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Showing posts with label Diversity Civil Rights 1960s. Show all posts
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Monday, January 14, 2019

Pictures for articles on Nationwide Civil Rights Education Delegation Visits Marks, Miss.

Pictures for articles on Nationwide Civil Rights Education Delegation Visits Marks, Miss.

The Quitman Co. Administrator and I wrote for the Quitman County Democrat about our visit to Marks, Miss. on Jan. 4, 2019.


On January 4, 2019 a nationwide delegation from Westminster and beyond visited Marks, Miss., Atlanta, Ga., Tuskegee, Ala, Montgomery, Ala, and Birmingham, Ala.

January 8th, 2019 By Quitman County Administrator Velma Benson-Wilson and Kevin Dayhoff, former Mayor of Westminster Md.

The 51-member delegation, from as far away as New England, Chicago, Connecticut, Seattle, Baltimore, and Westminster Md. were part of an educational tour of historic civil rights sites in Atlanta, Ga., Tuskegee, Ala, Montgomery, Ala, Ruleville, Miss, and Birmingham, Ala.

The article appeared on the front page of the weekly edition of the local Quitman County newspaper In January 2019.



The article has also been published in the Westminster Patch, here: https://patch.com/maryland/westminster/nationwide-civil-rights-education-delegation-visits-marks-miss


1. Quitman County Miss.: For more info about Quitman Co. Miss. visit www.quitmancountyms.org

2. Samuel McCray: When the delegation arrived in town Jan. 4, 2019, they were welcomed by the City of Marks’ Mayor Joe Shegog Jr., and Samuel McCray, the retired field representative of Congressman Bennie Thompson, who currently serves as the vice-chair of the Mule Train Historical Society. Kevin Dayhoff photo.

3. Civil Rights educational delegation: The distinguished Judge Charles Harrison, in the red sweater and black hat rides along on the bus during a four-day bus tour of historic civil rights sites in the south, in early Jan. 2019. Behind Judge Harrison is former Westminster Md. Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, and Caroline Babylon, the daughter of a leading civil rights advocate in Carroll County Md. in the 1950s through the 1970s.

4. Marks Miss. history forum panel: Following the tour, the group gathered at the Quitman County Middle School gym for a panel discussion moderated by Jackson State University professor Dr. Hilliard Lackey. The panel consisted of local residents who actively took part in, or witnessed the historic civil rights activities in Marks during 1968: From left to right: the current Quitman County Board of Supervisors president Manuel Killebrew; Dr. Valmadge Towner, the president of Coahoma Community College, Helen Ingram, Samuel McCray, and the Reverend Michael Jossell, Sr. Kevin Dayhoff photo 4Jan2019.

5. Civil Right Activist James Meredith: Civil Right Activist James Meredith was present in the audience at the Civil Rights history forum in Marks Miss. on Jan. 4, 2019. A nationwide civil rights delegation had the opportunity to meet with him and hear his remarks. Kevin Dayhoff photo

6. Dr. Hilliard L. Lackey III and Mrs. Ora B. Phipps: The delegation was also honored with the presence of Ora B. Phipps, the widow of Armstead Phipps. Now in her 90s, she shared poignant insights and details about historic events from over 50-years ago. Kevin Dayhoff photo

7. Velma Benson Wilson, Quitman Co. Administrator: Left to right: Jaby Denton, Mitch Campbell, Dr. Evelyn Jossell, and Velma Benson Wilson, Quitman Co. Administrator. Kevin Dayhoff photo 4Jan2019

8. Charles Alphin, Sr. and Gerald Alphin, of DDK Tours: Charles Alphin, Sr. and Gerald Alphin, of DDK Tours join hands with the participants of the Civil Rights forum in Marks Miss. on Jan 4, 2019. 

Charles Alphin, Sr., the director and CEO of DDK Historical and Educational Tours, which facilitated the visit, has been working with the King Center in Atlanta and guiding historic tours since the 1980s. He said after the visit, “If you do not know where you come from, you don’t know where you are going.”


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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Annual McDaniel Zepp Center DDK Tours Civil Rights Tour

Annual McDaniel Zepp Center DDK Tours Civil Rights Tour

September 24, 2018

January 3 – 6, 2019: Atlanta, GA; Montgomery, AL; Ruleville, MS.; Marks, MS.; and Birmingham, AL.

PARTIAL TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:   Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr, Tour Historian.

Atlanta, GA.: The Historic King Center Complex and Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Montgomery, AL.: Equal Justice Initiative: The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. (Opened April 2018). 

Birmingham, AL: Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Ingram Park, 16th St. Baptist Church

Ruleville, MS.: Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden and Museum.

Marks, MS.: Mule trains from Marks kicked off “Poor People’s Campaign.” 

Dr. Lafayette, National Coordinator of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, will provide nonviolence strategy, and suggested approaches 50 years later.

TOUR COST: $530.00 per person, $150.00 non-refundable deposit due 10/2/18; balance due 12/2/18. Make check or money order payable to DDK Tours, mail to 3996 Brookside Parkway, Decatur, GA 30034. Include your name, address, phone number, and email.

COST INCLUDES: Transportation from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA. (Pick up 10:00 a.m.1/3/19 and return 1/6/19, 4:00 p.m.): 3 nights hotel accommodation (double occupancy) and breakfast, tour manual, luxury bus ground transportation (as listed in itinerary), museum fees; speaker honorariums and expert Kingian Nonviolence analysis.

For additional information contact DR. CHARLES COLLYER, (401)-258-9834 OR CHARLES ALPHIN, SR., SENIOR NONVIOLENCE TRAINER, (770) 981-8718, or DR. PAMELA ZAPPARDINO paxwarthog@aol.com  

Sponsored by: Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., distinguished senior scholar-in-residence, emeritus, Candler School of Theology, Emory university, Atlanta, GA: and the Ira and Mary Zepp center for nonviolence and peace education, Westminster, Md Dr. Charlie Collyer and Dr. Pam Zappardino, co-directors

COORDINATED BY DDK TOUR, www.ddktours.com


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Sunday, March 12, 2017

May 1960 Nashville TN sit ins. Near 235 5th Ave. North


May 1960 Nashville TN sit ins. Near 235 5th Ave. North, in downtown Nashville. Next stop, the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library. The work continues. 12Mar2017