Jamala Rogers named Bannerman Fellow

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been named a 2011 Alston Bannerman Fellow by the Center for Social

Inclusion that honors longtime community activists of color and

gives them the opportunity to take paid sabbaticals.  Rogers, a

long-time leader of Organization for Black Struggle and columnist

for The St. Louis American, is one of six fellows selected this

year. For over 40 years, the center said, she “has been in the

forefront of organizing for human dignity, economic justice and

political empowerment.”