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Office Eagle The people’s choice Award for being “The Most Factual.” JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31, 2020 V O L U M E 6 9 , N U M B E R 4 1 $1.00 Florida House Committee Approves $2.15 Million for Man Exonerated After 43 Years in Prison By Zac Anderson and Andrew Pantazi TALLAHASSEE — Clifford Williams appeared Wednes- day in the Florida Capitol in a blue suit, yellow shirt and blue paisley tie, leaning on a cane while he smiled and thanked God for delivering him from prison after being wrongly incarcerated for nearly 43 years. After convincing authorities of his innocence, the Jack- sonville man is now trying to convince the Florida Legis- lature that he should be compensated for all those years FEA President Fedrick Ingram and the Reverend Al Sharpton, joined by union leaders march Please see Williams, page 6 to the capitol in the Take on Tallahassee Rally. Education Rally Rocks Capitol 2020 Kingsley Legislature Makes Pay Raises a Priority Heritage Celebration On February 15 and By Teri Yonder 22, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —A unit of the National Park new conversation between the Service, will host Kings- Legislature and public schools ley Heritage Celebration began in earnest after a his- at Kingsley Plantation. toric march and rally on the This special event is held steps of the Florida Capitol. every year to celebrate They came from around the African heritage and re- state. Fifteen-thousand teach- member the enslaved ers, support staff, and educa- that lived here. This year, tion advocates chanted as they Kingsley Heritage Cele- waved signs in the milelong bration is part of a year trek to The Take on Tallahas- of programming mark- Dr. Johnnetta Cole see Rally. Florida Education ing the 400th anniversary Association, President Fedrick of when the first enslaved Ingram, said the rally showed Africans were forcibly brought to English-occupied North lawmakers that Floridians are On the steps of the Old Capitol, the Reverend Al Sharpton and America. serious about quality public FEA President Federick Ingram rally thousands for teacher On February 15, Kingsley Plantation will be joined by and staff pay raises. (Provided photos) schools. “Floridians want ex- speaker Dr. Johnnetta Cole, a Kingsley descendant, and cellence in public education. the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters. Dr. Cole has been an And to get us from the bottom Powerful messages rang out commentator, and activist, to the top, all of our teach- from the Old Capitol to the talked about the lack of sun- Please see Celebration, page 6 ers and support staff deserve campuses of Florida A&M shine in the Sunshine State raises. We have a shortage of University, Florida State Uni- regarding public education. teachers because we do not versity, and down the land- “It is a moral outrage that you Jacksonville Honoring Dr. King Jr. pay them what they are worth. mark Apalachee Parkway that do not give equal pay to those Right now, the system is set up ends at the Capitol steps. Key- who work in public education to fail our children. That’s not note speaker, the Reverend Al an option, “Ingram said. Sharpton, national television Please see Rally, page 6 Six Georgia State Lawmakers Introduce New Bill to Hold Police Officers Accountable For Shootings ATLANTA, Ga. — Six female Georgia victims include Jimmy Atchison, Veltavious lawmakers have taken historic action by filing Griggs, JaMarion Robinson, Caine Rogers, Photo by Frank M. Powell a bill that requires all state and local law DeAundre Phillips, Nicholas Thomas, Anthony enforcement departments to create a ‘use of Hill, Alexia Christian, Kevin Davis, and many See Inside for photos from force’ database that is accessible by the public. others. The cases of Atchison and Griggs were the Dr. Martin The Use of Force Act (House Bill 636) was both heavily featured on BET’s Copwatch Luther King, filed by State Representatives Renitta Shannon, America docuseries. Jr. Parade held Sandra Scott, Erica Thomas, Pam Stephenson, After the show premiered, former Atlanta in Jacksonville, Park Cannon, and Bee Nguyen. police officer Sung Kim was forced to resign Florida on The Bill comes on the heels of a considerably for the shooting of Jimmy Atchison. Witnesses Monday. large number of high profiled officer-involved shooting cases in Georgia. 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