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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 09:08 AM
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Jesse Jackson to lead a march re-enacting Moore's Ford lynchings
On the 59th anniversary, Monday, July 25th, Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead a march in Walton County to bring awareness to the Moore's Ford lynchings, America's last public lynching.

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“America is beginning to focus on the Moore’s Ford Bridge case more than ever before,” said State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. “The eyes of the nation were on the Mississippi civil rights case, but now the verdict is in and the shift of focus is in our favor.”

Prominent leaders like Rev. Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King III have joined the fight, demanding the arrest and prosecution of the remaining perpetrators.

Brooks said he’s learned that at least five people involved in the the killings remain alive, with two still living in Walton County.

http://www.covnews.com/show_story.php?storyID=3121

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