Monday Afternoon (11/13/2017) I Had A Very Productive 1 Hour Conversation WITh THE MEmphis SHElby CoUNty Airport's PREsident Bro. Scott Brockman (THE Tall Man) & DiREctor Of Strategic MarketINg & CommUNications/Public INformation Officer Bro. Glen Thomas About REnamINg THE Airport After Jimmie LUNceford & Lt. Col. Luke WEaTHErs Jr. I Even OffeREd THEm A 'BriBE' Of PrINts Of "THE LUNceford Way" Artwork I Produced. Who Can REfuse That??? LOL!!! Although Several INdividuals & Groups Have CoME Along Over THE Years WantINg To Change THE NaME Of THE Airport For DeservINg & Notable People Like Elvis PREsley, Isaac Hayes Or Even FREd SmITh (THE FoUNder Of FEDEX) THEy Told ME That THE Campaign I Started Has BEen One Of THE Most Visible, ProlIFic & Passionate, ProducINg Much Content, Consideration & Conversation Via Social MEdia & IN REal TiME WITh THE Annual Jimmie LUNceford JamboREe Festival...I Actually Should Have BEen A Lawyer BEcause I Made A SoUNd Case For Both Mr. LUNceford & Mr. WEaTHErs...Isaac Hayes, Elvis PREsley & OTHEr MEmphis Music GREats BEnefITted GREatly Over THE Years From THE Excellent Music Education Programs WIThIN THE MEmphis CITy Schools That WERE PioneeREd By LUNceford IN THE 1920s WHEn HE Was THE 1st High School Band DiREctor & Possibly 1st Jazz Educator IN A Formal Educational SettINg IN THE World. Not To MEntion That Mr. LUNceford Owned 3 Airplanes IN His LIFetiME, His First Airplane CostINg Him $20,000 IN 1940 DurINg THE GREat DepREssion. HE Used To Fly His Airplanes To His Gigs. Lt. Col. Luke WEaTHErs Jr. Was An OrigINal Tuskegee AirMan & 1939 Graduate Of Booker T. WashINgton High School. I Was Told That HE Was INspiREd To Fly By WatchINg Mr. LUNceford Take Off & Land At An Airfield IN South MEmphis WHERE THE Old Army Depot Is Now Located. HE Was THE 1st Black Given A Key To THE CITy OF MEmphis On JUNe 25, 1945 Which Was Officially DeeMEd 'Luke WEaTHErs Day' By THE CITy Complete WITh An Elaborate Parade Down BEale St. IN His Honor. Lt. Col. WEaTHErs Also BEcaME THE 1st Black Air Traffic Controller IN THE CITy Of MEmphis...BE A Part Of History & Support This Worthy Cause...SpREad THE Word & Sign THE PetITion:
REnaME MEmphis INternational For Black Aviation Pioneers Jimmie LUNceford & Luke WEaTHErs:
https://www.change.org/p/the-memphis-shelby-county-airport-authority-rename-memphis-international-for-black-aviation-pioneers-jimmie-lunceford-lt-col-luke-weathers-jr
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