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I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, like he knows a secret. In their regal suits and poses, their faces are frozen in time. As the crowd meandered by, these
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USM Veterans Center establishing memorial scholarship for longtime Hattiesburg physician Dr. Ronald Lubritz practiced medicine in Hattiesburg for more than 60 years. (Source: WDAM) By Charles Herrington | February 3, 2021 at 7:10 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 7:10 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The University of Southern Mississippi Center for Military Veterans, Service Members and Families is establishing an annual scholarship in memory of longtime Hattiesburg physician and veteran Ronald Lubritz.
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Lubritz, who was a dermatologist and former U.S. Army colonel who served in the National Guard and Army Reserve.
He died last Sunday.
You can donate to the scholarship through the USM Foundation.