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Martin
Luther King Dinner
by Debra Roerts Ries, WLS President
On
Saturday, January 11, 2003, the Sacramento legal community celebrated
the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Celebration Dinner at the Sacramento Convention
Center. The theme of the dinner was "The Dream Continues."
The dinner memorialized the courage and determination of Jackie
Robinson and Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn
Dodgers and a lawyer, in breaking baseball's color barrier. Congressman
John Lewis served as the dinner's keynote speaker. The Sacramento
River Cats retired Jackie Robinson's number at the event.
The
River Cats retired Jackie Robinson's number during the
dinner. Justice George Nicholson, Branch Rickey, Jr.,
Congressman John Lewis, and River Cats owner Art Savage
examined the jersey signifying the retirement of Robinson's
number.
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Branch
Rickey, Jr., the President of the Pacific Coast League,
Clarence Brown, and River Cats Executive Vice President
Bob Hemond.
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Recently
retired United States Marshall Jerry Enomoto.
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Bob
Hemond of the River Cats, Justice George Nicholson, Chief
U.S. District Judge William Shubb, Branch Rickey, Jr.,
and River Cats owner Art Savage.
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McGeorge
School of Law Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker presented
part of the program.
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Dana
Howard of News 10 and McGeorge Professor Clark Kelso.
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