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Article: BENEFIT CONCERT AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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- May 19, 2000
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First United Methodist Church in Glen Ellyn will hold a benefit concert on at 7 p.m. Saturday for Wiley College, the first historically black college west of the Mississippi River.
Joyce Luckett said she hopes to make the concert an annual event.
A retired Wheaton North High School teacher and third generation Wiley graduate, Luckett spent two months at Wiley College last year and was inspired to use her talent as a singer to help the school.
"I saw that great things are happening at Wiley, but there is real financial need, too," Luckett said.
"I said, `God, if you give me the strength and ability, I will make this concert happen.'"
With her husband, Howard, Luckett has lived in Glen ...