"Navasota Texas has renamed a park in honor of Mance Lipscomb"
This is a 1/31 email from Michael Birnbaum about blues great Mance Lipscomb:
Dear Bryan:
I thought that you might be interested to learn that Navasota Texas has renamed a park in honor of Mance Lipscomb.
This event shows that there is indeed some progress in the world, slow though it appears at times. In his lifetime, Mance would not have been allowed to enter a restaurant via the front door, but now there is an effort to erect a bronze statue of him in the park that has been renamed for him.
To see information about the statue project (which is currently raising funds for the statue), visit the Navasota Bluesfest Web site, and follow the links to the "Mance Lipscomb Sculpture" page.
A small model of the proposed statue is shown on the page that is soliciting donations. If you know people who might want to donate to this project, which should help preserve the memory of this worthy man, please pass this information along. The Bluesfest organization is nonprofit and does a great job of keeping track of all receipts and outlays. Every dollar donated for this work will go straight to this project. I have already donated enough for the sculptor's fee, but funds are still needed to pay the foundry for the bronze casting, welding, and finishing.
Best wishes, Michael
Michael Birnbaum, PhD Professor of Psychology and Director,Decision Research Center, Fullerton CSUF H-830M