Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
March on The Moore's Ford Bridge 2012
MONROE, GA- On April 7, 2012, Representative Tyrone Brooks (GA) , President of GABEO (Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials), SCLC, NAACP, The Quitman 10 +2 and several elected officials lead the Annual March on the Moore’s Ford Bridge in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia. The group gathers every year for those that committed the last mass lynching in America to be brought to justice and to also commemorate the life of Dr. Martin L King, Jr. The Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching was on Dr. King’s agenda before he was assassinated in Memphis, TN in 1968. Isaac Farris, Nephew of Dr. Martin L King, Jr. and President of SCLC National, delivered the keynote address at the bridge. Other speakers included Representative Roberta Abdul-Salaam, Ed Dubose, President of GA NAACP, Reverend Samuel Mosteller, President of GA State Unit SCLC, Jeremy Ponds, SCLC National Board Member, Rita Jackson Samuels, Women Flying High, and many others
On July 25, 1946, a group of armed men pulled two black couples out of a farmer's car, tied them to trees and shot them so many times their bodies were barely recognizable.
The events leading to the Moore's Ford incident unfolded 11 days earlier when Roger Malcolm was placed in jail for stabbing a white farmer, Barnette Hester. Witnesses told the FBI that Malcolm suspected Hester of having sex with his wife, Dorothy, who was seven months pregnant. Dorothy Malcolm and her brother, George Dorsey, asked a farmer Loy Harrison, for whom Roger Malcolm sometimes worked, to bail him out of jail. Harrison, who was reportedly a member of the Klu Klux Klan, picked up Dorothy Malcolm, George Dorsey and his wife Mae Murray Dorsey and took them to the Walton County jail. He paid $600 to bail out Roger Malcolm. Harrison then drove the two black couples toward his farm across the Moore's Ford Bridge, a direction investigators noted was not the most direct route to his farm. At the bridge, Harrison's car was blocked by another vehicle and a group of up to 30 armed men.
The men dragged the Malcolms and the Dorseys from the car then beat and shot the two men. Realizing that the two women could identify some of them, they then shot and killed the two women, according to previous investigations. One of the lynching mob pulled out a knife and cut the unborn child from Dorothy Malcolm's body.
Harrison told investigators that he did not recognize anyone in the group of men who stopped his car, although none of them wore masks.
The FBI developed a list of 55 possible suspects during their 1946 investigation, including Barnette Hester's brother George Hester, but no one has ever been arrested or charged in the crime. In 2001, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes reopened the case with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, some of those 55 suspects were still alive. It is believed that some of the participants in the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching are still living in the area. There is a $35,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those involved with the Moore's Ford Bridge Lynchings.
For more information contact Adriane Harden amharden@gmail.com or 678-653-2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Arrest Records as a Barrier to Life Forum
Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment (ABLE)
Arrest Records as a Barrier to Life Forum
Monday April 2, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
First Afrikan Presbyterian Church,
| Georgia can do better! Arrest without conviction can lead to barriers in employment, licensing, housing, education, voting, benefits and immigration. For those with convictions, the challenges are even greater. Current Georgia Law does not help those with arrest or conviction records rebuild their lives. |
•This leads to high unemployment
•Destroys families and communities
•Correlates to recidivism
•Denies redemption and forgiveness & is morally unjust!
•Other states have laws in place that help reformed citizens rebuild their lives
Come learn how individuals and communities are affected; hear from elected officials and how the state of Georgia can do better.
Georgia Records Project
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Above The Mic
NAACP
March 27th 2012
NAACP
March 27th 2012
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| Kevin Myles |
Join Host Adriane Harden with guest Kevin Myles. Kevin is the Regional Field Director for Region V of the NAACP. He covers AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, and TN. He is the former Midwestern Regional Director, Past President of the Kansas State Conference of the NAACP. We will find out how the NAACP is involved with the Trayvon Martin Case, Quitman 10+2, and how they are involved in trying to get legislation passed about the death penalty as it relates to Troy Davis. Listen via phone by dialing 347-994-3501
or online at
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Occupy the Dream Weed Out Hate- Tuesday
Occupy the Dream Weed Out Hate
Join Host Adriane Harden with Special Guest Marc Daniels, President of Weed Out Hate. Marc will talk about his organization and how he is fighting against bullying by pulling one weed at a time and planting the seeds of peace. Marc will be at the Rose Garden at the King Center on Thursday March 22 2012 @ 2pm with local and national leaders as they pull weeds and plant his famous Peace Seeds. Join him on that day aswell. For more information on this organization and how you can volunteer to weed out hate in your community. www.weedouthate.org
Listen to the show at this link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fight-for-truth/2012/03/21/above-the-mic--weed-out-hate
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Pan African Journal
Listen to the Pan African Journal live from New York City with Host Abayomi Azikiwe on Friday March 16 - 7PM -9PM Est and Sunday March 18th 3PM - 5PM Est.
Tuesday March 20 Above the Mic with Host Adriane Harden
Occupy the Dream
Weed Out Hate
Listen to the show at this link:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fight-for-truth/2012/03/21/above-the-mic--weed-out-hate
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