Hosted by Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, the Brotherhood Dinner honors an African-American who has made a significant contribution as a scholar and humanitarian. Six outstanding African-American students representing St. Augustine s College, Shaw University and NC State also will be honored during the dinner.
Attendance is by invitation only.
Lewis represents Georgia s Fifth Congressional District which encompasses the entire city of Atlanta and parts of Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties. In the 105th Congress, Lewis is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus, and is co-chair of several Congressional committees. In December 1998, President Bill Clinton presented him the first Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights. The University-Community Brotherhood Dinner was established in 1982. This site is maintained by the NC State University News Services office.