Dr. Belle Wheelan, the first black female president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, addresses attendees to the sixth annual Leadership Conference Celebrating Black History Month, sponsored by the City of Troy and Troy University Saturday. Listening are conference chair Shelia Jackson, the City of Troy’s public relations director, and State Rep. Alan Boothe.

The Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery offered opening keynote remarks Friday at the sixth annual Leadership Conference Celebrating Black History Month, sponsored by the City of Troy and Troy University.