Oratorical contest winners receive their checks. Pictured from left are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Epsilon Xi Lambda Chapter President Robert Williams Jr., third-place winner Myla Walker from Clarksdale High School, second-place winner Billaysia Williams from Coahoma County High School, first-place winner Denellia Coleman from Madison Shannon Palmer High School, Brianna Lance from Greenville High School and event chair Clarksdale Mayor Orlando W. Paden.