St. Jude honors Memphis with ‘Spirit of the Dream’
Shadyac: City fights the race, equality, equity status quo
Dr. Rudolph Jackson, (left, with ALSAC president and CEO Rick Shadyac at the Spirit of the Dream Awards on Friday, Feb. 22) is St. Jude’s first African-American doctor who founded the sickle cell program. Jackson also helped start a program to supply medications and baby formula to the underserved African-American population in South Memphis. It would later become the federally funded WIC, or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, program. (Photo courtesy of ALSAC/St. Jude)
Despite past years of racial discrimination, the children's research hospital that treats patients regardless of race, religion or ability to pay, honored the city of Memphis' 200-year milestone.
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ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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