Devine Honors C.F. Stradford Award Recipients in Bronzeville

Cook County State’s Attorney Richard A. Devine will honor Judge Patricia Martin Bishop, Presiding Judge of the Child Protection Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and Attorney Larry R. Rogers, Sr., founding partner in cook county law firm, Power, Rogers and Smith, P.C., with the annual C.F. Stradford Awards. The ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on February 23rd, at the Little Black Pearl and Design Center, 1060 E. 47TH Street in Bronzeville.

In conjunction with the Stradford Awards, two local students are given $1,000 scholarships donated by State Farm Insurance. This year’s student scholarship winners are Alysse Eberhardt of St. Ignatius High School, who will attend Northwestern University in Evanston and Katherine Lewis of Hoffman Estates High School, who will attend DePaul University in Chicago.

C.F. Stradford was a pioneering civil rights attorney and one of the founders of the National Bar Association. The awards ceremony is held in commemoration of African-American Heritage Month and honors African-Americans in the legal field, who are outstanding professionals and citizens. .

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