‘Bring It Home’
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Bus Tour makes its South Florida stops
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33310
PERMIT NO. 1179
Photos by Ron Lyons
The “Bring It Home” Bus Tour is in full swing stopping in several Get Out the Vote rallies to celebrate the start (Cont’d on page 5)
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018
August 28, 1955 · Money, Mississippi Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old boy on vacation from Chicago, reportedly flirted with a white woman in a store. Three nights later, two men took Till from his bed, beat him, shot him and dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River. An all-white jury found the men innocent of murder. The accuser recently retracted her story about Till’s cat-calling. October 22, 1955 · Mayflower, Texas John Earl Reese, 16, was dancing in a café when white men fired shots into the windows. Reese was killed, and two others were wounded. The shootings were part of
May 7, 1955 · Belzoni, Mississippi Rev. George Lee, one of the first Black people registered to vote in Humphreys County, used his pulpit and his printing press to urge others to vote. White officials offered Lee protection on the condition he end his voter registration efforts, but Lee refused and was murdered. August 13, 1955 · Brookhaven, Mississippi Lamar Smith was shot dead on the courthouse lawn by a white man in broad daylight while dozens of people watched. The killer was never indicted because no one would admit they saw a white man shoot a black man. Smith had organized blacks to vote in a recent election.
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Itandwill cost to #BringItHome we all have to be willing to pay votes and voting costs ANDREW GILLUM
SEAN SHAW
Crump Exposes False Affidavits in Little Rock ‘No-Knock’ Warrant Drug Raid Cases LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — This week national civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Michael Laux presented a new video with clear and compelling information about Roderick Talley’s experience with police corruption and “noknock” drug raids that have disproportionately affected Black residents of Little Rock, Arkansas. The footage from Talley’s home security cameras contains evidence that the Little Rock
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. I wrote an article entitled “I don’t know about you but my vote will cost”. I bring up this point because, so many times people equate elections with money, and I want the candidates to understand that they have A PRICE to pay also. Even candidates
who are caught up in the world-wind victories of others, they are responsible and have a price to pay, too. The question is not about money nor is it about party affiliation exclusively; it’s about the issue of morality. In the climate of today the question of morality still rings louder than perhaps
it has in our history, since its sounds are amplified by the numerous technological advancements. Our vote is not determined purely from a monetary state due to the inestimable value of life-all lives matter. The cost or our votes is of a moral consciousness blinded (Cont’d on page 18)
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Unity Fun Day at Old Dillard Museum largely successful Police Department falsified affidavits for “no-knock” raids — Talley was not home when police came to his door the
first time, yet the affidavit requesting a “no-knock” warrant reads otherwise. The (Cont’d on page 7)
Getting Out the Vote: Coming Down to the Wire! By Linda Thigpen Countless change agents, individual foot soldiers and volunteers are working hard at trying to get out the vote in hopes of reshaping the trajectory of Florida’s governance. We see momentum across the spectrum and in a sundry of areas. There is transporting and assisting persons at the polls, the collecting and delivering of by mail requests and ballots, neighbors talking to neighbors sharing information about charter
questions and amendments, newspapers filled with issuebased headline news, radio stations advertising candidates and volunteers phoning, texting, canvassing and knocking on doors while the candidates they work for are hosting rallies from city to city. Additionally, former President Barack Obama made national appeals for the preservation of his legacy. Afterwards, he, Eric Holder and Kamala Harris rallied for Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson in support of a democratic down ballot slate. Locally over the past days, South Broward Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta engaged voters with a community forum, Rodney Baltimore and Cox Media touted voter awareness at the African American Research Library, community leader Chris Smith organized Souls to (Cont’d on page 8)
Fort Lauderdale, FL -Roderick Parker (pictured far right), the new Instructional Facilitator at the Old Dillard Museum (ODM) credits Philip Bulluck (far left), Charles Webster (center), Dr. Rosalind Osgood and Tracy Clark (both not pictured) for merging the ODM with Walker Elementary. Marrying the youth with history creates an ideal bridge for the community. The Old Dillard Museum is a historical landmark and education center operated by Broward County Public Schools. Eventgoers turned out in nice numbers to participate in the Unity Fun Day. Go to our Facebook page for more pictures and videos of the event.
“I was born to do this,” Mr. ‘Bongo Bluez’ (pictured below) stated at the historic event. Kids from the community enjoyed beating his bongos at the Unity Fun Day held on Saturday, October 27th.
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