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Showing posts with label Diversity Civil Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diversity Civil Rights. Show all posts

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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Monday, January 07, 2019

EJI's New Legacy Museum



We visited EJI’s new Legacy Museum on January 3, 2019 in
Montgomery, Alabama.

We were not allowed to take pictures inside The Legacy
Museum, in Montgomery Alabama when we visited on Jan. 3, 2019 – and security
was tight. The museum is not for the faint of heart. The museum is “An
unparalleled resource for researchers, the museum houses the nation's most
comprehensive collection of data on lynching. It also presents previously
unseen archival information about the domestic slave trade brought to life
through new technology…

“The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration opened to the public on April 26, 2018, in Montgomery, Alabama. The 11,000-square-foot museum is built on the site of a former warehouse where enslaved black people were imprisoned, and is located midway between an historic slave market and the main river dock and train station where tens of thousands of enslaved people were trafficked during the height of the domestic slave trade…”

Much more information about “The Legacy Museum: From
Enslavement to Mass Incarceration,” can be found at the website for the museum
here: https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/museum

The Legacy Museum
115 Coosa Street
Montgomery, Alabama
36104



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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

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Another Civil Rights tour is planned for March 9, 2017 to March 12, 2017



Another Civil Rights tour is planned for March 9, 2017 to March 12, 2017.

At the Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 monthly meeting of the Carroll County NAACP, Pam and Charlie Collyer reminded everyone that another Civil Rights tour is planned for March 9, 2017 to March 12, 2017. More information is available on Charlie’s website, www.tryforfurther.com

ATLANTA, GA: “FREEDOM RIDES:” TUSKEGEE: SELMA: MONTGOMERY: AND BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
       The King Center Complex; Dr. Martin L. King’s, Jr. Birth home; Ebenezer Baptist Church; National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA.
       Tuskegee University and tour George Washington Carver Museum.
       Rosa Parks Museum and Dr. King’s home that was bombed, Montgomery.
       Walk across Edmund-Pettus Bridge; tour Voting Rights Museum, Selma, AL
       Sight where Greyhound Bus was burned during “Freedom Rides.”.
       Tour Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL.

TOUR COST: $485.00 per person, Non-refundable deposit of $250.00 due by Jan. 9, 2017; balance due Feb. 9, 2017. Make check or money order payable to DDK Tours, 3996 Brookside Parkway, Decatur, GA 30034, include all details.
          
COST INCLUDES: Transportation from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA. (Pick up 10:00 a.m.3/9/17 and return 3/12/17, 3:00 p.m.): 3 nights hotel accommodation (double occupancy) and breakfast; tour booklet; luxury bus ground transportation (as listed in itinerary); museum fees; honorariums; and Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. who worked with Dr. King and is our Tour Historian.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT DR. CHARLES COLLYER, (401)-258-9834 OR DDK TOURS, CHARLES ALPHIN SR., (770) 981-8718.  

SPONSORED BY: DR. BERNARD LAFAYETTE, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (S.C.L.C.), ATLANTA, GA.

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THE IRA AND MARY ZEPP CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE AND PEACE EDUCATION, WESTMINSTER, MD
DR. CHARLIE COLLYER AND DR. PAM ZAPPARDINO, CO-DIRECTOR’S.


CO-ORDINATED BY DDK TOURS WWW.DDKTOURS.COM
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Malcolm X: Where the government fails to protect

Malcolm X: Where the government fails to protect


Where the government fails to protect the Negro he is entitled to do it himself. He is within his rights. I have found the only white elements who do not want this advice given to undefensive Blacks are the racist liberals. They use the press to project us in the image of violence. There is an element of whites who are nothing but cold, animalistic racists. That element is the one that controls or has strong influence in the power structure. It uses the press skillfully to feed statistics to the public to make it appear that the rate of crime in the black community, or community of nonwhite people, is at such a high level. It gives the impression or the image that everyone in that community is criminal. And as soon as the public accepts the fact that the dark-skinned community consists largely of criminals or people who are dirty, then it makes it possible for the power structure to set up a police-state system. Which will make it permissible in the minds of even the well-meaning white public for them to come in and use all kinds of police methods to brutally suppress the struggle on the part of these people against segregation, discrimination, and other acts that are unleashed against them that are absolutely unjust.




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THE BLACK PANTHER COLLECTION ~ MALCOLM X

THE BLACK PANTHER COLLECTION ~ MALCOLM X:

"The members of the revolutionary Black Panther party were the descendants of Malcolm X and worked to put his philosophy into action. Founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the organization was founded to put an end to police brutality in black neighborhoods. This new collection is the most complete collection of Black Panther material ever assembled. Included are video, audio and text files by Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Fred Hampton, H. Rap Brown, Eldridge Cleaver and more."

http://malcolmxfiles.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-black-panther-collection-over-12.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCompleteMalcolmX+%28The+Complete+Malcolm+X%29

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Friday, October 09, 2015

The 309th person


The 309th person

Kevin E. Dayhoff art from July 23, 1973… An East Winston Org exile on Main Street in Wilmington, NC, while looking for Angela Davis; Voltaire was watching TV while reading the Chicago Tribune about a dairy farmer named Roger McAfee.

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Monday, May 04, 2015

Don't Judge Blacks Differently by Chloe Valdary, a student at the University of New Orleans



Published on Apr 27, 2015

https://youtu.be/xl7Q36V9pg4

Does race trump truth? In a confrontation between police and perpetrators, what is more important? Facts or skin color? When protests morph into riots, do we excuse bad behavior based on race? If we do, how are we ever going to end racism? Chloe Valdary, a student at the University of New Orleans, confronts these critical questions and offers a compelling answer.

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Friday, September 12, 2014

As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged Ex-Prosecutor Digs In - NYTimes.com

As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged Ex-Prosecutor Digs In - NYTimes.com:

NYT: In Lumberton NC – “As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged
Ex-Prosecutor Digs In” By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. SEPT. 7, 2014



LUMBERTON, N.C. — The most memorable moment of the trial
that put Henry McCollum and Leon Brown behind bars for three decades for a
hideous 1983 rape and murder was a display of brilliant courtroom theatrics.
District Attorney Joe Freeman Britt of Robeson County, who
stood 6-foot-6 and came to be known as America’s “Deadliest D.A.,” asked jurors
to try to hold their breath for five minutes — the time it took the 11-year-old
victim to choke to death, after her killer stuffed her panties down her throat
with a stick — to get a small sense of the horror she experienced.

The jury came back with two of the more than 40 death
penalty convictions Mr. Britt won over almost two decades.

Those two convictions were obtained on the basis of
inconsistent, soon recanted, confessions from two mentally impaired teenagers
who said they had been coerced to sign statements written by interrogators, and
testimony by an informer who previously did not implicate the two. They were
overturned last week, and Mr. McCollum and Mr. Brown were exonerated and set
free.


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Saturday, June 07, 2014

'Guns Kept People Alive' During The Civil Rights Movement | WAMU 88.5 - American University Radio

'Guns Kept People Alive' During The Civil Rights Movement | WAMU 88.5 - American University Radio:

June 5, 2014

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of many pivotal events in the civil rights movement, and to commemorate "Freedom Summer," Tell Me More is diving into books that explore that theme.

One of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement was non-violent resistance. During lunch counter sit-ins and protest marches Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders instructed participants not to take up arms. Instead, when violence erupted or force was used to disrupt their activities, people would non-violently resist attempts by law enforcement to end the protest.

 But this passive resistance did not necessarily mean an unwillingness to use force to protect themselves from violence in other circumstances.

This hiding in plain sight story is recounted to NPR's Michel Martin by author, professor and former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee field secretary Charles E. Cobb Jr. in his new book, This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible."

http://wamu.org/programs/tell_me_more/14/06/05/guns_kept_people_alive_during_the_civil_rights_movement#at_pco=cfd-1.0

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Baltimore Sun: We all still have a dream 50-years after Dr. King's speech


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We all still have a dream 50-years after Dr. King's speech [Eagle Archives]

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

1:38 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2013


Members of the Carroll County chapter of the NAACP joined tens of thousands Saturday at the National Mall - at the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial - in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington.

It was at that time in the early 1960s that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) made "I have a dream" the clarion-call of the civil rights movement at a political rally called the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.”

History continues to reflect upon the importance of the march on Washington in 1963. One thing remains certain, it was a pivotal moment in American history that has contributed greatly to who we are as a nation today.


Aug. 24, 2013 March on Washington tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King



The Carroll County, MD Branch of the NAACP were represented at the March on Washington on August 24, 2013 – John Lewis, Pam Zappardino, Virginia Harrison, Jean Lewis, Anna-Maria Halstead, Charles Harrison, Cheron Harris, Xiomara Pierre, Charles Collyer and Kevin Earl Dayhoff at March on Washington - 50Th Anniversary.

It was a day of camaraderie – for folks from all over the nation to come together and hear an amazing group of speakers that included Rep. John Lewis, Julian Bond, Martin Luther King III, Eric Holder, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Myrlie Evers Williams, Al Sharpton, Steny Hoyer, Ed Schultz, Denise King, Joseph Lowery, CT Vivan, representatives of the Human Rights Campaign, the National Council of LaRaza, the AFT, the NEA and many, many more.




Martin Luther King Civil Rights Lincoln Memorial Washington DC march NAACP Carroll County #KED
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We all still have a dream 50-years after Dr. King's speech [Eagle Archives]

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

1:38 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2013


Members of the Carroll County chapter of the NAACP joined tens of thousands Saturday at the National Mall - at the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial - in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington.

It was at that time in the early 1960s that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) made "I have a dream" the clarion-call of the civil rights movement at a political rally called the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.”

History continues to reflect upon the importance of the march on Washington in 1963. One thing remains certain, it was a pivotal moment in American history that has contributed greatly to who we are as a nation today.

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The Carroll County, MD Branch of the NAACP represented at the March on Washington on August 24, 2013


Aug. 24, 2013 March on Washington tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King



The Carroll County, MD Branch of the NAACP were represented at the March on Washington on August 24, 2013 – John Lewis, Pam Zappardino, Virginia Harrison, Jean Lewis, Anna-Maria Halstead, Charles Harrison, Cheron Harris, Xiomara Pierre, Charles Collyer and Kevin Earl Dayhoff at March on Washington - 50Th Anniversary.

It was a day of camaraderie – for folks from all over the nation to come together and hear an amazing group of speakers that included Rep. John Lewis, Julian Bond, Martin Luther King III, Eric Holder, Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Myrlie Evers Williams, Al Sharpton, Steny Hoyer, Ed Schultz, Denise King, Joseph Lowery, CT Vivan, representatives of the Human Rights Campaign, the National Council of LaRaza, the AFT, the NEA and many, many more.




Martin Luther King Civil Rights Lincoln Memorial Washington DC march NAACP Carroll County #KED
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We all still have a dream 50-years after Dr. King's speech [Eagle Archives]

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

1:38 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2013


Members of the Carroll County chapter of the NAACP joined tens of thousands Saturday at the National Mall - at the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial - in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington.

It was at that time in the early 1960s that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) made "I have a dream" the clarion-call of the civil rights movement at a political rally called the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.”

History continues to reflect upon the importance of the march on Washington in 1963. One thing remains certain, it was a pivotal moment in American history that has contributed greatly to who we are as a nation today.

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

The Carroll County NAACP at the March on Washington August 24 2013


The Carroll County, MD Branch of the NAACP represented at the March on Washington on August 24, 2013 – John Lewis, Pam Zappardino, Virginia Harrison, Jean Lewis, Anna-Maria Halstead, Charles Harrison, Cheron Harris, Xiomara Pierre Charles Collyer and Kevin Earl Dayhoff at March on Washington - 50Th Anniversary.
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The walk proceeds up Independence Ave past the Washington Monument

The Carroll Co NAACP is at the March on Washington