Moore's Ford Bridge Lynching Re enactment

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! RESPECT, UPHOLD, AND ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW!!

GABEO’s Day of Remembrance

67^th Anniversary Commemoration and

9^th Annual Reenactment of the Lynchings at the Moore’s Ford Bridge, Monroe, GA

Remembering Victims of Lynchings Throughout the USA

Saturday, July 27, 2013, 12 Noon Sharp

1^st African Baptist Church, 130 Tyler Street, Monroe, GA 30655

(Highway 11, Across from Church’s Chicken)

12 Noon, Church Opens for Meditation and Prayers for Justice and Pre-Reenactment Rally

(1 Hour)

Invited Guest Speakers will include National and Local Civil/Human Rights, Clergy and Political Leaders

Narrator, Mr. Robert Howard, Civil Rights Activist, Walton County

Director, Rev. Cassandra Greene

Coordinator, Ms. Hattie Lawson, Former Chair, Athens Area Human Relations Council

 

Reenactment Timeline: 

1:00 p.m.  Leave 1^st African Baptist Church for Visitation of the Malcom and Dorsey Gravesites

4:45 p.m.  Arrive at the Farm House of Barney Hester, 2932 Hester Town Road

(This is where the altercation occurred leading to the arrest of Roger Malcom, Sunday, July 14, 1946.)

5 p.m.  Leave Barney Hester’s House

5:15 p.m.  Arrive at the Old County Jail, 203 Milledge Avenue, Downtown Monroe

(Place where Roger Malcom was held for 11 days.)

5:30 p.m.  Leave the Jail en route to the Moore’s Ford Bridge (This is the exact time that Loy Harrison (white farmer) took the Malcoms and the Dorseys from the jail and delivered them to the KKK lynch mob waiting at the Moore’s Ford Bridge.) (July 25, 1946)

6 p.m.   Arrive at the Moore’s Ford Bridge for the Reenactment Ceremony and Call for Justice: Arrest and Prosecution Now!!

7 p.m.  Benediction: At the Historic Memorial Marker Dedicated to the Legacy of: Roger and Dorothy Malcom (and Justice, unborn infant), George and Mae Murray Dorsey.  And a Challenge to Us All to Continue Our Quest and Pursuit of Justice.

 

Note: There is a $35,000 Reward for information that leads to the Arrest and Prosecution of the Killers.  If You Have Information of the Lynchings, Please Contact: The GBI – 404-244-2600 or the FBI – 404-679-9000.  For More Information Contact:  Rep. Tyrone Brooks, President, Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, 404-656-6372 or 404-372-1894, or visit our Web site: www.ga-gabeo.com 

Message to the killers:  “You can run but you can’t hide forever!” America, we must respect and uphold “The Rule of Law.” 

 

Directions from all major areas in Georgia are on reverse.   Please forward this agenda to everyone on your list.

 

Directions

 

From Atlanta:

Take I-20 East

Exit at Conyers-Athens # 82 (Highway 138)

Turn left and head straight to Monroe

(Pass McDonalds on your left and keep straight on Highway 78)

Exit at Highway 11 (Monroe Exit)

Turn right

Go one block and turn left on Tyler Street

Church is on your left (look for Church’s Chicken on the right)

 

Coming I-20 West:

Exit at Monroe Monticello Exit #98

Turn right. Stay on Highway 11 straight to Monroe

(Approximately 13 miles)

You will pass through downtown Social Circle

Go straight ahead to Monroe – Stay on Highway # 11

Look for Church’s Chicken on your left

Turn right on Tyler Street

You are at the church.

 

Coming From Athens:

Take Highway 78 West to Monroe

Exit on East Spring Street, come into town

Take a right on Broad Street at courthouse (Hwy.11)

Turn right and come up to Church’s Chicken

Turn right on Tyler Street.

 

Coming from Stone Mountain or Gwinnett County Area:

Take Highway 78 East to Monroe

 

Coming from Macon area:

Exit at Forsyth/Monticello

Turn right, stay on Highway 83 to Monticello

Then take Highway 11, North all the way to Monroe

(Follow the instructions as outlined above)

1^st African Baptist Church is on the corner of Highway 11 and Tyler Street

(across from Church’s Chicken)

 

Note:  If you pass Church’s Chicken you have gone too far.

 

Church Telephone Number (770) 267-5819

 

 

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF WALTON COUNTY MEETING

Commission panel to meet on June 28 about Rep. Tyrone Brooks Indictment

ATLANTA  —  

Former Georgia Governor and attorney Roy Barnes held a news conference in May to address the charges against his client, State Representative Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta. (Photo by Claire Simms)

According to the State Attorney General’s Office, the commission appointed to review the case against state Rep. Tyrone Brooks will meet next Friday, June 28. That panel must determine whether to suspend Brooks from office because of his felony indictment.

Brooks has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts of tax fraud and other related charges. According to the indictment, he used money donated to his charity, Universal Humanities, to pay for personal expenses. The charges also allege Brooks misused funds while serving as President of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials.

Governor Nathan Deal appointed Attorney General Sam Olens, a Republican, and two leading Democrats: House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams of Atlanta and Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson of Tucker.

Those appointments mirror those made to legislative review panels in the past.

In 1999, then-Governor Roy Barnes, a Democrat, appointed a panel to review the indictment of Senator Diana Harvey Johnson, D-Savannah. Johnson was charged with five counts of mail fraud for not disclosing conflicts of interest when voting for the state to set aside money to promote African-American tourism. According to the Attorney General’s Office, Johnson controlled two organizations that benefitted from that funding and used her influence over those groups to steer $80,000 of state money into her own businesses.

Governor Barnes assigned retired state Supreme Court Justice Harold G. Clarke, Representative Louise McBee, D-Athens, and Senator Donzella James, D-Atlanta, to the review commission.

“It’s a huge decision to even accept to be on the panel because I considered myself Diana Harvey Johnson’s friend,” said Sen. James. “I accepted because I knew that I would be fair.”

The panel decided to suspend Johnson from office. In July 1999, she was convicted on all five counts of mail fraud.

“It was the most difficult thing that I can remember ever doing in my life,” James said.

The panel decided to suspend Johnson, though James said she did not agree with that.

Just a few years later, Governor Barnes had to appoint another commission to review the indictment of another Democratic lawmaker. State Senator Donnie Lavan “Van” Streat of Nicholls was indicted in January 2002 for Violation of Oath of Office and Making a False Statement.

That panel was also made up of Democrats including Justice Harold G. Clarke, Representative Dubose Porter, D-Dublin, and Senator Michael Meyer von Bremen, D-Albany. The three voted to suspend Streat, though prosecutors later dropped the charges against him.

James said she hopes the panel assigned to Brooks’s case will not follow tradition.

“Hopefully this will be a different consequence to this particular committee, because in the past I think that no representative or elected official has been able to hold their seat,” said James.

The case against Brooks could prove different. Governor Roy Barnes is representing Brooks and has been extremely close to the review panel process, having appointed them in the past.

Claire Simms
GPB News Website

DuBois Honored at Clark Atlanta University

　

FEBRUARY 20-23, 2013 CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS PRESIDENT CARLTON E. BROWN & DR. STEPHANIE Y. EVANS HOST AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois This conference commemorates the life, memory, social activism and intellectual heritage of Dr. Du Bois. It marks the day of his birth, Feb. 23, 1868, and the 50th anniversary of his death in 1963. W. E. B. DU BOIS & THE WINGS OF ATLANTA Dr. Du Bois wrote his most influential works while as a faculty member at Atlanta University. He served as department chair of History and Economics (1897 to 1910) and Sociology (1934 to 1944). A 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference In a landmark four-day meeting, CAU will convene 150 academics, artists, and activists from 50 institutions in 30 panel sessions to discuss former faculty member W. E. B. Du Bois’s body of work and bring his legacy back home to the HBCU where he worked for 23 years. Guest Speakers:  Arthur McFarlane, great-grandson of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois   Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells   A’Lelia Bundles, great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker   Dr. Charlayne Drew Jarvis, daughter of Dr. Charles Drew Literary giants Sonia Sanchez and Amiri Baraka will read rare poems and prose by Du Bois. *Invited guests: please also register online Visit the CAU Du Bois website for full conference program and online registration http://cauduboislegacy.net/2013_Conference.html

Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Annual Soul Food Dinner

Heritage “Soul Food” Dinner

Thursday, February 21, 2013

5:30 p.m. Reception

6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Program

Atlanta Marriott Marquis

265 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

We are pleased to offer our attendees a Hotel Room Rate at $105.00 for 2/21/2013
Valet Parking$10.00 per car for the date of the event only.

Buy Your Tickets Today!

 

REGISTER AT THIS LINK:  http://www.galbc.org/cm/soul-food-dinner/

 

 

 

 

 

Rep. Tyrone Brooks gives us insight on what to expect under the Gold Dome in January 2013

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