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Georgia Lynching Reenacted by Activists
to com e forward.
according to an FBI report. The
“ You know who you are, and farmer was spared.
God knows who you are,” Jackson
On Monday, a crowd of about
shouted. “The police will not turn 200 watched as the lynchings of the
you in and the prosecutors will not D o rse y s and M alcom s w ere
pursue you, but the blood of the brought to life. The men fought as
lynched cries out.”
the women pleaded for their lives.
Roger and Dorothy Malcom and Dorothy Malcom, who was preg
George and Mae Murray Dorsey nant, wrapped her arms over her
were ridingwithawhite farmer when unborn child.
they were killed on July 25,1946, a
No one was ever charged in the
few days after Roger Malcom got lynchings, even though the F B I’s
into a fight with a white man. The report nam ed 55 suspects. State
mob forced them out of the car, R ep. T y ro n e B rooks said he
dragged them down a wagon trail know s o f tw o living in W alton
about 50 yards from a bridge over C ounty, and a few others outside
the Apalachee River and shot them, Georgia.
Deaths unsolved after 59 years
(A P) - C ivil rights activists
“ My grandmother lived in that
marked the 5*>th anniversary of an era,” Lewis-Johnson said. "She’d
unsolved lynching Monday by re be scared to talk about this, even
enacting the brutal slayings of two as an old woman. It’s a hurting
black couples who were forced out feeling.”
Activists said they staged the
of their car by a mob o f white men
and killed.
re-enactment to gain support for
The scene was recreated with the prosecution of anyone who
black volunteers acting as Ku Klux may have been involved in what
Klansmen, fireworks for gunshots they called the last mass public
and fake blood poured on foreffect. lynching in the United States.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who
Lakeitha Lewis-Johnson. 30.
cried during the re-enactment and joined religious and civil rights
turned away from the shouts of the leaders at the rally, called for ju s
tice and urged those responsible
Kian leader.
A group waits tied up in the woods Monday as they prepare for a
re-enactment o f the 19 4 6 lynching at the M oore's Ford Bridge
outside Monroe, Ga.
Unions Split, More Defections Possible
Scotland Yard released photos o f the four suspects connected
with the latest series o f bombings in London.
Attacks Won’t Change Policy
British Muslims fear discrimination
(AP)-Prime MinisterTony Blair
said Tuesday that Britain would
not “give one inch" to terrorists on
his policy on Iraq and the Middle
East, while police said two sus
pects in last week’s failed bomb
ings were emigrants from Somalia
and Eritrea.
Blair made his comments after a
rare meeting with opposition party
leaders to discuss new anti-terror
legislation aimed at preventing a
repeat of the attacks and the July 7
suicide bombings that killed 56
people, including four attackers.
A sked w hether the B ritish-
backed and U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq had fueled terrorist attacks
around the world and in London,
Blair said “there was no excuse of
justification” for their actions of’
the bombers.
But a new poll showed that a
majority of British Muslims sur
veyed believe Blair’s decision to
join the U.S.-led war in Iraq was one
of the reasons behind the bomb-:
ings.
The poll also said about two-
thirds of Muslims surveyed after
the bombings said they had thought
about moving away from Britain
because o f fear o f reprisals and
discrimination.
(A P) - T w o unions representing 3.2 m illion w orkers -
the T eam sters and the Service E m ployees International
U nion - bolted from the A FL -C IO on M onday. F urther
defections w ere possible.
The exodus cam e in a dispute over w hat d issidents
see as A FL-C IO President John S w een ey ’s inability to
halt declining m em bership and over the future direction
o f the labor m ovem ent. C ritics say the union should
shift its em phasis from electoral po litics to finding new
members.
Because the A FL -C IO has played such a m ajor role in
supporting D em ocrats over the years, the rift is p ro d u c
ing unease am ong top D em ocrats w ho have seen the
control o f both C ongress and the W hite H ouse slip from
them in recent years.
Sw eeney called the defections and boycott o f this
w e e k ’s A FL -C IO convention in C hicago by the U nited
Food and Commercial Workers union and "U N ITE H ERE”
- a “grievous insult to all the un io n s.” L abor officials
expect UFCW and U nite Here to leave the A FL -C IO
later.
P rior to M onday’s split, the A FL -C IO had 13 m illion
m embers.
“UNITE HERE” union executive Edgar Romey
(far left) is congratulated by other union representa
tives after on press conference Sunday in Chicago
announcing a spilt from the AFL-CIO. (AP photo)
NAACP Asks for Scrutiny of Bush Pick
Nomination of
conservative
casts doubt
Senate to get memos that were drafted by Rob
clear answers erts when he worked in the Reagan
on
w here and Bush Sr. White House and the
Ju d g e R ob U.S. Justice Department.
erts stands on
In nominating Roberts, President
issu e s such Bush moves away from diversity
The National Association for
as equal op- on the high court. With the retire
the Advancement o f Colored
p o r t u n i t y ment o f Justice O ’Connor, there
People expressed serious con Hilary Shelton
programs (in will be only one woman justice.
cern over President Bush’s nomi cluding Affirmative Action), crimi
“We had hoped President Bush
nation of W ashington. D.C. Circuit nal justice and juvenile justice is would nominate a consensus nomi
Court Judge John Roberts to re sues, continuing inequities in pub nee similar to Justice O 'C onnor,”
place U. S. Supreme Court Justice lic education, housing discrimina said Shelton. “W e do n ’t know
Sandra Day O ’Connor.
tion, freedom o f speech, voting where Roberts stands on crucial
The NAACP urged the Senate to rights and the death penalty, espe legal and constitutional issues.”
insist that Roberts is forthcoming cially for the mentally retarded or
The NAACP is asked its mem
during his confirmation hearings juvenile offenders,” said Hilary bers to write their senators to make
on questions about states’ rights, Shelton, Director of the NAACP sure that these difficult questions
individual rights, affirmative action, Washington Bureau.
are asked of someone who has a
women’srightsand workers’ rights.
Moreover. Shelton said the Sen questionable history on issues of
“We call on the members of the ate should thoroughly review all importance to the NAACP.
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