{"id":9391,"date":"2012-12-12T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2012-12-12T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:05:11","slug":"north-county-churches-united-president-earns-lifetime-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=9391","title":{"rendered":"North County Churches United President Earns Lifetime Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/north-county-churches-united-president-earns-lifetime-award\/dr-thomas-honored-pg-11\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9392\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9392 lazyload\" title=\"dr. thomas honored pg 11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/dr.-thomas-honored-pg-11-122x150.jpg?resize=122%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 122px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 122\/150;\" \/><\/a>Rance Thomas, professor Emeritus of Sociology\/Criminal Justice and president of North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice, was recently awarded the Human Rights Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thomas is the former\u00a0president of Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial, and local columnist for the Telegraph Newspaper in Alton, Illinois for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Human Rights award was awarded by the Lovejoy Memorial for his longtime commitment to Civil Rights and social justice, and the Lifetime Achievement award was awarded by The Coalition of Concerned Citizens of the Alton Area in Illinois for his outstanding contribution to the Alton area\u00a0for approximately 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thomas presented the prestigious Lovejoy Memorial Human Rights Award to the late widow of Dr. Martin Luther\u00a0King, Jr.,\u00a0Mrs. Coretta\u00a0Scott King, at Principia College shortly after beginning his eight year term\u00a0as president of the Lovejoy\u00a0Memorial\u00a0 before an overflow crowd of 2,000 . Thomas said that he was energized to work even harder to make a difference within the community, because of Mrs. King&#8217;s firsthand report of the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. King.s work and thoughts during this movement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rance Thomas, professor Emeritus of Sociology\/Criminal Justice and president of North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice, was recently awarded the Human Rights Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Thomas is the former\u00a0president of Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial, and local columnist for the Telegraph Newspaper in Alton, Illinois for 20 years. 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