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Article: Jackie Robinson Foundation honors an educator, a filmmaker and a music exec at awards dinner.(EDUCATION)
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- March 24, 2008
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More than $1 million was raised at the Jackie Robinson Foundation's 2008 Annual Awards Dinner at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
The dinner paid tribute to distinguished individuals who embody the humanitarian ideals of the late baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, and also raised funds for the foundation that provides college scholarships and mentoring to academic@ gifted minority students.
The honorees included higher education trailblazer Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president emerita of Bennett College for Women and Spelman College (ROBIE Humanitarian Award); film producer-director George Lucas, chairman of Lucasfilm ...