November 17, 2022 / Modified nov 22, 2022 6:23 p.m.

Yamiche Alcindor receives the 2022 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the UA School of Journalism.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson talks with the founders of the new African American Museum of Southern Arizona at the University of Arizona

Yamiche Alcindor hero Yamiche Alcindor, moderator of Washington Week, on set in April 2021.
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Arizona Spotlight

November 17, 2022

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Featured on the November 17th, 2022 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

afghan woman mug spotlight "A" holds a mug made by Richardson commemorating soldiers from the Female Tactical Platoon, or FTP, and the Cultural Support Team, or CST — a mostly-women unit within the U.S. military that worked with the FTPs.
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Yamiche Alcindor spotlight Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News Washington correspondent and host of Washington Week on PBS, received the 2022 Zenger Award for Press Freedom from the University of Arizona School of Journalism on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
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  • And, the African American Museum of Southern Arizona will soon be open in the University of Arizona Student Union. Contributor Adiba Nelson talks with founders Beverely and Bob Elliott about the project's origins, and the importance of preserving stories that might otherwise go unheard.
AAMSAZ front window spotlight The front window of the African-American Museum of Southern Arizona, located on the second floor of the UA Memorial Student Union.
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Bob Elliot 1 Bob Elliot, Co-Founder of the African American Museum of Southern Arizona, was a three time academic and athletic All-American at the University of Arizona. He led the Arizona Men's Basketball team to a Western Athletic Conference championship and the NCAA tournament twice.

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