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Bloody Sunday” Selma to Montgomery Marches Encompass Brutal Attack While Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965 www.mississippilink.com Vol. 21, No. 20 MARCH 12 - 18, 2015 50¢ Pastor John E. Cameron Sr. honored for 45 years of service Page 3 The nation and President commemorate the 50th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” Selma to Montgomery marches encompass brutal attack while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965 Obama delivers speech at 50th commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday.’ PhOTOS BY WhiTE hOUSE PhOTOgrAPhEr PETE SOUZA President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, cong. John Lewis, former Pres. george W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush join others Saturday, Mach 7, 2015 in a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, an event that cata- pulted the Voting rights Act into being signed by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. PhOTO BY WHITE hOUSE PhOTOGRAPhEr LAWrENcE JACKSON The Associated Press Obama had walked atop the Ed- on and around the small bridge. of the historic march he took part in SELMA, Ala. - Thousands of mund Pettus Bridge, and after deliv- Many came from around the country a half century earlier. people crowded an Alabama bridge ering a passionate speech Saturday, for several events over the weekend “They’re going to take this strug- on Sunday, March 8, 2015 to com- March 7, many jammed shoulder commemorating the landmark mo- gle on and we have to understand the memorate a bloody confrontation 50 to shoulder so tight that many were ment. price that was paid for them to have years ago between police and peace- unable to move, as they recalled the William Baldwin, 69, of Mont- ful protesters that helped bring about civil rights struggle. gomery, brought his two grandsons, the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Police said at least 15,000 to ages 11 and 15, to the bridge Sunday Pettus Bridge Continued on page 6 Obama in his speech recalls what John Lewis did to prepare himself A day after President Barack 20,000 people had joined the crush so they could grasp the importance for what became a fateful day in the march for Voter rights. Video of racist chant Moman: ‘I will continue the fight’ By Othor cain Moman is quick to point out that it on serving as the Contributing Writer threatens Univ. of isn’t about Furr’s ability to do the job interim director, There’s an old saying that “it isn’t either, but about the unfair manner in and that’s what Oklahoma’s progress over until the fat lady sings.” And which the board handled the process. I did,” Moman in the case of Charlotte Moman, an This newspaper first reported in said. “Harriet almost 25-year veteran employee of July 2013 that the position of execu- knew those were the Jackson-Hinds Library System tive director of the Jackson-Hinds my intentions.” (JHLS), not only has the fat lady not Library System was first posted What Moman sang, she hasn’t even gotten dressed to its employees via email June 6, did not know for her performance. 2013 with a closing date of August was that the Moman, who for the last two 1, 2013. closing date for years has challenged unsuccessfully Then, as an assistant director at applying for the the hire of Executive Director Patty the downtown branch, Moman in- position would Othor cain and charlotte Moman PhOTO BY AYEShA Furr, last week, filed a civil lawsuit quired about the position of interim be “over-looked” k. MUSTAFAA Two men carry speakers from the now closed University of in Hinds County, naming as defen- director but was told if she planned and the board Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house into a moving dants the Jackson-Hinds Library to apply for the director’s position would hire Furr mitted a very comprehensive infor- truck, in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, March 10, 2015. University System, the Jackson City Council that she wouldn’t be considered to in late June; Furr would begin work mational packet, before the deadline, President David Boren expelled two students Tuesday after he said they were identified as leaders of a racist chant captured on video and the Hinds County Board of Su- serve as interim. as executive director July 1. only to receive a two-sentence re- during a fraternity event. AP Photo/SUE OgrOcki pervisors. Armed with that knowledge, Mo- “This is what I’m challenging,” sponse from Harriet that said in part, “I have not given up this fight. It man opted not to seek the interim Moman said. “The process wasn’t ‘thanks for your interest, but the po- By Sean Murphy And Justin the Southwest into a leading isn’t about me, it’s about the people executive director’s position, but fair to me nor anyone else who had sition has been filled.’” Juozapavicius institution that attracted top who work in the system who don’t rather pull her informational packet the intentions of applying before the No date has been given as to Associated Press scholars. have a voice,” Moman said. together to submit to the board for closing deadline.” when this case will make its way NORMAN, Okla. - Almost President David Boren “I have acknowledged that Patty full consideration of the job as exec- When asked if it was listed any- on the docket of the courts in Hinds a generation ago, the Uni- made striking progress, Furr has been hired and is serving utive director by the posted deadline. where in the job announcement that County or to whom the case will be versity of Oklahoma set out in the capacity of executive direc- “I was told by then board presi- this position would remain open un- assigned. to raise its profile, seeking to tor, but it doesn’t make it right. And I dent Harriet Kuykendall that if I was til filled, Moman said, “No.” Continue reading The Mississippi build a regional school that Oklahoma will continue to seek justice whether planning to apply for the permanent “I worked diligently to pull all of Link for updates. served mostly students from Continued on page 6 I’m an employee or not.” position that I would need to sit out my paperwork together and I sub- Jury finds Deputy US Jackson Heart Study panelists say: “know who Share this issue with a friend Pharrell, Thicke marshal from has the right to collect, use and store your by mailing it to: copied for Mississippi DNA data” Inside ‘Blurred Lines’ killed in fugitive song shootout Page 7 Pages 6 and 9 Page 4 2 • the mississippi link mARCh 12 - 18, 2015 www.mississippilink.com “Oh! Freedom!” Williams commands center stage with Black History Month Grand Finale’ at New Hope Baptist Church By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer New Hope Baptist Church, 5202 Watkins Dr., in Jackson, highlighted its Fourth Annual “Back in the Day” Black History Month celebration with the grand finale’ “Oh! Free- dom!” stage performance by Wesley Williams II in the church family life Timothy Lloyd, Robert Patterson, Rev. Wendell Paris, Sandra McCall, Wesley Williams, Elizabeth Myles, center gymnasium, February 26. Obadiah Myles, Flonzie Brown Wright, Ethel Brooks, George Brooks and Beatrice Boykins Designed to inspire the young to strive for and exert positive behavior, The Resistance during the Reality; baby boomers and give back [unself- in the Day” Black History celebra- “Oh! Freedom!” bridges yesterday’s The Martyrs in Ohio; and Freedom ishly]. Developing your greatness tion. To the audience he said, “We and today’s history. The playwright Legacy. takes work. We need you to learn are indebted to them, but even more and narrator induced inquisitiveness, Drawing upon the book, Before how to read well, write well, and so, indebted to God. You can even reminisces and hope to an attentive the Mayflower: A History of Black speak well.” by providence move from the plan- crowd, constituting state and city America, by historian and Missis- Witnesses ranked Williams’ per- tation to the presidency.” officials, adjudicators, spectators, sippi native, Lerone Bennett Jr., Wil- formance with high marks. Cres- In behalf of Mayor Tony T. Yarber youth, and adults. liams noted that contrary to popular ton Burse, Minact, Inc. IT director, of the City of Jackson, Gus McCoy Williams, a Jackson native, paid belief, the first black immigrants in commented: “It brought something presented Williams a proclamation homage to numerous legends, in- America were not slaves. new and exposed people to another in recognition of his venture. cluding abolitionist Frederick Dou- Speaking different languages, aspect of Black History. The most The “Back in the Day” Black Gus McCoy, City of Jackson chief administrative officer, representing glass, along with prolific writers they came from different countries. important thing is when [we] hear a History celebration was sponsored Mayor Yarber, presents Wesley Williams a proclamation. Langston Hughes and Margaret Fugitive slaves, however, compelled story like that, we must embrace it. by the National Endowment for the Walker Alexander. men and women to confront the evils It should be seen and heard in other Humanities through the Mississippi The narrative/dramatic/lyric per- of the slave regime. Utilizing the Un- venues because it’s a different format Humanities Council and Members formance took Williams’ audience derground Railroad, they crossed the for people to see.” of the Mississippi State Senate - Sen- back to the place where longing for Ohio River and the Chesapeake Bay. Fifteen-year-old John McDaniels ators Sollie Norwood, David Blount, freedom and the songs of struggle Traveling from south to Canada, of Veritas School expressed, “I liked Hillman Frazier, Angela Turner, and was born.
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