On Tuesday, February 28th, the Delaware Campus Black Law Students
Association celebrated Black History Moth by honoring nine
distinguished African-American alumni at its 2nd annual
"Trailblazers and Pioneers" banquet. The honorees were chosen for
their achievements in the private sector, the public interest
sector, or for community service. "This is a marvelous institution.
It has potential that is absolutely limitless and untapped. We have
only begun to do what we will do, and it is because of you that we
are able to do what we have done and what we will do," said Dean
Linda L. Ammons in her welcome remarks, before concluding, "I'm
including in that the trailblazers who have plowed the course
before us. So I thank you again on behalf of everyone for being
here this evening." Following, dinner, BLSA vice president Ebony
Foster and Aleyshia Flood, who co-chaired the event, and other BLSA
members alternated the award presentations beginning with the
honorees who graduated in the 1980s. Each honoree delivered a few
remarks reflecting on their time at Widener Law and their careers,
as well as the legacy of the Black Law Students Association. "It's
my pleasure to be here with you this evening. Let me first offer my
sincere congratulations to my colleagues -- those who are being
honored this evening for their achievements and their contributions
to the legal profession. I am proud and privileged to stand with
you on this occasion. Your professional achievements and
accomplishments bring esteem to the law school and certainly serve
as a role model to the students who are currently matriculating,"
said Romona Fullman '84, Director of the Office of the Delaware
Commission for Women and Director of Delaware's Division of Human
Relations. Attorney, Civic Activist and former Wilmington, Delaware
City Council member Samuel Guy '88 spoke about the importance of
giving back, saying, "My life has been devoted to making
opportunities for the people who come behind me, be