMERALD CITY ELEGANCE"- fashion show and luncheon. GRAPHICftl DESIGN Native American setting where your salmon will 3:30pm The Barristers' Spouses annual fashion show luncheon will be held be smoked over Alder wood fires, the traditional at the Westin Hotel. Come early for good seating, as this is sure to be way of preparing this Pacific Northwest a sell-out. Social begins at 11 :30am. $25.00 \ PRODUCT succulent treat. Enjoy authentic American Indian \\ DEVELOPMENT We 're Nordstrom, th e West's leadi ng fashion entertainment. "Goodtime I & 2" leave at 5:30pm 5:00- 7: 00pm PRESIDENT ELECT'S RECEPTION specialty store . And unless you r home is in f~om Pier 56 at the foot of Seneca. NBA priority YOUTH California, Oregon , Alaska, Utah , or here in ttcket reservations until NOON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9. $25.00 6:30pm- SKATING & VIDEO GAMES at Skoochie's, Washington , we thin k you 'll find us a little 8:30pm 131 Taylor Ave. Sign up with a Courtesy Host. Skating is about $3.50. different than what you' re used to. .~ NBS 8:15am COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL REPRESENTATION We provide a fabulous selection of 9:30am BREAKFAST by Nordstrom's fash ions, shoes and accessories for the "Investment Dressing", 5th & Pine Street I I whole fami ly, in an incomparable range of 9:30am- Business Session styles, colors and si zes. 11:00am Panel: Sharing Chapter fund raising experiences Smith Barney's new Vantage Account Also: 12:00pm- LUNCH AT THE SPACE NEEDLE, RIDE advertising 5:00pm ON MONORAIL, SCIENCE CENTER $15.00 We make it easy for you, with exceptional brochures 2:00pm BEAUTY DEMONSTRATION by Ruffin Stages service from salespeople who genuinely like graphic design 5:30pm AN EVENING WITH LOREN MILLER BAR ASS'N tv help with your shopping decisions . Instant Credit When You Need It. media relations YOUTH photography And we offer quality you can de1Jend on, 12:00pm- LUNCH AT THE SPACE NEEDLE, RIDE Your Money Is At Your Fingertips. product development becaustJ we QIUl rantee it unequivocall y if 5:00pm ON MONORAIL, SCIENCE CEN TEPI $1!.00 public information at any time your purchase fails to satisfy Visit International fC641X! c;retiS lind Fun fCorHt publicity/promotion you , we'H give you yoor monev 'Jark . 2:00pm BEAUTY DEMONSTf'fA TION j)y Ruffin $leges radio No que&tiom; asked . And no fir • )rrnt. 3:00pm- Host ActivWes 6:00pm There's no better way for you to put television newspapers We look forw1rd to Stieing you s.oon at special events eur flagship store tn downtowr 1eattle, THURSDAY•AUGUST11•THUASDAY• your financial assets to work. 1501 Fifth Avenue NBA 7:30am- BALSA ALUMNI filREAKFAST LOMBARD 9:30am Speaker: Han. Jack Tanner, Judge U.S. District (206) 628-4419 Court, Washington Eas te rn and COMMUNICATIONS 1 Rainier Bank To wer RICHARD C. TOMS We-stern Di6tricts, T~ema, WA. 1301 Fifth Avenue. Suite 3229 Account Executive WA Toll Free 1·800-552-0540 Nafl Toll Free 1-800-426·7837 & ASSOCIATES I 9:30am- SEMINARS Seattle. Washington 981 01 n o r d s 4:00pm 112-Sth North, m Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 447-9629

8 9 • AGENDA • AGENDA • Pierre Cardin . FR IDAY • AU GUST 12 • FRIDAY • AUGUST YOUTH Lord West . 9:30am- YOUTH ACHIEVERS BREAKFAST NBA 12:00pm Westin Hotel $10.00 After Six . . ... 9:30am- SEMINARS 11 :30am Seattle Aquarium, Pacific Science Center at the The Finest In Men's Formal Seattle Center and the Woodland Park Zoo are WE ROUDLY WELCOME 1:00pm- CL OSING PLENAR Y SESSION among available activities easily accessible by Wear At Affordable Prices 3:00pm Carl Maxey of Spoka ne, WA , will address the walking or by city bus THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE NBA Convention 4:00pm- DISCO $2.00 7:00pm 0 THE NATIONAL BAR 58th ANNUAL A WARDS BANQUE T 6:00pm Hospitality Room Guest Speaker: Harold Was hington, ASSOCIATION TO Mayor of Chicago Installation of NBA Officers. For Convention THE WESTIN. attendees only SATURDAY • AUGUST13 • SATURDAY • LMBA NBA 11 :00pm NBA JAZZ NIGHT AT ERNES TINE"S JA ZZ CLUB 9:30am DEPARTURE- POST CONVENTION TRIP TO Grammy Award nominee, Ernestine Anderson, HONOLULU wil/performinpersonAug. 10- 12. NBA delegates 10:00am- NBA Board of Governors Meeting are especially welcome at the Friday 11 pm 12:00pm ADJOURNEMENT OF THE 58th show. Reservations can be made with Master ANNUAL MEETING Charge and VISA, thru Thursday P.M. We re commend calling early as seating capacity NBS is 99. Seating is first come, firs t served. $7 8:00am- THE WESTIN HOTEL M OTORCOACH TOUR TO VANCOUVER, B.C. Seattle 9:45pm $25.00 or PRINCESS MARGUERITE TO NBS VANCOUVER, B.C. $35.00 9:00am- Closing Session 1900 Fifth Avenue- (206) 624-7400 9:30am 9:30am- NBS YOUTH ACHIEVERS BREAKFAST $10.00 12:00pm Installation of Officers 1:30pm- Free Time- Visit Pike Place Market 3:30pm

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Vasser Bonner, Fred* Hicks, AI* Powell, John* Thelma Jackson Leroy Williams Booker, Harold* Hicks, Gregory A. • Proctor, Constance L. • Boulding, Alvin* Holifield, George W. •• Proctor, Norman E. ,W Brown, Jackie* Holland, Michael* Purnell, Carolyn• Buckley, James• Howard, Gwendolyn• Sargeant, Lawrence E. Burgess, Frank** Howell, Lembhard G! Scales, Symone• Burton, Kenneth C. • Hubbard, Philip G. • Scott, Ernest, Jr. • Burton, Phillip L. • Huey-Ray, Juan••• Sharron, Marilyn• IN MEMORIAM Canada, Bonnie* Huggins-McCiean, Yvonne• Smith, Charles Z. * • James E. Mciver • Carter, Robert• lshem, Ernest* Sm ith, David* 1917- 1971 Cottrell, Nia* Jackson, Gary Sm ith, Norma*• Covington, William E.* John, Hunter E. * Stephens, Alec* James E. Mciver, founder of the Loren Mi ller Bar Association, is remembered by his friends and colleagues as a Dandridge, Denise• Johnson, Beverly* Stephens, Herbert** veteran lawyer, a communi ty leader an d a person whose great energy and presence affected the lives of those Davis, Kevin * Johnson, Charles** Stokes, Charles M. •• around him. Dawson, Russell * Jones, Richard A. • Stone, Edwin S. * Mr. Mciver was born in Seattle in 1917 an d graduated from the University of Washington and Howard University Law Dean, Dalwyn• Jordan, Frank* Stone, V. Raphael* Tanner, Jack** School. He commenced the practice of law in 1952, and in that year became the first Black Assistant Attorney Dodd, Melvin*** Joshua, Gerald* Edwards, Bridges* Joyner, Arthur* Taylor, Robert M. General for the State of Washington. Mr. Mciver served as a member of the State Executive Board of the NAACP in Fabre, Vickie* Laners, Barbara• Taylor, Stan• 1952, and was elected president of the Seattle Chapter in 1955. Farris, Jerome** Layton, Paul J* Taylor W. Kirkland* In 1967, Mr. Mciver left Seattle and wen t into practice in Los Angeles where he became acquainted with the John M. Fearn, James E. , Jr. • Lee, Ethel* Terry, John* Langston Law Club. He was so impressed by that organization that, upon his return to Seattle in the summer of 1968, Fountain, Hugh* Lewis, Craig* Vaughn, Cora• he contacted th e 12 Black lawyers in Seattle and formed the Loren Miller Law Club. Garling, William A., Jr.* Little, Alvin* Walton, David N! Gayton, Gary D. • McCullough, Leroy• Ward, Ronald R. • By 1969 the Loren Miller Law Clu b had grown to 15 attorneys and 4 judges. The organization, now known as the Glass, Sidney W. • McHenry, Gordon A. Jr. Williams, Denise* Loren Miller Bar Association, has a me mbership of over 100 lawyers and judges. Graham, Stephen M. * McKee, Rufus* Williams, Dwight* Mr. Mciver's legal practice spanned 20 years. He practiced extensively in the area of plaintiff's personal injury. 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