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East Central Florida’s Black Voice AUGUST 18 - AUGUST 24, 2016
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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: CHILDREN OF COLOR SHOULD SEE THEMSELVES IN BOOKS SEE PAGE 4
OLYMPIAN JUSTIN GATLIN OF ORLANDO DEFENDS HIS PAST, MOVES FORWARD SEE PAGE 7
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Time to let your vote be your voice Where to cast ballots early in Flagler, Volusia DAYTONA TIMES STAFF
For those who have made up their minds about the candidates and are eager to vote in Volusia County, they can do so starting Monday. Early voting started on Aug. 15 in Flagler County. Early voting in Volusia is Aug.
MEAC/SWAC Challenge coming to Daytona Beach BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Since 2008, the annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge has been played in Orlando. This year, the HBCU conferences’ battle will be in Daytona Beach with the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats taking on the Alcorn State University Braves. The game, owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, showcases teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The conferences have the largest football programs among historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
20-27 for the Aug. 30 primary election. The hours are MondaySaturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On the Aug. 30 election day, the hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and voters must then vote at their assigned precinct of record.
Volusia early voting locations Department of Elections, Historic Courthouse 125 W. New York Ave., DeLand Deltona Regional Library 2150
Eustace Ave. Daytona Beach Regional Library at City Island, 105 E. Magnolia Ave. Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St. New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway
Flagler early voting locations Early voting in Flagler County See VOICE, Page 2
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Residents got a chance to hear from candidates at a forum held at Allen Chapel AME Church in Daytona Beach on Aug. 4. It was sponsored by the Volusia County-Daytona Beach NAACP and local chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
A proper burial for Billy Jackson
Sept. 4 game The game, pitting B-CU against the Mississippi HBCU will be played at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach on Sept. 4 with a 1 p.m. kickoff. It will be aired live on ESPN as Bethune-Cookman (MEAC) hosts Alcorn State (SWAC). “It is a unique situation. They have changed the whole approach. They will be taking it from campus to campus now for the next couple of years. We are honored and proud to be able to host it. We are very excited. This gives us a three-hour infomercial on national TV. It’s the only game on TV and the only game in town,’’ said Lynn Thompson, Bethune-Cookman University’s vice president of Intercollegiate Athletics.
2017 in Baton Rouge In 2017, the game will be played at A.W. Munford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with Southern University (SWAC) as host, facing South Carolina State University (MEAC). “We are thrilled to continue the MEAC/SWAC Challenge legacy in Florida for the 2016 game featuring two of the strongest returning teams, Alcorn State and BethuneCookman from their respective conferences,” stated Pete Derzis, senior vice president of ESPN Events. “In 2017, we take this historic game to the campus of Southern University as they will face South Carolina State University.”
Started in 2005 The game started in 2005
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Billy Jackson’s family and his friends at the Dozier School of Boys attend the burial service at Mt. Ararat Cemetery in Daytona Beach.
Family, Dozier School survivors pay respects to Daytona Beach teen who died 64 years ago
say they endured vicious beatings in a small building at the school called the White House. Jackson was buried Saturday at Mt. Ararat Cemetery on Bellevue Avenue in Daytona Beach.
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Billy Jackson’s life ended way too soon. He died in 1952 at age 13 while a ward of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, a small city in North Florida. While the cause of death was listed as a urinary tract infection, it’s believe he died from a severe beating after trying to escape the reform school. He was sent to the school in August 1952 for repeatedly skipping school. Johnnie Walthour of Jacksonville, now deceased, reported years ago that he dug a grave for a friend he knew only as Billy, who died after developing a bloated stomach. Walthour said the boy was repeatedly beaten in the White
The family of Billy Jackson leave the funeral service at R.J. Gainous Funeral Home in Daytona Beach. He is survived by a sister, Mattie Jackson, nephews, nieces and other relatives. House after trying to run away. Other former students at the school have reported that they were brutally beaten while there.
Returned to sister A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation ensued and Jackson’s remains
were identified in unmarked graves found on site. Jackson’s remains were sent this month to his sister, Mattie Jackson, a Daytona Beach resident. Funeral services were held at R.J. Gainous Funeral Home in Daytona Beach on Saturday with former Dozier school students there, known as the “White House Boys.’’ The men
A task force is now in the process of deciding on a memorial for the Dozier victims. Jackson was born on Feb. 18, 1939 in Daytona Beach. He attended Campbell Elementary School. He is survived by his sister Mattie Jackson of Daytona Beach; two nephews, Shawn Irving of Daytona Beach and Dawn Irving of Orlando; three nieces, Wanda Aaron of Daytona Beach, Wendy Irving of Orlando and Ida Cummings, Washington D.C. A detailed story on Billy Jackson and the Aug. 13 service appears this week in the Florida Courier, the sister newspaper of the Daytona Times. It can be read online at www.flcourier. com.
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