{"id":9432,"date":"2014-07-22T00:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T04:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2014-07-21T23:59:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T03:59:09","slug":"we-couldnt-even-get-a-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/22\/we-couldnt-even-get-a-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"We Couldn’t Even Get a Top 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh come on folks, there’s got to be more than seven “influential and respected African-American leaders in South Boston\/Halifax County<\/span>“.<\/p>\n

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Reception honors a gallery of greatness<\/a><\/h4>\n

Originally, this started out as a “Top 10” contest<\/del> project during Black History Month. Unfortunately, the nomination process was more complicated than entering the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes without ordering any magazines so I’m not surprised that the seven-day deadline was not met. If you’re wondering how this contest<\/del> project started, here’s the link to the original story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before this turns into the SouthsideCentral article that you know it will be, I want to make one thing perfectly clear. Dianna Allen is an awesome photographer and her creative thought processes make her the most visually amazing photographer in the Southside region. I highly endorse her work and strongly encourage people to use her services. In the SouthsideCentral hilarity that is about to ensue, I am not criticizing Dianna Allen in any way. Moving along…<\/p>\n

What the heck, Halifax County? You couldn’t come up with at least three more “influential and respected African-American leaders<\/span>” to add to this list? I should have completed my nominations of Ed Owens, Nettie Owens & Buck Owens, but that’s not important right now. Here’s some of my ideas of “influential and respected African-American leaders<\/span>” of Halifax County that could possibly still be considered…<\/p>\n