New Hope COGIC presented Entrepreneurs & Heroes Among Us awards and gifts at their Black History program Sunday. Entrepreneur awards were presented to: Judita “Dee Dee” Attaway for Lucile’s LLC; Shirley Monroe for Shirley’s Assisted Living, Monroe Airbnb, and Courtyard Blues Bar and Grill; and Archie Beckworth for Famous Delta Riders. Heroes Among Us awards were presented to: Elizabeth Washington for Girls With CLASS International; and Shequite W. Johnson for CPO-Higher Purpose Company. Pictured above, left to right, are: Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed, a former recipient; Attaway; Monroe; Beckworth; Washington; Pastor Mickey Page; and State Representative and Pastor Otis Anthony. Photo by Diana Washington/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024