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Video: Ken Bridges on Reparations
Ken Bridges was the co-founder of the MATAH Network who dedicated his life and gave his life to the upliftment of African Americans. Ken was the 10th victim of the Washington DC snipers on October 11, 2002.
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Video: Remembering Kenneth Bridges
News coverage on October 11,2002. Cincinnati, Ohio
Never forget this brother, and always pray for his family.
Video: Kenneth Bridges “Washington D.C. Beltway Sniper Victim”
Kenneth Bridges
Birth: Jun. 24, 1949
Death: Oct. 11, 2002
Massaponax (Spotsylvania County)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
One of the victims of the DC Beltway Sniper, he was killed at a gas station near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan; graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan in 1971 and from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1973. He worked as an executive in Scott Paper Company, but, to the surprise of many, left the corporation in 1980. He was the co-founder and president of MATAH Network, an organization formed in 1997 to encourage African Americans to support black-owned businesses. He was in Virginia on business. A resident of Germantown, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, he was a dedicated family man and was often found playing basketball with his wife and six children. (bio by: Thom Painter)
In this video, Bridges presents his MATAH Network and products at the 14th Annual Los Angeles Black Business Expo & Trade Show September 6-8, 2002. The presentation was featured on t.v. producer Prince Zaire’s weekly public access cable program “L.A. Inside Out” and was videotaped by fellow producer Larry Webb of VIDEOWEBB.