Written by | Ray Cornelius 

It was all about female empowerment Wednesday night (May 14) as Spelman College held its 10th Annual Legacy of Leadership Awards Dinner at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. The event was part of a two-day conference recognizing the indelible mark women of color have made in education, business and media/entertainment. The event was sponsored by American Family Insurance and was hosted by Spelman alum and Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson and RLO Managing Partner, Rita Love Owens.

This year’s honorees included Hiroko Tatebe, Founder & Executive Director of Global Organization for Leadership & Diversity (GOLD); Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC (creators of EBONY  and JET ) and Civil Rights icon and long standing Spelman professor, Dr. Christine King Farris.

Also on hand to celebrate were Mitzi Miller, Editor-in-Chief of EBONY, Mikki Taylor, Editor-at-Large of ESSENCE  and Traci Lynn BlackwellVP of Current Programs at The CW Network .

AmFam’s Multicultural Marketing Manager, Francisa Brown honored Spelman College president, Dr. Beverly D. Tatum with a token of appreciation from the “BECAUSE OF THEM, WE CAN…” campaign.  Beauty expert, journalist and Spelman alum Tai Beauchamp hosted The Blue Carpet, which recognized Spelman’s alumnae stars.

Check out a few photos below from the evening:

Red Carpet

 Shaun Robinson, Linda Johnson Rice and Dr. Beverly D. Tatum

Red Carpet 2

 Tasha Whitten, Traci Lynn Blackwell, Shaun Robinson, Tomika DePriest and Tai Beauchamp

Red Carpet 3

 Traci Lynn Blackwell, Debra Landford, Tai Beauchamp

Afam with Pres Gold

 AmFam’s Francisa Brown honoring Dr. Tatum/Honoree Hiroko Tatebe

tatum and ebony

 Dr. Tatum looking at EBONY ‘s historic photo collection presentation

Johnson

Honoree Johnson Rice recognized her late mother Eunice Johnson, who is credited for naming EBONY

King and Tatum

Honoree Dr. Christine King Farris  receiving the award from Dr. Tatum

Shaun and King Rita Love and Johnson

 Robinson with Dr. King Farris/ Rita Love Owens with Johnson Rice

Mikki Taylor and Johnson

 Mikki Taylor with Johnson Rice

Mikki Taylor and King

 Taylor with King Farris

Photo Credit: Megan Alodie for RayCornelius.com

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