Southern Heritage Classic founder Fred Jones has been chosen to receive the Authur S. Holmon Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Memphis Black Student Association.
The award will be presented in a 7 p.m. ceremony on Feb. 2 in the school’s Michael D. Rose Theatre.
The award ceremony opens the U of M’s celebration of Black History Month. During the ceremony, the 2010 Black History Month poster will be unveiled, along with the month’s official calendar of events.
