2 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 8 Number 2


Norfolk State University Board of Visitors Names Eddie N. Moore, Jr., Interim President and CEO


October 2013


Movie Marks 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement


“The Watsons Go to Birmingham” premiered September 20 on the Hallmark Channel.


Pictured: (Left to right: Wood Harris, David Alan Grier, Harrison Knight, and Bryce Clyde Jenkins) Photo Credit: Copyright 2013 Crown Media, Inc./Photographer: Quantrell D. Colbert


Eddie N. Moore, Jr. The Norfolk State University


Board of Visitors has appointed Eddie N. Moore, Jr., interim president and CEO of the 78-year old Hampton Roads University, announced Board of Visitors Rector Thomas N. Chewning.


Moore, who recently served as


president of St. Paul’s College from November 2011 through June 2012, accepted the Norfolk State appointment and said that he will work to regain the public’s trust and faith in Norfolk State University.


“I will specifically work on


regaining the confidence of the state and federal governments as it relates to our financial records and will work to


mitigate NSU’s Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) issues,” Moore said after accepting the appointment.


Previously, Moore served as the


president of Virginia State University (VSU) from 1993-2010. Under his leadership, VSU’s enrollment grew and more than $100 million in capital improvements were made to the 236-acre main campus. The student dining hall, student union, athletic stadium and auditorium were renovated, and the business school finalized a three-story addition. Additionally, VSU completed construction of Gateway Hall, a residential facility with several


NSU INTERIM PRESIDENT PAGE 5 BY SAMANTHA OFOLE-PRINCE Starring Anika Noni Rose, Wood


Harris and David Alan Grier, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” is the tale of a summer journey that leaves a family – and a nation – forever transformed.


Set in the summer of 1963 in


Flint, Michigan, the movie follows the Watsons, a close knit family made up of Daniel and Wilona Watson, (Harris and Rose) and their three kids who set off on road trip down south, but once there discover that life is very different there than in Flint – and not necessarily for the better. Their historic summer experiences give them a new found courage to stand up for what is


right and helps them grow stronger as a family in the process.


The film is an adaptation of


Christopher Paul Curtis’ Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning book The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963.


Skai Jackson, LaTanya Richardson,


Bryce Jenkins and Harrison Knight also star.


“Watsons” is faithfully adapted by


acclaimed children’s book author and screenwriter Tonya Lewis Lee who also co-produces with Nikki Silver and is directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon.


“The Watsons Go to Birmingham”


premiered September 20, 2013 on the Hallmark Channel.


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