Bozeman/Wilder News Clippings; Memo; Testimony of Bozeman; Recollections of the Interview with Judge Junkin, Fayette; Correspondence from Braden to SOC Executive Committee; Selma March Articles (Redacted)

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Voter Suppression Playbook: Tactics from the 1980s Recycled to Silence Black Votes

Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder: Advocates Jailed for Assisting Elderly Black Voters in Alabama

    tl' Vifiiffion Clarence B' Hanson Jr'
puOtiiffitO-tcls Chairman oI the Board

Parole ApproPriate
Back in 19?9, when Julia wilder and Maggie Bozeman were convicted

of vCing trarni u,O sentcnce4 respectively' to- fiveycar.4.f*-Vot
t;rmsd,,,'\ the case touctred ofl a carce celebre Civil riSbts 8ryPps'

;;i;rtir[ th.-t*o Uta* wonrcr\ charged their convic{ion was racially

,n&rtnfl g|It ottrcrs said ttEy naA Urofen the law ard mrd pay tlreir

dues to smiety.

ltis weel, I\lrs. Wilder, 69, and lrlrs Bnzernaq 5l,.come up for pamle

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Based on the fact that tlEir offerse was mnviolent, that tle two

wonlen world poee no t}reat to anyone and tttat the original sent€nct

appears to be eicessive the two wunen stroulS be released onprcle,-t

Irlany o( tb facts in the cas are less than clear. lrlrs Bo€man and

Mrs. Wild€r were drarged wittr marking absentce ballots fo 39 eldenly

blacks without pernrision in the 1978 Democratic Primary. firc two
pleaded Utat thi,y haq in fact, done m wmng, but merely followed
Alabema law rryhidr allows officials tro assi$ voters in some fudanes.
Tte trial that followed featured sme oonfwirU tdirnony abod what
part t.h womeo had actually played

One undelriable fact however, is that the two were convicted in a
mailrer prmibed by Alabama law and subsequent appeals to Ury trnt
d Crirpiiral Appeals and tbe Alabama Suprenre Cuut wcre turrd dourn
h t ;6,es ;'ftaba*a ili ggpmrlgg@

Ilre argument for parole, theq is not one based on ittttc€nce, but on

the profrtion that [his is a case u,here the s:tate can ard shottld be

m€dffd" ltere has been a lot of nrblici$ genenated by the fact that the

same judge rryho sentmctd Mrs. Wilder and lt'Irs. Bmernan !o ttarstt
primnierrns lahn sentcnced the police drief of Halleyville to a.six-nnnth
luspended sttse for a similar vigla6gl fire cases were differenl of
course, but it is dilfioilt t,o see how that
for four or five yeam Inore punishment

Il{rs. Wilder and Mrs. Bozernan have paid a rea$nable debt tro siety
for ttrc offerce with whidl ttrey were cbarged l}ey shmld be allowed to
return to their families.

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lVomenserving terms on vote

fraud charges are up for parole
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TUSI(EGEE - ho Ptcheu ComtY womeo
who were sentsrced in Jamrry to tedrB d fou
and five years oo vote fratd'charges cottld be
goitry home Nov. 8 if Uey rn 3rlnted pamlc
Mmday.

Ms& Bmaq 51, rd JuIr mb, 70, mre
s€nterd ln January to t€lu d fon and fiVe
y€ars, nspectively, hrt tE JDd oly tl d8y8 u!

ixrm bdae bdng s€d to lQr o a sPecial

wctr&eprogrut.
While Uacoo Comty has bm a "$oqy"' for

them t[e pagt l0 montls, tbey rey, both look
.forrard !o returning h@ U tlcy ale peroled
Mday.

"I've eniryed being here ln lblegee," Mrs.
Wilder saf, ':hil yqt hr, [eldr m place [fe
honm. sby, I was bom rod nhd ia Pideas
Conty. yo tnor if I get prLi f! rm to go

hone"
The txo have bst in n*jn & Jan 22,

when they were released frut l\tMlcr Prison
fa Wqm ad s€lt to n$4e h tb ctCody
of Maccr Conty Sh€ri$ Ltdu Arm.

Ib two etrn€n had be.n cwictld of ma*fug
aheote ballob for 39 elderly Urcf! rithCIrt thir
p€rrnirxim in tlr 19?8 Demmrlc trhry.

IIrc two have deoied guilt
The convictions were appralcd aod upbeld by

the Alabama Suptme Colrt tb US $preme
Cort r€fused to hear theilt

Mrs. Wild€r lus spent E Utr at tb Soiurr
Ccrter wcting with s€oh dtirttu" Illrr. Bernan,
a t€rcher, is a$igrd to the Mu Oqdy Mcntal
Ilealth 0entcr, whesb tach(rafiIB wi[r learr
ing disabilities.

'Tuh4ee has b6 a ghy fc rtr,'safi IUrs.
Bmnan, sitting Lr her snall dswn in a white
frann hiHing m Chaffi Jam tltn, o the ott-
sldrts of this mdly black city of Um0.

"Itank God fm fri€n& and tnank God fr my
pareaE, who had seven cbihea," & said. "ltly
family has helped me thrug[ this. And when
tlry wercat h€re, tlre hrrc beca hi.n& frur
tlre dludg"

She put lrr hands on ber fre, erclainhg, "And
th mail Yot woHn't beliern it h day I thi*
we gd rnae than S00letters I havtnt bad titrE to
r€ad thn all l@re frun allowrtbwcH"P

On the wdl is a flctre d Jdtr f. K.onsdy
tlrere arc pders with the narm d h shdeG
- Jams, Rob€rt Ifeuv - ad a Hadboard.

MR.S. WnDER, a spry waoaD *b wears rhe
rimrred glases, is tlrc life d tb sia citiua'
grup that meeb my day at tb SoJonm Oenter,
said San&a Cathorq a shtdedatllntego Idihrt€'
wb is int€ilritr8 asa scial rqt€r.

"If yor'tt feeling dmu," the sald, "5tou'don't
stay that ray for lm& lft& With tep erery-Hyr+-*tsrtebhF*-
brightsts their day."

TlEn sh aslrcd, "Does $e have to go back to

Mrny have vbwod ttrreir $ft iD llaoo Gdy
a8 an "erilC'fiun Pi*ens

They bave traveled to different placts in the
stab,but mt totheir harncunty.

Almd lrom the Inflneitt they were whisked
frorn Pllclu Conty to the ftMl€r PrbfrL offi-
ciab bqan wcting o a special rese program
fr thern

Cror. Fob Janp and him Canmissiomn Jo
Hopper m€t with blaA lead€rs sri as Je Ree(.
ctairnan d th Alabama Dansatic Cmfetqrce
and Jobnny Ford. tlE rna!,or of l\degee As a
r€srlt, he wtrma wem barely poo€ssd hto tbe'
prison syslem before being turood oyer to the
Macqr Conty str6iff.

SorrE civil rryhts and wcrm's grup havr pro
clainred tlrc two heminec their sattming in Jan
ury toucned df a 160-mih marchrnotorcade fmm
Canolltoo to ttlmtgourry and lahr lrcn nskege
toWashlngte.

UJRII{G TIIE SUIIIME& Dntch natimal televi-
sln aircd a lGminute segnmt m the twq and Up
Arrriean Enbassy in Arderdam was smamped
witn pde$ lefi€rs ad caUsr said a ryhcunan fc
tb$atc@rtrmr

Tte di$rict atforry for Pidem Coutty, P.It[.
Johrdm, maintaLrcd that the two areguilty.

"I sspect that they'll be parde(" he sald. "And
it won't do any good for me to ralse hell abort
ssnething l can't do anythLg abo[

'&rt I already have god infonnatio that Mrs.
Bwnan played a role in tbe reuil primary ekc.
tktrs, by payrng poll watdrers.

'To me that's a little lurd to uffistard. Ihm's a
penon uppced to be a stale prism and sading
mcry to pay people her€. I fut srppoee it's a
violatiorl but it seerns strange."

Pk*€iB Connty Sih€riff Lode C. Ohman said
he wu mt surprised at the paflle Itearing.

"I figured they'd be getting out before long,"
he said 'Violat€rs haw all th ri$ts. Gmd people
dan't have any."

Cirqrit Judge Clatu Junkin, who presided at
the tdals' said he had m cururrent m tln psi-
bb pamles

WHm{ fiIEY lint arrived in Ttskqee in Jarr
ury, the w(xlEn lrygp essigned tro live h a hailer
m the edge of town, hrt latcr.tEy woe perrnified
to liwin a private horn

'"lVe can't say anotgh abort tle people here,"
said Mrs. Bmrnan- "Im grateful ttat there are
elected dfrciah who arc aware of he problens of
blad folts Tte shgitr and his $aff have been m
gmd to trs

i'They don't flout their power and authority.
fud the mayor o[ T\skege, hb staff, th couits
cil, how good 0rirw been to us lte}/rn Ueated
me lile a little.schml girl."

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Board paroles
Pickens pair
By DANNY LEWts
Advcr{rer Stoft Wriler

Two Pickens County women con-
victed of voting fraud and briefly
imprirooed in January could return
to tbelr homes next week following
the state parole board's unanimoui
vote Monday to parole them.

Ite thrce,member Board of par-

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Paroles voted to parole

Meggle Bozeman, Sl, and Julia Wil-
$cr, ?0, lolloring a brief public hear-
uu.

Slr people attended the hearing to
asl the boerd to grant paroles to-the
txo- tomon, who have been on a
r.orl-release program in Tuskegee
rince they were released Jan. 22
Irom Julia Tutwiler prison for Wtrnr-
en in tVetumpka.

. Tbc tro were arrested rn Novem_
bcr- lt?t rrd charged with fraudulentatl illegal voting in connec,tion with
tIe. msrllng of 19 absentee votes
wtutout- -gaining the approval of
elderly blacks whonr they assisterl

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Thq two black w<lmen were con-

yicld 9f voring fraud Uy a[-wtriie
June3 in separate pickens Countv
trials.

fire case was the subject of a

lrTH of appeats, inctuOing an eitrl io have the U.S. Supremt Court
review it.
- Following the Supreme Court,s re-Iusat to consider the case, Mrs.
uozeman and Mrs. Wilder were sen_

tenr:ed Jan. ll to lour-year and five-
year terms, respectively.

They served ll days in Tutwrler
Prison before being placed on the
work release programs after blaek
legislators met with Gov. Fob James
to ask him to help the two women.

...Pickens . County Circuit Judge(llatus Junkin, who tried the case"s.
and Distriet Attorney p.M. John-
ston, who prosecuted them, have
previou.sly said they would not object
to paroling the two women.
. While in T\skegee, Mrs Witder
has served as an aide at a senior
citizens' nutrition site and Mrs
Bozeman as a teaeher at a mental
retardation r:enter.

The convictions anrl rurprisonmenl
ot the two sparked a natronal outcry
1nd qrgmnte{ a t?{a1. r.ivit righti
march from Carrollton to Vontgim_
ery last winter

Followrng the parole boarrl.s ac-tron board members sard lrlrs Wil-
dt.r wrll be lree to return to l)ickens
Oounty on Mondal, and that Mri-
liozeman also can ieturn by Munar.v
rl a suitable job is located iu, f,". Uj,
then.

Mrs. Bozeman is required to have
a J()b as une of the conditions of herpatole. Mrs. Wilder wilt not be :e-r;uired to work because she is re_
rrred, according to Board Chairman
r.aron [ambert.

JULIA WILDER

MAGGIE BOZEMAN
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Pisl.cns CL)ur'ltv.

Tht'y' .rrc Juli.r \\'iltlc'r, 69, prcsicicrrt of thc Picl.t'rts Counn'
Votcrs Lcague and ,n rillicer of thc local SCLC, and i\laggie

Bozcnrarr, 5 l, presidr'rrt of tlrc locai N"\ACP.

l\ls. \\'ildtr and i\ls. Bozcmln, rrho livc in Alicr'lille, Ala.,
were arrr"'str'd in Novr-'nrber,'l 978. Thr'technical ch.rrge agJinst
tlrcnr is "rotr' [rrud." \!'hlt. thc\'\r!'rc actuall\,doirtg rvas help-
in,: cldcrlr \'()tL'rs un!j!rstand thc' blllot and vote.

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CONVTCTS

Tl..e)'w.-rc convictcd by an all-rvhite jury in 1979. i\1s.

Wildr'r rvJS se-ntc'nccd to five vcars, ,rnd l!ls. Bozernan to four
yr'ars. Nls. Bozernan u'as also fircd from the teaching job she

had hcld 27 years.

Thc convictions \!ei'c appealcd to the Alabama Cou!'t of
Criminrl Appclls, uhich uphcid ihenr, and to the Alabama
Suprenrc' Court, rvhich rJfuled to review. ln November of this
ye:ir, thc U.S. Suprcme Court rclusrd to hear the cases. Their
lawl'er, Soicmon Seay of Nlontgomcry. moved ftlr suspension

of sentences, anci a hcaring was set for Dccember 'l 
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FRIENDS FILL THE COURTROOI\I

lVhen the day for the hearing came, the courtroom in Car-

rollton, Ala., the Pickens County sca!, was packed rvith sup-
porters of the wornen. Circuit Judge Clatus Junkin postponed
the hearing until January I l. l-lowever, local observers dcubt
that he is planning to suspend the sentcnces.

pickens county, *n,.; lr.r";,1*.r, o, Birmingham near

the Mississippi line, is 40 pcrcent Black. lt has no Black elected
officials except mayors of tirr1, all-Black towns. lvls. 

"Vilder 
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Ms. Bozcmans arc life-long residcnts of the area and have iong
been active against injusiicc.
.MY WAKING.UP PERIOD'

"1968 was my waking-up period," i\ls. Wilder has said. "We
were trying to get Black cashiers hircd at Piggly-Wiggly. We

had a march, rnd l3 oi us wcnt to iail. I was thc oldost."
Ms. Bozcman dcscribcs what was happening in 1978: "We

had a big rc,{istration urivc. and Black candicl.rtc', running for
officc. The pr>litie i.rns wcrc cspcci.rill, afrlid of the young wo-

man wc ran lor Schut-rl Bolrtl .tg.tinst a white bankcr. As it
tunrL'd out, shc only lost ol l06 votc5, too."

As p.rrt ot' the carnp.rigrr, Votcrs Lc.rguc mcrnl:crs went to
thc humcs of housc-tround cldcrly citizcns, took abrentcc

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l\laggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder

ballots, and if necessan' helped those who could not read or
write iill them out - all perfectly legal, according to Atlorner'
Seay, if the voters wishes were follorved.

ARRESTED ON ELECTION.EVE

lvls. Wilder and N1s. Bozeman rvere charged with "fraud" in
connection rvith 39 of those ballots. The oifenscs wcrc aileged

to have occurred in the primary run-off. Officials waited until
the day before the general election to make the arrests.

'They picked me uD at school -- lust as lwas coming in
from the playground with my kids," says l\1s. Bozcnran.
"There were fir.e police cars - like I was r criminal."

At the trials, the state subpoenaed many rrf the elderly
voters. According to Attorney Seay, all but one of them testi-
fied on cross-examination that thev knew exactly what they
were doing and that the ballots were rnarked as they wished.

ELDERLY VOTERS WITHSTAND PRESSURE

"One womon testified that she didn't know what the voting
was all about," Seay reported. "The State Court of Appeals
said the evidence was'confusing'irut the tcstin'lony of that
one woman was sufficient for the .jury to convict."

Courtroom pressure on the elderly voters was intense. One
of them, Lou Sommerville, 95, reccntly dcscribcd it:

'The lawyer said to me, didn't Ms. Bozernan comc to mv

housc and try to make me lct her fix up my bailot. lt w.rsn't

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true. So I told him l'rn the Lord'schild,and tht-'Lord doc'sn't

wirnt a lie'. I r;rid I h,trr'to tcll thc trulll. Nrr nllltLlr itou'ntltry

tinrc's thcy' ask mc, I'll kccp tcllirlg, thr' truih."

A PATTERN OF HARASSI\IENT

Thc ch.rrgcs ag.iinst 11s. \\'ilclcr lnd [1:. B(rrt'nlin ,lre not en

isolated incident. Just last year, a young BIac[: man in Pickcns

County, !Villic Davis, was chargcd with disordcrly conduct for

explaining the ballot to votcrs.

When l\1s. Bozeman picked up abscntec ballots that year,

she said the sheriff said to her: "You'rc gctting some more of
them. Maggie Bozeman will gct them to vote if she has to vote

them herself. Wc're going to 8et you this timc'."

ADDING INSULT TO lN'URY

At the time of the wontcn's Decembcr hcaring, local district
attorney P.M. Johnston told the news media in Birmingham :

"They could have been arrestcd on othcr chlrgcs sincc their

conviction. Their efforts at the polls havc corrtinu,-'d. Thcl'

aren't satisfied with voting themselves. They have been bring'

ing people into the polling placcs, watching them vote, insist-

ing that they be allowed to assist people."

lmmediately after December l,local officials added insult

to iniury. They sent Ms. Wilder and !ls. Bozeman lettcrs ielling

them their owl, names had bcen removed from the voting rolls

because the conviction was upheld.

BUT THEY WON'T GIVE UP

But the two women aren't giving up. "No matter how

rough it gets, l'm going to be here," lvls. Wilder said recently.

Ms. Bozeman, in addition to continuing voter registration and

cducation work, constantly app('ars beforc locrl qo\('rr'rlrl{

bodic's -- Citv Cttuncil, Crtuht\/Cotrtnrissirln. Bo.tr.l tlt [-.ilri.i'
tiJn - to protcst r'.trious torms of discrinrinatitlrr.

Anrong thosr' sho cJmr' to Pic[r'ns CounN' to :upp-'er1 ;1,.'

wonrcn at the tinlc of the Deccnrber I hc.rring wcrr.' Si.rcl.

elr"'cIr'ri otliciais t'rom l0 surrounding count.i!'s, Alabarn.t Dr'-

mocratic Conference Chairman .f oe Reed, NAACP southeast-

ern dirc'ctor Earl T. Shinhoster, SCLC leaders President .f ost'ph

Lowery, Rev. John Nettles, Rev. R.B. Cottonreader; repre-

sL'ntatives of the Federation of Southern Co-ops, Alrb.rma
Hungc'r Coalition, the Equal Rights Congress, the SouthL'rn

Organizing Committee, and other groups.

SCLC CALLS FOR NEW REGISTRAT]ON DRIVE

Thcre is a legend that the face of a Black man lynchcd in

Pickens County after the Civil War can be seen in the w'indou'

of the courthouse in Carrollton. After the Dec' 
.1 

court st'ssion,

Dr. Lowerv told those who had g.lthered:

'These two women were politically lynched. We came here

to be on their side. We are going to launch the biggest votc'r-

registration drive ever seen in Pickens County. "

You can express your opinion of this situation by wriling

Judge Ciatus Junkin, Pickens County Courthous':, Carrolltoir,

AL35447. JudY Hond & Anne Brcden

ir:!
,'l::"::"t;ty

HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP THIS INJUSTICE

Obviously, Judge Clatus Junkin needs to hear from many, many people, telling him that
the cases of Ms. Bozeman and Ms. Wilder are a disgrace to Alabama and the nation and that
he should set aside the convictions. Write your own letter, and urge organizations to write.

You can help financially too. Victims in cases like this are too often crushed economical'

ly even if they escape jail. Ms. Wilder's financial situation has not changed greatly since the

arrests, because she is an elderly widow living on a small pension. But Ms. Bozeman has had

no regutar income since she was fired from her teaching job of 27 years. The National Edu-

cation Association helped for a while, but that has run out. You can help her survive while

she fights by sending her a contribution at Box T, Aliceville, AL35/,42.

And this case points up dramaticalty the need to get the Voting Rights Act renewal

through the U.S. Senate, unamended. lf Deep South officials are harassing voting'rigltts
workers with the Act in effect, one can imagine the consequences if it is not renewed or is
weakened. Contact your senators and build support for the Act in your community.

Thlr rrticlc epPorr.d originally, in condenred form, in Sottth(rn l:lqhthuck,

nawtlctter ol rhc Sourhern Organiring Committo. lor Economic & Socirl Ju(icr (SOCI

copior ol thit llier mry be ordered lrom soc, P.o. Bor 811, Birmingham, AL 352O1,

or P,O. Box 11308. Louisvillc, KY 40211.



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"Ther raised rhose iss':ls in ihe Ccuit of

Crimtr:il A::eals. the Alabarna Su;:e:::e
Courr and tii U.S. Suorerne Court arci aur

ooirticn was upheltl"'sard the Clstric"
Ittorn.t. "So I m satisfied the case ts

sound."
Seav. a )lonrgomeri' a'-torne:r, acnilted

11igsg !rere 'tt'chntcal errors" tn lhe '*av

ii" Urtto,. xere hancled. but said tire
wo:'nei hrd no criminal tntent'

::ii at.* out of thcrr \r()rliinq wtli aqed

anC in:irm Persons and asststi:( :nen l'o
cast ti'terr absentee baiiot:s." he s'aid'

"There were some technical errors rn

the wav rhel' handled the appllcaiiolls'
which ih rn1,' ;udgmcnt drd not a:'11'iu0t to

frauC.' tre 
-sa:0. "ln rnv .ludgrncnt, there

$'as nu crtnlt:ral lnten!."

St'a1' said be belie"es the pr'.rs(cu.tl')n'

,r,i, li.t of ln cf f url to '* caktn 
"Ic 

blick..
vuttng bl(x tn the cuuntv'

.l, rn [i<i t-r i * ,i- *-
li \a' LV/' H Li qp'\=/ il .'

!
''TL.,:r' se€l:1s to re in c{f rr: io :'c::rr'

\ c,i lia. he saio.
ScJ;.' satd lhe '.rorntr do not btl' :

itl p:u.on.

'I
to

Con vicfed of vof e fre ad

Two \A/osmem Hil
['l:l'-'{ l'rr':: lr';

C.\RIIOLLT(l\ - T*'o blaci: wor:ren

mav go to prison todas for rote fraud,
but'their atlornc!'saic thel' bad no cil:ri-
nal intent - just a Cesire to resls'.er
blacks to vote.

Julia \tilCer. ?0. and }laggie Bozeman.

in her late i0s. both oi Alicevrile, ser€
convicted last 1'ear of vote fiaud !n the
casting of 39 abscntee votes aliegedly cast
illegally.

T'he iwo have been sentenced to fcur'
vear srison ierms. but Picse;s Coun"v
Cireuii Judae Cle:-tus Junkin is expetted
tc rule toda-v cn a motion the)' be granted
oroba tton.' District Attornev P.\1. "Pep" Jchr.stcn

seid there urs nothing unusuai about t::e

case. despite charges the prosc"cu''ion of
the women was ao altempl to kecp blacks
from the ballot box.

"They rlere eonvieted of marking, the

Uallots, having them noiorized fraudu'
i;it 6]' sonneine rvho did not kno*' rhe

,ot"it, ind rhen returnlng the bailo"s"' he

said.
Johnston said there is no attempt tn

Pi"kont County to kecp black voters lrr:m

F.t\J

"lt '.rould eerurnlv be a:: injus:ict
put :itL'!'n in prison," he said. "Lt:
assu:le thit rqhal ihe:; Cld qls'*rc:q i

u-.e f act ts ',iie!' cio wlia! lheS trrlugr," ::
had :he riglit to do."

Johostoo said he opposes Proba:
bc<ause he trieC unsuccessfulil' for :

:,'ears to reach an agrternent "that *'
La','e pt.t'ented'.heir golsg to prlsoll ''

akb. he said. their efforls at thrl rr
have conttnued since thelr conviction'

, "Thev aren't satisiled $ith ''"otinq l::
.'seives.': he said. aCCing that tht"' c''
have been ;rrrested on other charqcs st:

LLe convtctton.

''"Th.., 
have bc'en brinqinA people r:

tte p,:i'lrr:; plaees. $atc;il;lB thcrn r'
insist:ng tiev be ;riloxc"d to assi:t p''"'l:'

he said. "\\'e've avoiled r:taktl{:'
arres:s. just so !he rmclicatrrrn oI r:"
iii.rf ..tn"" won't bc rntcndcd.''



Piciiens Cbuntr Adr.erriser . fhursdal. December 3. tgEl

(jrt'cnc ('r'trnlics lrrrrl hr tliqlritancs
ol'thc N..\A('p and SCLC. Orcr lu()
[t(r,l)lc h;rtl {.ltllr,ri.(l ill l,]t,etrtlrlr,'(',ll trf tht, ('.rr t,,llf,,n
(','rr111,,,,,r" trv lhc trrnc tht. hcurirrrl
h('tiut. neilfl\. an lt,,rrr Lrtt..

.(.'irt.uit .lutlqc ('latur .lunLrn mct
rr ith [)isrrirr An,,1n1,1. p. l\1.
.L'lrn s t on a nd t hc tlcl c n rll nt s.

GremQff, Wilder sppeols de n6d
h_v l)oug Snnders Jr.

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ht. [.'.S. Srrpr,,nre (i,un ,,n 11,ru.l6 rl,:r:rr-.ri rlre appcal of Mrs.
1l.a1.ri,.J. fl,r(nrar and Julia R.
Wilrl, r. Iury ,lliccville women
convirtr.tl ll volr. frau<l in pickcns
(i'unrv ( ir,.rrit ( ou6 in 1979. Aprr,Ix1i,,n l:t.arinr firr the pair was
begun Monday and continued until
Jan. I l.

.llt,zs61np anrl Wildcr u,crc indict-
c<l bv lhc I)ick,..ns (i,un11.6r.,,,,1
Jurv in l97tt. Wildr.,r 

"r, ,ri"J i,,
J;rnulrri-, I979. and Ihrzcnran u,ts
[rit'tl in Novcrnhcr. 1979. Ilr,tf; p.,,r..
cltarqerl wilh lhrt,t. coulrts ol. volirrrl
frarrrl in crrnnectiln with .1,)
fraurlulcnl brllrt,,1ln1 rverc votcri in
a- 

. 
Sr:ptcnrbcr. lg78 Dcnrocratic

Printarv runolf irr Pickcns Gruntv.

Wildcr u as \t,trtcnce(l Io lj1.a ,,a.r..
in prisln: [},zcrnun n,,.; tir,",i li,ur

l',Cllrs.

^.lI'zt'ntrn is pt.esitlt.rrt of tht
Aliecvillc.( ur.rr'lllorr Ilrurrt.h ol. lhc
ry41('1,. lrrtl Wil<lcr is a lctrlcr ,rf
lltt' Pickcns (',,urrtv Brarrch ol. thc
5('LC. 'l ht'ir l)ti,h1111111 ircarinq uas
:tllcttrlt'tl [rr'. lt l;rrqc qrrrur ()f
\tlpJrorlcr\ lnr111 t,ir.ki,ns and

his ruline un(il a latcr dare. Further
lestimonr u.orrld not bc offered bv
eithcr Br,zcntan or \Vildcr.

ln lhe counr,rt,nt, Seav frrrmallv
prcscnted his rcqucst to Judg'
Junkin. Junkin said he u.r,uld rule
on lhe two's requcst for probation
on Jan. ll.

Appeols denied
(Continred frou page t\

all()rn('vs. Solonrtrn Scav Jr. and .1.

L. ('hcstnuft. in a pre.rrial
confar,'r',aa for ahortt .15 minutes
Mondlv nrorning. Ae cording t,r
.lo[1s1q111. the two altorncvs asked
thc judec for tintc to prescnt other
alternatives to the court and to defer



. PICKENS COUNTY HERALD, Thure., December 3, lgEl

f. I

In Bo z enr an, Vil d er cose

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(*t*:::Tx",:,'i:.I*

J.rdge dclirys rulingtilJan. tl
A date ofJanuary ll, 1982

has been set by pickens
County Circuit Judge Clatus
Junkin to rule on an
application for probation in
the cases of the State of
Alabama versus Maggie
Bozeman and the State of
Alabama versus Julia
Wilder.

ton, Mrs. Bozeman's and

Mrs. Wilder's attorney,
Solomon Seay of Montgo-
mery, told Judge Junkin he
would like to have more time
to present other alternatives
to the court and asked the
court to defer the rulings. He
also said he declined to offer
testimony.

On November t6, the
United States Supreme Court
denied the appeal of Mrs.
Bozeman and Mrs. Wilder.

who have both been
convicted of casting 39
fradulent ballots in the
election of 1978.

In Circuit Court in 1979,
both ladies were ried and
Mrs. Bozeman was sentenc-
ed to four years and Mrs.
Wilder to five years, with
their sentence appeated.

Nearly 200 spectators were
on hand in the courtroom
Tuesday morning when the
ruling date was delayed.

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6604
Camp

Temp'le Hi l'l Road
Springs, Maryland 20748

December 4' l98l

Mr. Pau'l Hancock
Deputy Section Chief
Voting Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
United Slates Department of Justice
Washingtor, D. C.20530

Dear Mr. Hancock:

This letter is being sent to you on behalf of Maggie-Bozemal., ryil1ie Davis, and

Julia l|Iilder ot nt.ideville, Aiabami. It is my uiiier that their civ'i1 rights
have been violated OV otfliials of Pickens County,.Alabamar , in addition' my

lnformation inaicitei potentiai;'iotations of tnl voting Rights Act'in eiections
held in IgTg and iggo in pickens county and probable harrassment of these three

inaiviauals and 
-otfrer 

Black c'it'izens attempting to regi ster and vote'

Pickens county, acccrding to my information, has never had a Black e'lected

official and, I believe, had no Black deputy registrars 'in 'its, 1978 and 
.|980

elections despite repeated requeiti frorn'th; loaai branch of the NAACP' In

assisting elderiy, illiterate_c'itizens to vote 'in a runoff election in 1978

U,;;-nii nave Utin'p.oi.Outii violations in carrying completed absentee

ballots to a Bli.[ n6ti.v pubi'ic in Tuscaloosa, outside Pickens countv, for
notarization, uui.-t i* conrtnceci from reao'ing-the transcripts in the Bozeman

and Wilder cases that any errors l'rere those 6t iuagment rather.than intent'
and cornmitted in tn. fac! of continuing noncoop-raiion by local election of-
ficials, and tfrit'any Jirect viotation was that of the notary pubiic' who

n6taiii"a the balloti in the absence of the signers.

In l,lrs. Bozeman,s case, the transcrint i1d]cates her presence in a group of
four or tfve peopl.,-Uut no inaiiit:on that she vras a spokesperson or carried
the ballots for !ig"uiri.. It'is my understanding that Mrs' Bozeman was not

ln fact at that iigning, because-sni was teaching and in schoo'l that day'

Unfortunate)y, no diosi-examinuiion chajlenged the notary's statements nor

were any witnesses presented for the defense. In addition, my reading of the

i"intiiipi inai.ate! no dtrect connection and no presenc-e by Mrs' Bozeman

,i.ii-ir,.'uailoti-weie signed in the testirnony ot each of the nine witnesses

(of 39 challenged ballots) in the case'

Desplte thiS, Mrs. Bozeman was sentenced to four years on a felony conviction

by the a1_whitl-jriv.- ttis. iriiaer and Mr. Davis rvere sentenced to five years

cach, and charg.r"*"i" dropped ;;;i";l-".fourth defendant. 0n appeal, we had

understood the Alabama Supreme C6r"i would overturn Mrs' Bozeman's conviction'
but certiorari was oenied and no-opportunity for further presentation was

aval I abl e.



2.

As you know, the united States supreme court also denied cert' in the last two

ueeks. At a hearing on Tuesday,-61rl""u."-r,.,:uage claytus Junkin postponed

l,lrs. Bozeman's 
jlilriti." untt l-: ;;;;lng .oura ue-nerd" on Januarv '11 

' I982' In

the meantime, d.oniid".uble nurnber of itat..nd national organizations have

become involr.A ii"i.;ki;g'io aeiend the three individuals'

The civir Rights Division has.-received compraints about erection violations in
prckens county in rhe past. r,r"il-gii"min ino lirs. I,rirder are orominent civil
rlghts leaders in the county'q;; iiiiu*tntt nu'"'aiieg-e-qlv been made bv prin-

crpars in the.ir"-iiui-th;ii inient is to get them "oif'the streets" in re-

taliation ro" tnui.-i"ia.iinip ii'giuaiuiiv=rdring tn" countv into compiiance

;iih-;Gte and ieaetui nondiscriminat'ion laws'

t have also enclosed copies of.three documents for your consideration' The

frrst is the testimony of Haggi"'boi."un before in.-House Judiciary Subcomnittee

on civir and coriiiirtionar nighti.--Tl" second'is an article bv Representatlve

Henry Hyde of iii;;;;; iiiine her testimony. The third is a notarized state-

rEnt by a proteiio"-oi Law a[ th; U;iversiiy of Aiabama reoortino on attempts

to serve a warrant on a deout-r'ri..iii-oi iicr.ens corntv *ho becine v'iolent

after another pioi.iio" took a;;;il;; it-!ir.tak'ins pictures of Black voters'

rt is my beiief ihat the eventr-"upo.tud ployia"-jritification for intervention

by the civ.ii Rights Division ,uitn-."r0".t'both to"ine aileged violations of *'he

ybttns Rishrs eli"ini'ippi"unt ,ioi;ii;;a or tne-civii Risnts Act in preventins

the exerclre oi"ionri.iiliionui ;i;hG bi citizens of Pickens countv'

SlncerelY'

"{hA"/*.-
Boyd Bosma

enclosures

cc: Haggie Bozeman
Joe Reed
Eeverly Cole
BoYd Lewis
JosePh LowerY
Anne Braden

' BobbY Doctor
Howaid Carroll
Solomon SeaY

Reo. HenrY HYde
Reb. John conYers
Jlm tlilliams
George Hairston
Earl Shinhoster
Tyrone Pi tts
Thomas Reed

Martlyn C'lement

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TESI'D0IIY ol"

MAGGII' BOZtr.lN

PICXENS COU}TI"i, AIAP,IT'!\

EEIDRE TIIE IIOUSE JI.IDICIAN SUKJ:i'1ITi.EE

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CIWL AIS g}\S].TIUTIO\AL RIGTTS

JUNE 12, 1981

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IE@LLECTIONS OF THE
(Present : mYself.
atrd several other

INTERVIEI.' WITII IUDGE C1AYTUS
Judge Junkin , t'r';''8Y Dobb ins 'ladies from AIiceviIl'e)

JUNKIN. FAYETTE
Maggie 6oE^r(n. Jul"{ aAi't'at

.lle trrlved at Fayette early ln the afcernoon. havlng drlven from

Gerrollton because the circuit clerk there lnformed us Chat, on orders of

JUdge Junkin (the Clrcuit Judge), gLven him thaC very oorning' no'qtarra:l'

could lssue for the arrest of an officer of the peace in that circuit

rnless lt caoe from the clrcuit Judge.hiuself. lJe expected eicher a

ehllly recePtioo' or no recePtion at all, -but' to my surprlse Judge Junkln

took.qsintohisofficeiuoediacelyuPonourarrival.Werreretherefc:
rt least an hour, causing Judge Jtmkin to fail to. begin on tiEe soEe so:i

ofprocee.dingwhichhadbeensetfor3:00.IwouldestiEEteourEiaeo:
lncenrlew aE betrreen an hour and an hour and Ewenty minutes' l'le left

. etor.nrd 3:15 P.o.

Pe.tgy-beg1n the inEerview by aski-ng the Judge to issue a warrant

for.the FayeEte f1-eutV'" -"4""".,-tellinq .h-tra :h":-we -trad 
been.directed :o

blr office by the people ln carrolton. My recollection is that Jucge j":t-

klnaskedreggyEoexplaintohimjustg'hatshewastalkingabouc,and
?egIybegantorecountthedecailsaElensth.JudgeJrrrrkinconEinually
lnterrsptedher,andiEsoonbecameclearthatJudgeJunkinhadbeenve:;r
fully lnformed of the faccs from the point of view of the deputy' AE cr'e

-voluntarily 
^rr^^--itr^ r!^>i^'

eorr,t'iliiiiiiiila us'EhaE the coornandanc of the Aliceville Nacional Gua:c

Aruory (the place where the incident in question took place) uas going :o '

back up the deputy's version' and that Ehe deputy's version uas thaE Peiay

uls causlng a disturbance and refused to leave.' At no tiEe did Judge J'::t-

' L1o ever appear co recognize that the version of the faccs shich had thus

Dccn senE to hiu throuSh the normal pipeline urighc be incorrect' Hc reiuse

to lccepE or cotrnrenance any fact alleged by Peggy which might contradicc

orcalllnEoquestionthestoryorcheconduccoftheAlicevilledcpucy.

---.lle repeatedry-nored rhe hotheaded.irascibility uhichPpggy had encountered'

.--.rpokcto.aomeleng,chaboutghac.r,eknerrofE,hedepuEy,spast-.offered.che

.... tffldavlts of vltnesses, and.recounted a qulte dl-fferenc. sec- of facts'

Judge.Junklnreaainedrelativelycalo.actelEPcedtododgesooefactsby
lrrryerty wordplay, and fa11e8 to ovGlly reJect et least sooe points of Pegg

.tot7tbut.heessentiallydidnotbudgefiomthedeputy.estorynor.dldhe

. Gall ua uhy thlc partlcular cvldence ualt ao perauaalve to hlo' ;1.
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' Judge Junkin dld. however. dlsplay some raEher remarkable atCltudes

and attcmpted. rlght there before our very eyes. to Place before us the

- type of whlte-folks' conununal exptanaCton ("we're really doln'the besC

r .---.16 Can. and wetre advanctn Just flne, we'll Cake CCfo Of ouf O$I , ond
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.. - rlders IFayecte is further from Alicevllle than ls Tuscaloosa] Cellin us

. bou t,Q run Ehings") which seems typical. of the present-day rural uhite

- .ilcls.t- sentiment. in thts area. - At one-poinc-Peggy, absolutely incredulous,

utro had not lost her temper through all of Judge Junkin's antl-black'
antl-t omen '

.. antl-ltaggf;,;;;;i:oucsider, anti-integrationist. anci-college professor

low-key tirades, who had not even lost.her temper when- she.objected to

-.__Jrdqu-.Junkin's 
constant i.nterrupti?1" "! lrer 1nd.JYde:-Junkin E instantl:-

_ (ln a_.louder "?i::l i.:t::=_YPt:9 l.l ::- T"]":i that- Jre -did 3oc make a habic

of lnterrupting people--Peggy said "You really believe all that, don'E youl"

. Judge Junkin did everything possible short of threaEening overt vio-

lence (and we had expected, I guess, Eore of thac sort of display chan the

] rubtle and-complex'battery o'f-socLai--a.f.n"""-tr. ""t.r"rry u.""gtt ion"'"rd)-

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jf-.todeflectorcauseustoscoPPursuingourlegalremedy.Heusedthelau,

be used social argrments, he used political tacEics, he bullied us'

Ttre Judge on the one hand noted that he had been elected wich a large

"' eircrrnt of black support, and attempted to present himself as one of Ehe more

'-'forrrard-looking people in an emerging inEerracial community in the area'

'---- trytng earnestly to convince us that haroony ulas at long lasC belng esEab-

-"llehed beEween the races of Pickens county on a muEually agreeable, progres-

. ' - tlve basls. ending with the age-o1d line thaE'such progress would ineviCab-

---ly continue unless it was disturbed by nosy outsiders; uy interjection Char

-..the Fifteenth Amendment's guarantee of the vote had failed to.BeE much en-

---.forcement localIy unEil agltation began and contlnued--remaining unen-

--.forced and violated on a total basis for 90 years--drew from him not ghe

-rltghresc 
in<iicagion of remorse-or-recogntEion EbaE. such lllegal cacEtcs ' -

--.produce a-lot of itt-ritl amongst-Ehe. deprlved, but only- a rePeat' of 'his --

-.Deslc 
Etory EhaE things were now S,eCCtng better' He dld not think Chey were

..-. . tcttlnS better throug,h the act,.otrs of people.like Mrs Bozeoan and Mrs Wtlder,

.. .. horever. onty through che actlons of people llke Judge Junkln and che ocher

tut on the other hand the. Judge revealed na" atr"'"orot" often enough'



. Hc called l,trs Bozeman "Maggie" and Hrs lJllder "Ju118" throughout our lltay

ln hte offlce. even uhen recowrtlng his sevcral electioneerin8 cups of

. coffee at llrs Bozemanfs. house,.and'even directly after speaking to or cf

]-.frofussor Dobbins." [Hrs Bozeoan and Hrs Wilder returned the fsvor by

--referrlng to hir di=."tly or indirectly as "claytua".J lle trled to

drlve a wedge beiween us otl racist lines by informin8 us of the felony

"-"cqrvlctions of the two black ladies, convictions rrhich had occurred in hls

eourd and which (as Mrs Bozeoan instantly reminded him) were on appeal

-end'thus were neither final nor sooething fit for such judicial, biasei --'

. -'couoencary at such a ti-me: the Judge's rnessage uas clear, that good fo-kS

-- dld not believ. or "orriort 
with or even atteEPt Co help convicted felor's'

.- ..f,e brought this matter uP very edrly in our inter.rriew, accordinS to Ey

.- --Dtoory, and brought it uP a couple Dore tiEes despite Mrs Bozeoan's ob;eC-

._.tlonstoitsrelevancyandtoltspropriety(asjustuentioned)..Heccr..

' -'jtantly used the tone. in talking wich PegBy' of asconi'shment that an
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....educatedsouthernwhiteladywouldspendsoouchtimenandplaceso=.uc3

-- trust-ln this sort of black.folks. -.After disaissing us, at 'the inEerv:=w'S

--*".-cnd,-he-caughE-and-asko.t 
me t6-stay 2fgcr thp ladr'es--hadjeia-in-a-filal--'

Ittempt to discredit such folks as ltaggie Bozeman and Julia wilder' whc

.(hesaid)hadbadrePutationsasliarsandtroubleoakersinchePickens
co@unlty. (This was a clear acceEPE to drive one wedge beEween the scie

.. -by giving.the appearance irf coopting their larryer through the usual in::a-

' professional cameraderie').TheJudgewasabitnonplussedbynyPresence.IuastreaEedwiE:1

8 great deal more deference and some resPect' and was addressed (al:hou;h
.ta

roocBimes rd-.h a querulous tone of voiCe) as "lltister" or "Professor Hol:'"
^ - trthe

ftre Judge made a lengthy actemPt to pick lawyerly nits with tne ove

lcgal definition of,.assault and battery,.'3E one poinc rising unexpec:edly

(butnotthreatening}y)fromhischair.stridinglnag:reatcirclea=e.=d

Lls office, and pinching ure lightly on Ey lefc shoulder. 
-i\'Ias that a

-bettery?.. 
he queried, as Ehou8h ge were in Crioinal 

.Lau class back ag lau

-- ichool. I Ealnrained chac police officers could be guilty of battery ;ust

llkeanyoneelseiftheyactedoutsideorbeyondthescopeoftheirdut;r.

.' thrt the example he ralsed sas trtvial and obscurantistic' and that at'

'' lcest "battery" wag a ouch better &flned criminal action than uas "ouE-

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. rtdb agltatlon." which the Judge had Just serlously accused Peggy of.
. Jucr 8s though 1r were a crlme on the O".n:o:j.11abama. IAC one poinc

. - the.Judge ceased talking, became visibly l6i:llEx-iix and shouted "Is t].ere

a tape recorder here? Do any of you have a taPe recorder golng?" ani upon

- .l our chorus of pegative, surprised responses conclnued "Then why is sle

.- (referrlng to Peggy, who had, not surprisingly, been interruPted in her

- . teaponse to one of his questions by this outbursC) Calking so loud?" I

....responded "Probably because she's so agitatedf', but only Mrs Bozenrn

.- .thought my Pun tas very humorous. Judge jUnkln paid.it no notice.l

...The Judge ceased playing legal word-games and returned to the aEtack.

- .. Later.he asked me whether I thought deputy sheriffs should be 1ia51e in

._..3uch uncertain and dangerous circumstances as.these. I replied that l

.....gh"ygtq that the worst 9r_iqg of_ a!1 -"a:._t!g gis.u_s.9 o_f force-and the Law.

. . by officers of the law. I referred to- the terrible exauple seE .srhen offi-

_. c:r" .srrorn to uphold the law. o.penlY a1d-hgtheadedly.v_iolate. the law, =an-

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hanfllng tl. ci-tizenry in Ehe process.. 

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sencinenEs 1:rile
the short time at the end of the session when Judge Junkin corralled =e

elone wlth him. So far as I could tell, he refused Eo accePE even the
d.,*tt

possibility thaE the^sheriff had done anything wrong, or could have tr-d,er

the "circumstances,; Judge JUnkin's only resPonse of substance thai I can

recalt Lras something like "WeIl if that's right, professor, then we'11' have

every policeman being hauled inEo court all the time for tire mosE cri'.'ial

of actlvities." It seemed to me that Judge Junkin had jusE adoiCted i.cw

llttle JusEice one might expect aE the hands of the law in his area, b:rt

I dtd not say so to his face. It rras not so ouch that Judge Junkin could

Dot recog,nize this danger to the body politic: his social posicion ltas so

precarious, in Pickens County, that he was unable to imagine anY actic:l of

e deputy's. being extisxxh}'r illegal. "La! and order" meant order.
:fhe main thrust, however. of Judge Junlcin's remarks eras aE Peggv. I

hrvc elready allucied co his conEinuous incerrupcion of.her narracive a:rd . -

.fcsponses. Judge Junkin was clearly.upset aE the appearance on che Pickens
tAil<-

tccne of a^female coll.ege professor outside agltaCor, and in oany rays he

repeatcd this message to Peggy a:rd to the resc of us.-.It was clear thar

the Judge had no ldea rhat local condltions mlght have contribuced to the

Gvent ln qucstion. Hc lald heavy blame on outelders who come lnto backvard

arcrr and dlsturb or agltate (a trord he used- over -and over) -the locals. He

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' lntiurated that Peggy's car and ll.censc plaEe were well known to che plckens

.uthorltles, hlntlng (although not, to ury meoory,, saying oucnlght) that
i -''Pe8gy wae carefully uatched when she vlsited Plckens county. He tteraced

i ' the polnt that college professors should scay at hooe and ceach (making thls

. pl.aces and fomenE discord. lPeggy attempted to explaln that she was.a

.trained professional sociologist, and that much of her work in pickens

County,.including the events direccly preceding the.assault upon her by

-.-. the sherlff's deputy, ttas field work and the gachering of informacion and

. -.9b.9qryations. 
So far as I recall, this link becween Peggy's profession

-._-:td her- presence in Pickens County aade absolutely no impression on Ehe

Jydg": J He made it clear thac Peggy was unwelcome in Pi.ckens 
-and had best

. _::I:l _her s1e9 when there, 
_lh?re-h -*h"1 ].:s-ql ::I:q htr.,L.:ler. he was

\ threatening her or outright celling her not to cone back Eo pickens County

.- . l.Ot. Junkin refused to accept such an undersranaing of iis (I choughr)

. rather blunt and direct remarks. At one poinE he at.Eempted to make out '
that "agitation" lras a crime in Alabama. or atat least that is what I, a, y_ se wraqL !, d

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latryer, goc the clear impression he was saying. rt was my impres"ion itrlt
. Judge Junkin was as uPset over Peggy's being a souEhern white woman as he
u8a over her "agitative" acci.vities, especially since peggy iteraEed her
theme that she did not want persons (white young males, specifically) like

"".thls Pickens deputy performing the function of role model for children such
-'ae Peggy's two boys, giving them the noci.on Ehat. violence and confrontation
-'$as the best way to solve difficult social dilemmas. AE another point.Judge

"'-Jtrnkln attenPted to use che old Wallacite identificacion of all college -

''- professors with godlessness, asking the deeply religious Mrs Bozeman and

-'llre lJllder whether they knew anything about Peggy's religion or belief in
--.-God.

.'Judge Junkin was clearly not a dispassionate. neucral Jurisc. He was

---(an.t oade no bones abouc it) an.-iaportant figure in.the..polici-cs of the.area,
havlng-clear ties to.and power over the officials of.Plckens Councy.-.He-was

. --.qulte.clearly a functioning, imporcant part of the local poeer sEructure.
. .r-.f,e.uas.a Part of those rrho "ran" Pickens (and perhaps ocher counties), and

-hc nade lt qutte .ru.. that things uere going to stay thac way, no Eacter

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-.- -rcEoryr unrefreshed by anything whatsoever.. In Particular, I have not

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over the evengs of that day with any of Ey cotrPantons of Ehe day.

-r' clPecially and explicltly including Peggy Dobbins. These decails have

--- _ been.as I remeober theo, with ury memory's having been completely unaided.

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P.O. Bor 8ll.8irminghem. AL 36201; P.O. Box 113O8, Louisvittc, Ky {O2t1

voL. 7, NO. I
JANUARY, 1982

IN THIS ISSUE

Anti-war activity in North Carolina, page 2
Freedom training session in Louisiana, page 4
Unions conle to a moutrtain town, page 5

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Two Alabama women may go to prison in .f anuary bccause of their

work to help Black citizens register and vore in rural Pickens County.

They are Julia Wilder,69, president of the Pickens Counry Voters,
League, and Maggie Bozeman, 51, president of rhe local NAACP.

Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman, who live in Aliceville, Ala., were
arrested in November, 1978. The technical charge against them is,,r.ore
fraud." What they were actually doing was helping elderly vorers
understand the ballot and vote. (See previous newsletters)

They were convicted by all-white juries in .t979. 
Ms. Wilder was sen-

tenced to five years, and Ms. Bozeman to four years. Ms. Bozeman was
also removed from the teaching .job she had held 27 years.

The convictions were appealed to the Alabama Court of Criminal
Appeals, which upheld them, and to the Alabama Supreme Courr,
which refused to review. ln Novcmber, the u.s. supreme court refuscd
to hear the cascs. Their lawyer, Solomon Seay of Montgomcry, moved
for suspension of sentences, and a hcaring was set for December l.

When the day for the hearing came, the courtroom in Carrollton,
(continucd r.ln pagc 3)

MAJOR ACTION PLANNED FOR JANUARY 9
Protest about the situation in Pickens County is building. ln mid-

December long-time civil-ripirts leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth came
to Birmingham to spr:!( .rn behalf of Ms. Boreman and Ms. Wilder at
a rally called by SCLC and SOC. And on Saturday, f anuary 9, rwo
days before their next court appearance, there will be a major action
in Pickens County, sponsorcd by the NAACP, SCLC, the Alabama
Hunger Coalition, NOW, and many orher groups inclu<.ling SOC.
People will mcet at the Salem Baptist Church in Carrollton, Ala, at I
p.m. and march to the courthousc for a prayer meeting. We urge our
readers to take part. Contact SOC for dctails.



Wornen Face Jail for Vote
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,,Ore woman testified that she didn,t know what the votingAla', the Pickens County seat, was packed with supporters of was all aboirt,', Seay reported. ,.The t"r. lJr'r, .i;;;::i:the women. Circuit Judge Clatus.f unkin postponed the hearing said the evidence was ,confusing, but the testimony of thatuntil .f anuary l1' However, local observers doubt that he is one woman *"t rurti.i.nt for the jury to convict.,,planning to suspend the sentences' 
corrtroo, pressure on the erderry voters was intense. one

'My wAKING-up pERtoD f them, Lou Sommerville, 95, recently described it.
Pickens County, which is southwest of Birmingham near "The lawyer said to me, didn't Ms. Bozeman come to my

the Mississippi line, is 40 percent Black. lt has no Black elected house and try to make me let her fix up my ballot. lt wasn,r
officials except mayorsof tiny all-Black towns. Ms. Wilderand true. So I told him l'm the Lord's child and I have to tell the
Ms. Bozeman are life-long residents, long active for justice. truth. No matter how much they ask me, I'll tell the truth.,,

"1968 was my waking-up period," Ms. Wilder has said. ,.We 'WE'RE GOING TO GET yOU'
were trying to get Black cashiers hired at Piggly-wiggly. we The charges against Ms. wirder and Ms. Bozeman are not anhad a march and 13 of us went to jail' I was the oldest." isolated incidenl Just last year a young Black man in pickens

Ms. Bozeman describes what was happening in 1978: "We County, IVillie Davis, was charged with disorderly conduct for
had a big registration drive and Black candidares running for explaining the ballot to voters. When Ms. Bozeman picked up
office. The politicians were especially afraid of the young wo absentee ballots that year, the sheriff said: ,,you're getting
man we ran for School Board against a white banker. She only some more of them. Maggie Bozeman will get them to vote if
lost by 106 votes." she has to vote them herself. We're going toi.t yo, this time.,,

As part of the campaign, members of the Voters League But the two women aren't giving up. "No matter how
went, to homes of housc-bound elderly citizens and helped rough it gets, l'm going to be here," Ms. lVilder said recently.
thosc who could not read fill out ballots - perfectly legal, Ms. Bozeman, in addition to continuing voter registration and
according to Attorncy Scay, if voters wishes wcre followed. education work, constantly appears before local governing

bodies - City Council, County Commission, Board of Educa-'AcTlNG LIKE I wAS A CRIMINAL' tion - to protest various forms of discrimination.
Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman were charged with "fraud" !n THE FACE lN THE WTNDOW

connection with 39 of those ballots' The offenses were alleged There is a regend that the face of a Brack man rynched into have occurred in the primary run-off. Officials waited until
the day before the gcneral election to make the arrests. 

Pickens county after the civil war can be seen in the window
of the courthouse in Carroilton. After the Dec. r court session,'They picked mc up at school - iust as I was coming in SCLC president Dr. ,f oseph Lowery spoke to those who hadfrom thc playground with my kids," says Ms. Bozeman. gathered and said: "Tiese women were politically lynched. wc"Therc were five policc cars - like I was a criminal." came here to be on their side. we are going to launch the

At thc trials, the statc subpoenaed many of the clderly vo- biggest voter'registration drive Pickens County ever saw.',
ters' AccordinS, to Attorncy Seay, all but one of them testified You can express your opinion of this situation by writingthat they kncw exactly what they wcre doing and the ballots Judgc Clatus Junkin, pickcns County Courthouse, carrollton,had becn marked as thcy wished' AL 35447. - ludy Hand & Anne Brocren 3



2A-0ht l!!irrnin6hnm Nror Frl., Jnn. B. 1982

By Frank Slkora.
l{ews stall lrriler

C;rllinq it i "tcgat lYnchinS,"
crvrl fl[hls Xroups arc linrng trp in
strll,(rrl oI trro l'ickcns county
$'(,ri)cn ullo may face prison scn-

tenccs l\londay on rottnS-(raud
churges.

JuIia \vild.'r,69, and i\laggie
B0zIman, 51. wcre sentenced to
torms of frve and four Years'
rcspectively. by all-rshite jurics in
scr,lrate trlals in I979.

1\londav at the courthouse in
Carrulltori. they go bcforc Clrcult
Ju,lte Clatus Junktn. uho *'ill rule
on their request for Probation.

llrs. Wilder ts Prcsidrnt o[ thc
Prckens Voters' League. i\trs.
Bozcman is prcsldent of the local
NAACI'chaptcr.

"The only reason they wcre
tricd an(l convicted is because
th.cy're black," claimed Charles
Br6oks of the Commrssion for
Racial Justice, an arm of the
Lrnrtcd Church of Christ in Ncw
York.

"Wef ill not sit idly bY if these

wornen are sent to Prison," he

said. "Thcrc will be a national
outcry. The question here is
whcthir blacks are going to allow
thcrr rotinS rights to be rolled
h:ck."

Brooks said his grouP w;ls vlew'
lnc thc case in thc s3mc liBht as

thi WilrnrnRton Tcn c;rsc ol thc
1970s. ln thit c:rsc. nine black
tncn tnd a !r llitc \t otnan $ cre
givcn prison terms for the firc-
br)nlbins oI a \rhite'osncd gro'
cery duiing raaial unrest tn \9il-
mrngtoo, N.C. Thcrc was considcr-
aSle controversv al'uut the case,

uhich attractid internirtional
at tcnt ion.

SUI'P0llTEItS of the women
are cspccted to pack the court-
roorn i\Ionday, and a PraYer r'igil
is planned in Carrollton on Satur'
dav.

brxantzcrs of the Saturdry rigil
s3v at least 500 wlll tather at the
Sriem Brotrst ('hurch and march
to the corirthousc, fanlous for its
"face in the winrlow." said to be

that of a lynched black ntan.
The Rcv. JosePh l,owerY' Pre-

sidcnt of the Southern Christian
Lcaderhio Confcrence, will sPeak'

JUNKlli, {1, SAYS he ProbrblY
rvill make his ruling on the Proba'
tion reQUCSt l\loodaY.

"l doh't see anY rt'ason to delaY
' it. As for the outside events such

as the praYer vigil, I have no com'
mrnt on that. This crsc has 8en'
eratL{ a lot of intcrcst

"But jurres heard cvidcnce lnd

reachcd a decisfon. Thc rvitnesst's
in the trials wcre cldcrly blacks.
Now I'll be the first to arlrrtit that
scme of thcm gave confusing tcs'
timony. They lorSot things, they
got thinSs mixcd up, but when it
came down to the core qucstion,
most wcre in agreemcnt. li

"And that question was, 'Did i
they vote hy absentec brllot?'And L
most said thcy didn't remember ,

voting that way," Junkin said.

Junkin said he does not believe
raciat feelings played a part in the
verdicts, adding, "The onlY racial
elements werc those injcctcd bY

thc attornoys."

The judge says he has becn
harassed by suPPorters of the
wonrcn ov0r the Past two Years.
There was new criticism recently
qhcn he Save the Police chief of
Ilalcvville a six-month suspended

sentencc on a votinS-fraud case.
"They nere ditfercnt kinds of

cas"s," he said. "The chief's srtua-
tion was onc charge of unauth'
orized aid to a voter. IIe Plerded
surltv and Dart of mY scntence
iras ba'cd'on the fact that he
wotrltl rcsign. I m kecping tabs on

that. too, and i, he hasn't resiSned
l'll bring him back into court."

Rights groups say
jailing two women

,.ut-.'i ." "- r'' j;y'

i*.::' $tt"'idf , rhc Lord rryrr bc wrth rrr rn rhc(.'rrAncBs AcAINsr lhJ t_:: I .orlii'or"ij,i'}le aor,t, ;,*r,cil,cr
women stcm from tho t!la.ocJt-1 I ' ;;;;; ;(i rri'r,lr. o, not "
cr.atrc..primnry !t lfl:[.ll:,I I ' ""fui;r'iio"ioirr.tronr *.'.
lii.l;'ll;fl il'l;l.l:Iliifii:fi I,' llm,f u*:$.tlb',JsT.'.l,1i
consent. llrooks sald only onc, oI I iir*i't,i'il.*ii.

,.'. \)ul! .rt',\
rri. . I ..' .,1 .,\,,*

those persons could not rcntctrtbct I '''B',]it;;i"rli'of tf,e Alabanra
0sklnd the two womcn lor lrclp ln I C.Iiiir,ir"eiiN,r-ir,iri.i .." iivolllq: , ^L^-^.. ,L^ I tnc organtitns groufis ior the

".'.1",1l tflt:e1:i'U**iirrlli l' :i:',.T#l[ Bl:mt'*l,f*:
ryrtlf-ll.lll9l,rgq':;.J,'"::.1:.ll:: | il;iilirhe'p"urisrrmcnt,.as too
iroscc_utrdn." Black candidatcs I ;;iri:-'
losl in the elcction. ,^, | "-;Untff 

thcse uiomen arc frce, no
The womcn have contcndcd I oro"ri'ir]li'iirto li"Ata[,ama wr.,o

rhcv did no wrons and only fot- I ;;;;; ;;.;i';"r ls safe,,, he
lo*cd wh.rt Alabama law allows I .f.ii,.a.'

'.w,: dtll:!!lle.l,l,.*'t gII:'J I ''iiil,'n;,. Abraham woods, pres.
people tonfinedlo,their ho-mes, I iO#it1'IJ'"ru,liH'.ii,I'i',i i'.Tfj' I Xti.t.tA,:l*li,,";;';li:l.:most or uIruIIr ruuru rru! rtqs' I of the SCLC, said trlonday's hcar-t'f.Yi:^1'::T*a *raclar, tho I i;r-t;ttL iuoie Juniins rin'""if,"""a"",i 

"ere 
arrested 

., I ins "could b€ Judge Junklns Irn.

day before tne xovemuer rgrli | 
' 

::l[[r:t 
he *ou'id set aside the

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rI" I 1 ,,;it i-tfg;:l*JTll ;1,i:*h;ii; ;'t';;::1,:;'il;':-b'';; I ; tlt,|1'f,q''i *:':fi;i:3,it:

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c
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r
o
o
aEo

ia

the children, trke I was a mur- I ;;;.,-.;ii;;;;"y,,
dercr or s.omethinC.:..^ ,^, *^^- I 

*i:Td;i;';;ii-iiime,', 
claimed

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$il: Jillr':ifr ;;[il*i:l; I r,'.","'ff ,',:iTl,T *'J'oT.T)r"''
[londay's-hearing

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Now Iork Ttmes--Jan. l?, J:tBz

Jailed for Votrng Fraud

--

By REGTNALD STUART

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counnrcrisit'ctair;;.;;:i;i;ii";; I ItonrerrDcnvGullt 
irith tle Judge's d€tsron ro liil't}c J It was la:;clv cn the bxsls ol tl,at I

s.oinen. and thclr [r.il arrr\ilFr lt3-tirnonytli.rttl,]!!Wtn:Fr!1"'.....r..- i

. sr*.ltoTb.Ni YdtTtd
:CARROLLTON. Ala., Jan. u :p9 lney 

prestey H. Joll.:sion satd, led to a_,rol. thls c_ounry.s ter,1i:ra clvil, rr:lls j rn,Jestiiiii6rrui il"," oir.ntu. orrrorr.y$.Ir-J.rli_r,Ytjrj,,:rr,:c'Ilr:ijte li*o- i ai trj" r.iil. i3;rj;:ru p1,.1:. r,113,-jman, went to lail tcr r-f . r' ,, 1.try,Ji., Irr-rcfr:.ln,rt:c'1r,tji21,p9616.1,11"aJgj
attcr arr Alabam: cr:.uir coui iud-de rs 

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.,t . itiii. ;ir'iiti".'.1i1"< ,orlrr, e.{.Ject.{ lsst-mlnutc ptc::: for t"nrincy.- 
| 
cipt cno. ;-f 1ror),i.i'scrillc S:,1:r, u:e. The charg": ogern:.t ae sc,mtn arcse 

| ""inan 
i.rc ii;;;; on Etecrlox Dayrrom their solci13rr')r or s3 nbsenir'. lro cirt'l;i",rc. ii,.ir.'iiiiiii't,:ii^{il 

:bcllols amo:ls etdErlv rnd rruiiriic iii,*i'"i;ri.l'r*,ri'ai euscnte l:rttot;blacus.ln the courtv. . i a_ec h;, j n. ",i ii:,,,i oiio.,Thelargetyblacircrordolnearty340I -"--.^_-^:.::'^::^,.^ 
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s.oinen, and thclr eJ3ry iutbuJTt lte_.rirnonyrli.rttl,:!,:ryrn:edlcrc:::.,,1..- i
dmrm,-{outJudgcClaru3Jri*iis,scall lt:u:r, h)!}r sid* a,.r".c. ltrouzicur t_!re i
thatUecourthadncty4:reressd. linvnitir{aii(,:: e:J A1 trlal boJr rrum.i I

- Thc crlv/d rcse filrl be::ches arC lm3ixi8.in.<ihttrhrywepno3euiltv. I
bcianchantlngwords((nueotJctvil I Ix upnr:,jjira tle'cr,::rfcttor's.tria tt I

Il8lh-tl movcment sonq, .,\l'e S:'.jll Not ihxs a?ixal(d, riL,.. ll3ba:na St?te IBg }love-d." They v,cir lrnmed:ateli lCcun ot S.DDcals s,rt:e tn I u:a-nfi*ii I
Ssp.rrated frcEr tie won:r anC couri iopini3nthatfourrr:';3sseshadtesrj].e-l i
oiliccrs bv Alaban:a stete in En c."; I t'.:!"Jid r.0! voie hv rt .""r* i.r.-.- Iolliccrs by A.laban:" .t"re trr"*---juri I u'.:;; 'Jid r.0! voie t,i 

"l.r.liu-irr:r-,1 
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harctobackuptlelc.rl'c:ice.' 1""-.:.bss:itrfhrllo:srve:tntedlr1rtrii i

-The Distnct Attome]', Preslev !.1. lnrraes."l,u:L\3 ju;iic6st,":esr1-ti:::i I
Jollastonr whc h.: l. -.r 11 pljrlr" ,tj,(!', tm, R 1:.9 t1 .^6- 4 ;y..t ,;:3 

I

Ci'u-,iy la'V cnlclc,:'. ;:; ntrrly :u t:.a. -.:63sui.ieq...,:,\/'iring: iyerE, &nd ch'il rlqhts l:l i.-!1:s sald ir:1.' l_ ' The 
. 
txt!ninv ct o.-\Lr.- nltr:--;.r6s iCouldnoitt;;an:kr;::..t..:ftple1--,;i;r-:)4:h(..,.:i-:..:c-;:i:r::,r:,.1r-,could noi itiia!-nkr;: :..t..:f t!!e fratai l?JS ))th (.. , , .:.- :..: c:::l:C:i.::, .:e- ;

!:d;ctilcni in L\tl ccr:.ti'. I :€rcrr{ uDcn wl,o \r:s exAm,ninz ti_tn-
^ 
I\:n. Wl!d.'r, a) !E:.ls old, ?as shen lL'.cir tcstl:nony was f:ro::.cle io b,:r.-iitie maxlnlrm tivc-y. ..r ::i::::ce b, the I '.!: J l;:5::uJ:rr e.:ti r,elerrsa. UnC:r !h eall-wNl. .lua. $fis. Llccc.-.i;,:r, Sl,-sas ]cir;;:siaDces sr:., s. ,ury cou.ld un-

senlenced tolouryearr'i::pison;snt. lscra.mble tne hoJlcitrdge'o! tes:jmcr
1nc womeD, Doth o! r.{:crr are bi:ck. Iny."teretrled separately on charix steo- | T}e Siate Suprerne Cc{:rt refused to
DlnS lrorr. t}le local e;cr:r o:l in lg?g. lrrYiFr tle cese e.:.:C i:r lfollmbcr ot lr,.st
- Itl tne cainoaicn, :,:r'!. ,,:'i:i.rr, 1p.31. I1'r: r tle t'aJ:+.1 1.-.:.: S.i:-:::e Ca::rr
6cnt oI thc Plc;:.::ji C:i;tv lto(ers rrL.:!a..1 io ht-tr lr, il-.JHng'L\e appe$is
Leagiue, axC I':rs, Bc{an.! n. u:en orcst- lct'ur i ocinion trnal.
dentolthelocalbra::chef tneNaiiopsg I Latc this ror::lnp, t-he tso s!:n:n
Assoclatton for the ACvrt ::!rr rnr ot 66i. j r r:: ori3-c rnlo r re cu.rniy oi--*c
or.d Fmple, begJ.n ure:n! clCerlv. illit- ico,r:tl, sh^riti ar the co:rclu:lm ol a..efateDlackstovotebv^b:lx?erlliilot. lhclrtxg heroFe Jt.jre JunLL.) on ti)ejr
r.fjt9 tcro.lltqen pi.!:rd r.1 3:s.::tea lrno:lor fc: 3 .L:i}:is.Jr: o: t)e Jxil sr:},Mllot ap;llications iro:r rl:e Co.r,1tv lrr':ce erC of rhe pmf:tlon rhsl mh::.t
ElectlGls CDmmisslox a::d ui.-l ccr:nl Ihare br:n grr'cn in Lel ol a iirf i"ir_tddr€sses for n:ailbg !l:c:l. l)ev ite::ce. ].he wonren stld nctrlirE afier
o9pc.sl!'rd 39 sbsente€ br[ors, dll no!a- Jhef,nnr: L\sr thcy haO tost their'6ta toi
lzeo Dy the same p"r:cn, B'lrh the ljudici3llenlency.
Col!'tty Electlon Co:nnrissloo. The can- I ijcfore L\e hd8r1r:z exded. 15 peool3
Oldlte prelerences Eere ldertical ln aJl llook rhe wihss! as chriacrer r.ttriess'es,

'especls. lm!.'ry from ot-hsr Elack Belt coonues
Then, on Eleetlor Dalr, o:le ol thc ab livncre bhcks ha\.e nsCe q-stes eli-. .

lTlT_I9Lors appe€rsct ar Uc polts, d+ lto^:l F:r!)s ti3n plckens Couary. pick-
ba,lorng to l/ote. Thai, trtstdtt Aitor. lens. &hout g) rf,iles scxthpest'ol Iilr-

Elcctl(L.ls UDmmisslox ft::d uia-l ccr:ial IIJfe barn gr\'en rn lre.r ol a tall s.lFtddr€sses for n:ailbg !l:c:l. l)ev ite::ce. ].he wonren stld nctrlirE afier
o9pc.sl!'rd 39 sbsente€ br[ors, dll no!a- Jhef,nnr: L\sr thcy haO tost their'6ta toi
lzeo Dy the same p"r:cn, B'lrh the ljudici3llenlency.

. Co&1ty Electlon Co:nnrissloo. The can- | iJcfore L\e hd8r1r:z exded. 15 peool3
oldlte prererences Eere ldertical ln all ItooX tle wihss! as chr;acrer r.ttriess'es,

'especls. lm!.'ry from ot-hsr Elack Belt coonues
Then, on Eleetlor Dalr, o:le ol thc ab livncre bhcks ha\.e nsCe q-stes eli-. .

lTlT_I9Lors appe€rsct ar Uc polts, d+ lto^:l F:r!)s ti3n plckens Couary. pick-
barorng to l/ote. Thai, ttistrttt eitor. lens. &hout g) rf,iles scxthpest'o! Bit.-
_ lmi:lhrn, ls.{0percpr:! blsckbulhasno
I o M,j". !o r€NriEssEi I lDlrcxel.'ctedcountvo(f:clsls.lml h$me";:i*,:{{ffiF}l$i[

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l. I.:\",z**' \ llff;,J',i"illll;,il;;i.i",,,.11,*"1T,:il
I . , ALABAUir \ I I tlon and scnrencl::e wcrc corrtrr. Ttre II I \ | lCasewssslmpllronelnwlHrq.,ac:uolel

I / ro'?e*.,r / I l:1ff,T'TJ*,iflii'Ji,"Il'JJ'iJ'.+'il--.
I I (, .l l3irl,'. ,ust a strats,hrqrr.crrae.'. tre 

I
I I I I I EIe:er WEshlngloa, tho new tocat I

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W I lf,l'f:.ffi:i'f".l:Lli*,i:IlH; #* Irrm t-r rrm,r*ffi | thcy dolnF. l,m not hf, Pny t( :tll. Brrt .Jrc I

B.ttors clsr rn prck^ns coun.v rro 
I iff*'ll'J,ip,"*x1 llJl',:',:,,ffi)'ili: Itho tocus ot'urrng (rsud co.sc. I &;il;;;irl[.rru 

r 'dr'E rur u'q 'n'ro 
I

ens, &bout 9) r:riles so'Jlhpest of Bir-mi:lhrn, ls .{0 percerr! blsck bu! has no
bhcx el..cted county o(f:clsls.

--The^^sirnesses lncluCed CR.en Ccunrv
Sheriff T'l,:c:r3s L. Gi:=c:: Sr., one of
:ne South'! tint blxck st:erltfs, i.hc srid
fie women ..Eould mJke a Eood c{,ndl- ,

lo^r_ swpcnsion ot scnrcnii-i,io



TO: SOC executive counittee, staff,
consultants and koy contacts

FROM: Anne Braden

inmediatelv a delu
aIIs to Alabarna

ns that

January 12, L982

rams. letters
tate CaDltol. Montgome

1ne thelr

RE: Bozenan/l{i1der Case, Need for Innediate Action

Martl Webb, a SOC volunteer in Binningharn, wiLl be trying to
tcech all of yori Uy phone today. But I'n sending this quick
rcno by nail l-- iil case she does not reach you, and to give
you nore info:mation.

As I hope you know by tho time you get this, the judge
1a Pickens C6unty, Alabarna, yesterday denied tho -notion for
suspcnsion of thL-five and'four year sentences of Ms. Maggie
Eozlnan and Ms. Julia l{il.der. They were taken into custody
imediately and are now in the state prison for women.

There shoulcl also be nany' neBy messages of support to
the wonen thereseLves. The address is c/o Tutwiler Prison,
Route 1, Box 33, uletunpka, AI' 36092. (It would be best to
send an'individial nes'sag6, wire, rnailgram' or letter, -to-eachof them. I sent a night-16tter last night on behalf of SOC,
slgned by Reverend Ben Chavis and nyself as co-chSirpersons.
TbE nessige uas: "Thousands of people all over the country are
outraged it your imprisonrnent. We aff love you and adrnire you
enil will not rest until you are free.")

I an enclosing a photo-copied reprint of the news release
re issued before Cf,ristnas, as- it appeared in the Louisville_,
Iy., Defender. This will iefresh yoirr recollection on the facts
oi itre case (they are also in our January newsletter), and serve
to let you kriow ihat news of this case has been getting around,
evon before yesterday.

Please take tine to read the bold box on the back of this
reprint. That will bring you up-to-date on sone of the things
tbit have been happening-in ttre-last few days. Youf1l see there
r:rs a good turnout- for fhe march and prayer neeting in Pickens
County-last Saturday, and for the coult aPPearance yesterday.
gtack'Alabana Legisiitors are planning to-see the governor, and . -
SCLC is planning-a narch arouni this issue on King's birthday Friday.

ressive and srnaller press. Groups like
widely used in the Black,
the Southern Regional

Otrr news release before Christmas was
Progresslve Bno snaller Press. brouPs lrre Lrrt ouu(
iouicil and the Southern- Poverty Law- Center began early talking to
the larger media outlets --- and they are begilning to nove now too.
CBS was-covering the situation yesterday, and I understand there
ras an article in the New York Times today.

w
that t

be
1S

sma
s

Thls situation could change daily --- so you nay rant to check
rith uf by phone for up-date. -Judy Hind is in the Carolinas at the
aoneat --i io this weel, call ne et'502 7?6-7874 in Louisville.

Notc in the box on baCk of reprint th6 statenent I lssued- todpy
oa befraff of SOC. I said, €rmong oiher things, that the fact that the
tuitle had the nerve to do-this indicates how far we are dovm the road
io itre " end of the Second Reconstruction.'j'i This is true. Please
iit-nor. Make your orn statement to local press along these lines.

T



mutsoAl, DIcIrtn il, Ittl

rTwo Alaboma Women Moy Fqce Stlff Joil Sentence In Questionoble Cose
by Judy Hard rad
Anna Bradcn

AIICEVILLE, Ala. - T\ro
Alabama women who have sork-
ed to help black citizens register
and vote in nrral Pickens County
m8y go to jail in January. Civil-
rights advocates seo their cases
as part of a widespread effort to
turn the clock back on voting-
rights.

The women are Julia Wilder,
69, president of the Pickens Coun-
ty Vot€rs League and an officer of
the local Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC),
and ll{aggie Bozemao, 51, locd
NAACP president.

Ms. Wilder and IlIs. Bozemarq
who live in Aliceville, Ala., were
arrested in November, l9?8. The
technical charge was "vote
fraud." Their support€rs say they
were actual.ly helping elderlY
voters understand the ballot and
vot€.

They were convicred by all'
white juries in l9?9. Ms. Wilder
was sentencd to five years. IrIs.
Bozeman to four Years. itls.
Bozeman was also removed from

the teacNng job she had held for
27 years.

The convictions were appealed
to ihe Alabama Court of Criminal
Appeals and the'Alabama
Supreme Court, which uPheld
them. In November, 198I, the
U.S. Supreme Court, refused to
hear the cases.

The women's attorney,
Solomon Seay of Montgomery,
moved for suspension of
gentences, and a hearing was set
for December l. On that day, the
courtroom in Carrollton, Ala. the
Pickens County seat, was packed
with supporters of the women.
Circuit Judge Clatus Junkin post-
poned the hearing until January
ll.

Meantirne, support for the
women in civil-rights circles is ,

building. In early December, a i
large crowd turned out in Birm- |

ingham for a rally in support of l

the women called by SCLC and !

the Sou!hern Organizing Commit-
tee for Economic & Social Justice
(SOC). The ll,ev. ['red Shur-
tlesworth, long.time civil-rights
leader, spoke.

On January 9, t*'o days before
the women's scheduled court ap

.p€arance, there will be a prayer

meeting in Carrolltor\ called by
SCLC, the NAACP, the National
Organization for Women {NOW),
the Alabama llunger Coalition,
SOC, and other groups. Dr,

l!ls. Bozenran (at left) and Me. Wilder may face jail in January.

black towns. Ms. Wilder and Ms.
Bozeman are lifelong residenls of
the area and long-time activists.

"1968 was my waking-up
period," Ms. Wilder has said.
"We were trying to get black
cashiers hired at Piggly-lviggly.
We had a march, and 13 of us
went to jail. I waq the oldest."

lls. Bozeman describes what
was happening in 1978: "lVe had
a big registration &ive, and black
candidates running for office. The
politicans were especially afraid
of the young woman lye ran for
School Board against a whiLe
banker. As it turned out, she only
lost by 106 vot€s."

As part of the campaign,
Voters l,eague members went to
the honres of house.bound elderly

Joseph Lowery, president of
SCLC, will sp€ak. Participants
will meet at the Salem Baptist
Church in Carrollton at I p.rn. and
march to the courthouse.

Pickens County, which is
southwesc of Birmingham near
the IlIississippi line, is 40 perceni
black. It has no black elect"ed of-
ficials except mavors of tinv all- I

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I Tllt toultvlLtt Dltt,aDtl, IllunrDlr, Dtclilsrl !1, letl .F
lt,rtltilu. 'l lt,',tt ,,tltt, v'lLl

citizons and hclpxl those who

coultl not read or write lill out

absentee ballots - all PerfectlY
lcgnl, accortlittg ttt ntti'rtlov
SeaY, if the voLers' wishcs werc

followed.
Ms. Wilder and [ls' Rozeman

were charged with "fraud" in con'

neclion wlth 39 of those ballots'
The offenses were alleged to have

occurred in the printary run-off in
Seotember' l9?8. The arrests

*ere made on lhe daY before the

general election in November'
"They Picked me uP at school

- iust ai I was coming in from

the playground with mY kids"'
suvs lrls. Ilozeman. "There were

five police cars - like I was a
criminal. "

At the trials, the state sub-
poenaed many of the elderly
voters. According to Attortrcv
Seay, all but one of lhem testified
on cross-examination tha! they
knew exactly what they were do
ing and that the ballots were
marked as they wished.

"One woman testified that. she
didn't know what t,he voting was
all about." Seay reported. "The
State Court of Appeals said the
evidence was'confusing' but that
the testimony of that one woman
was sufficient for the jury to con'
vict."

One of the elderly voters. Lou
Sommerville, 95. recently describ-

ed her exJrrient'e in the cottr'
Lttxrnr:

"'lhe law-ver said to me, didn't
l\ls. llozcrrtrrn ('i)llr' 1., ntv ltottsrt
und try to tttukt'ttrc lcl lrer fix up
my ballot. Ii wasn't true. so I told
him I m the Lord's child, and the
Lord doesn't want a lie. I said I
have Lo tell thc tnrth. No nrutter
how many times theY ask me, I'm
going to tell the truth."

The charges against lvls. Wilder
and l\ls. Bozeman are not an

isolatcd incident. Just last year, a

young black nran in Pickens
County, Willie Davis, *'as charg-
ed with disorderly conduct after
he explained the balkrt to voters.
When Ir{s. []ozembn Pickcd uP the

absentne ballofs that Year' ehe

sald the sheriff said to her
i'Yor'." SettinB some more of

thenr. Nlaggie Bozeman will get

them to vote if she has to vote

them herself. lVe're going lo get

' vou this time"'
At the time of the women's

December hearing, Iocal district

"tuo.n"Y 
P.lv{' Johnston told the

news media in Ilirmingham:
;'They could have been arrest'ed

on oth". charges since their con'

viction. Their efforts at' lhe polls

have continued. TheY are not

satisfied wilh voting themselves'

ih"v h"u" been bringing PeoPle

into the Polling Places, watching
them voti, insisting that theY be

allowed to assist PeoPle"'
RecentlY lvls. Wilder said: "No

matter how rough it gets' I'm ga

This article is reprinted by
Southern Organizing Committcc for {conomic & Social lusrice (SOC)

P.O. Box 8l l, Birmingham, AL 35201 ; P.O. 8ox I I 108, Lotrisville, KY'1021 I

lContcct tis,tl the obove oddresses for more informotion on lhis cose.)

irrg lo lr, lrr'ro." l\ts, llrrzltttttn, itr
adrlil,iorr to cotrIinuirr11 vottr
regist.rntion nnd education work,
,,rrrtrrrtlll' Itlrln'ltrs l'l'foro ltx'rrl
govcrning bodics Lo Protest
policies she claims are
discrirninotorY.

'lhcre is o legcnd that the face

of a black nran lvnched in ltickens
County aftr:r thc Civil tVar can be

seen in the *'indow of lhe cour'
thouse in Carrollton. After the

Drember I court session' SCLC

Presidertt JosePh Lowery told
those who had gathered:

"These two women were
politically lynchtxl. We came here

io be on thcir side. We're going to
launch the biggest vofer'
registrotion drive ever sc'en in

Pickens CountY."
Supporlers of Ms' Bozeman

,nd Ms. lVilder have asked tht
concernd citizens write their opi'
nions of the case uo Circuit Judge
Clatus Junkin, .Pickens CouniY

Courthouse, (ti':rollton. AL
35417.

Altcr this article wrs written,l\ls. Boleman and Nls. Wilder apperrcd

irr ( irrrrit ( rrrrrt irr l'itkrnr ( rrrrrrty on I,rntt,try t 1, 1032. Thc jtrrlgt

dcrrictl tlrrir lrwycr's nrolion fur suspension of llrc scntcnces, and thcy
wt're inrrrrcrlirlcly' \crrt lo l)ris{)n.

Con(crrrrrl ritizcrrr rlrotrlrl wirc, writt', or tclcpltonc Alabanra Gov.

Fob lanres, Statc Crpitol, I\lontgomcry, AL, demanding lhtl hc act

imnrcdiarcly to frec thcae womcn by commulinS thair srntcnce3 to limc
rened. People should rlso send messages of rupport, individurlly, to
Ms. [taggic 1]ozcrnrn an<J Ms. lulia Wilder, c/o Tutwiler Priron, Route

l, Box 31, Wetumpka, AL 16092.

Support is growing in AlabrIrr .ur,l throughout lhc country. On
Saturday, lrntr,rry 9, two dr)' l]. rure tlte court appearance, more thln
500 pc,r1'le (lntc frortt .ril ovcr Alab,rmr for lhc nt.rr\ h :''l "r
rrrccting annourrccd in thc article rcprintcd herc. Dr. loseph Luwcry,
president of SCLC, was nrain :peaker, an.l reprcsentativet of mrny
orgrnil.lions cxpressed rupporl. A corrsiderablc number of white
Alabanra citizens ioincd Black citizens in the march.

On lanuary I l, drc day of lhe court appearance, rbout 30O people,

nrostly fronr Pickcnr Cr.runly, janrmed the courlroom to thow tuPport
for the women. Lawycrs for tlls. Wilder and llls. Bozeman prexnred l5
character witnesscs, including several Black elected officials fronr thtt
arca, ncighbors, parents whosc children had been tauBht by Ms. Bozc-

man, a white Pickens County businessman. Thc prosecution prc-

scnted only one witness, thc probation invettiSalor. The iudge liltened
to all rhis and, wilhout comment, denicd thc motion for suspcnsion of
tentences. Friends canre forward to offer encouragement to th€ womcn;
50 state troopers and sheriff's deputies stopped them. Thc crowd then

rpent the resl of the day picketing thc courthoute.

As this is written, Black Alabanra legislators were planning to visit
Governor fanres, to seek release of the women. A supponing march was

planned by SCLC and other Broupt on l\lartin Luther King'r birthday,

lanuary 
.15. 

Lawyers for the women were planning fcdcral court rction.

tn addition to all this, r nationwide outcry it needed. SOC said in r
statement to lhe news media: "lt is an outrrSe that thesc women went
to prison. Their only crime was helping Black cilizcnt exercise their
constitutionrl right to vote. The fact that an Alabama iudge had the
ncrve to imprison them it an indication of how fer we as a nation havc
gone down the rord to 'an end to the Second Reconstruction.'Those
who would turn back the clock on civil righs and voting rights must bc

stopped now."

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NEa NEt{s sERVrcE, JAN. 19, 1982

(NAENATEACHERA}{DcIvILRlGHTsIt,oRt€RJAILEDFoRvoTINGRIGHTS.{CTIVITIES).

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Eivii-ilcurs l,oNiER FoR vorE FR'*uD oN J'\\' ll'

uRs.}lAcGIEBozE}l,L\,5t,ATE.^,CHERFoR2TYEARSA.\DAcTIvEIsEDUCATIoNASSCC:.\TI0:i
tJoRI(, 1^;As se,,trxcro-io roi's. yEr*s r*riii lss. JULrA 1''TLDER' 69' A LO6AI oFFrcER rN :::;

sourHERN c*RrsrrA.\ Li.rorsstrp co*rE*iiis,' i'.rs rltPRrsosED FO'1 Fr!E' rEARS' rHE )LL\r::']:

SENTENCE.,rr,s vERy oBvrous rtL\T ltRs. BOZnL{N [\-D ]G.S. WTLDER fc'E POLrrrcAL PRTSoNERS '\S

ntiry weRE Jr\tLED siciiii oF r:{ErR cri'ii- nicsTs '\crr\:rTrEs"' DS6L'LIED Jos L' REED'

ASSOCI,\TE rxecurr"i-oiiicron oF THE '*'ts'+r., EDU.ATI.N AsSocI'\TIoli' "TI{IS KlrD ci :ra\T-

ltENT rs FoREtcN ro-rng i.reRrc.\s coscelr oi JusrrcE' No EFFvIRT 1'JrLL BE SPARED lN Si::ic-

iuii-esour rHErR rlctEDrATE RELEASE"'

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Associate E rr'<'utir t' Secrct.r ry
C)rr J.rnrr.rry 11, 1()$-1. .r tt'.rt lrer and a contrnurrit;,

lea<Jt.r \\,crc (,.nt to luli.r Tutw'iler St,rte Pri:on for
Wonrc.n to serve four and five years, respectively.
Their crime wds successful civic parlicipation. The
evidence - none.

The jury in the case of State of Alabama v.
fulia Wilder heard the charges were, among other
things, that Julia lVilder had fraudulently cast 39
absentee ballots for some citizens in Pickens County
without their knowledge. The State produced 13

n,itnesses (it r+,as obvious that the other 26 had no
complaint in the way Mrs. Wilder assisted them in
gaining their absentee ballots). Out of the 13

witnesses who testified, 12 told the jury that Mrs.
Wilder had helped them according to their rvishes,
and only one elderly lady in her late 60's gave "con-
fusing testimony" to the etfect that she did not knorv
anything about voting. ln fact, the Alabama Court of
Criminal Appeals found that the testimony of Mrs.
Sophia Bibb w'as "confusing," but allorved the iury's
verdict to stand anylvay. Thus, the "confusing
testimony" of one witness and the refusal of the
court to grant probation, resulted in Mrs. .lulia
Wilder becoming one of Alabama's first political
prisoners in 1982.

The case of State of Alabama v. Maggie Bozeman
is one of a teacher who is a fervent advocate of
teachers being involved in the political process, as

well as teachers demanding from boards of educa-
tion accountability to the educational process. This,
of course, means that teachers would go before
boards of education inquiring about expenditures
for teaching materials, teachers' salaries, and in-
sisting on personnel policies being written and
followed with teachers' input.

The District Attorney, in getting Maggie Bozeman
convicted, presented no 'evicience that Mrs.
Bozeman had in fact signed for or helped anyone
with the marking of his/her ballot. ln fact, none of
the witnesses who testified connected Maggie
Bozeman with the signing of any ballots.

Why, then, was Mrs. Bozeman convicted? Mrs.
Bozeman was convicted because she had been too
successful in challenging the local boards of educa-
tion policies and similar "wrongdoings," and was
threatening a political power structure that was com-

nrittr.d to tlre st.ltus ouo .tnd h.rd one to.tl: i:r.t ,\1.rg-

Sir'ilrrzt'nr.ut oul or Prckens Countr Al.iblnrl.
r\r'l erarrrIrle oi the hostilrl\ to\t.lrds,\1.rggie

Eozt-.n.;.ln bv the loc.rl i.rrr eniorcen'tr:nt oiiici.tls u.rs
the rvay she rvas treated following her indictment.
To the amazement and shock of rvatching school
children, five deputy shenffs seized her on the
school yard. Following her hearing tror probation,
atier l5 character witnesses, comprised of promi-
nent citizens known throughout the state and na-
tion, her requested probation \ras denied. The
sherirt had sev'en armed deputies whisk the tlvo
ladies to prison; four armed depuities carried Mrs.
Bozeman and three armed deputies carried Mrs.
Wilder, who is 69. Some veteran prison officials
obsen'ed that they had not seen that manv deputies
carr;,ing any,body to prison during their tenure witl'
the Board of Corrections.

The message that one can conclude from this jail.
ing of a teacher for political dissent is that local of.
ficials have no end to what they will do when their
grip on a people or on a proiession is challenged.
Teachers everyrvhere must know that Maggie
Bozeman is a symbol of the struggle for teachers to
throw off the yoke of oppressive school boards and
other local officials who believe that teachers' only
place is in the classroom where they will work long
hours with little or no pay, ask no questions, speak
only what they are told, teach citizenship but never
practice it. But thank Cod that teachers are organiz-
ed at the state and national levels and these
organizations are committed to ensure that the
rights of teachers will be protected anywhere and
everywhere, and no force is going to stop teachers
from exercising their responsibilities of citizenship
and dernanding their f air share of America's
heritage.

Maggie Bozeman; who is at this writing in the Julia
Tutwiler State Prison for Women, is expected to be
released on a work release program because of com-
munity outrage in this case. To transfer Maggie
Bozeman to a work release program must not end
her case. She must be fully vindicated so that of-
ficials everywhere will know that no lie can live
forever and that no army is stronger than an idea
whose time has come. They may lail Maggie
Bozeman and other teachers, but they will not jail
our spirit.



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ALTA. Utah, Jan. 23 (Upl) - ,", I ::;9:lI' lig! 'I'rnles allcv;ed t].c Foile:r

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tdny, bloci,.ing a highw3y, burying a I I{eagrcedthatJu!ia\\ilCer.69year{
dormitory and stranding 3,tf,O pcople at I old, a.nd l"la.rs,ie Bozsman, it, ca.Lrddormitory and stranding 3,tf0 people at

storm. The snos, v;u-rld r,ot cli:g rolli 
I tiin rr:cer:l-ip ccaterence, .:s se:l

stc'cp Eranite slopes of the can5'cn. o.re 
! i.L..4 ,o five \j::rs in pr:soo fcr :c..i,i-'

slirjeslruckancitnlo,.'rrs'tk,rrn:tc6'aJ !,ji ir the l3ijelrrt:on. l{'.. }_:,:_erc::,
soireemployet'-s \rrrell3,\'lni1 I'n:-rr11.:1, I p,=s, j""t cr ti,c ptckers cc"r'rry c!rirer.

tk'onrajorresorts. I scn'e their SCirt€i1c6 rn llacon C$jx'.v
No one was irrjure.J in tle ca:r:,'on. lc:s;nciatiTarrarledwo:k-relerre jobs

v,'hich is 30 mil,:s south.:ast of Salr L:ke j pior-.Ccd Lry tle L'lecr lerders.
\i iiCer, an oiiicer oi the Pic!..-ri.}

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broke lrpse, cr^'erirg-the hi1'hv:y N lvrrce:::etit o{ colcred people. uas scr}
t\v(:en the res,orts. Seven avala..es 

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crmsedtheroadlowcrinthecan)'on. I nr" ?,.o*l3rl are to li\€ in a troilcr,

Blactrs in \zote Fraud lf*XSlllll j:iI:i?".H;T;l?
Given worl< Releases lffio*t":"tr 

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I\IONTGOI\1ERY, Ala., Jan. 22 (eP) | 'iq

a,I;: .}],i:,J"I'1,fi;T-ll:'i;[ lt*o Get 10 Years in Jait .l

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llational ne\1-s appears on
pages 7-LO,24 and 46.



Poge 4 Piclonr County Advertiser Thursdoy, Jonuory 2g, tgg2

Pickens Coun ty
hos been'fobbed,
,.-rl:!T Counry has been berrayed by
Irs own Uovernor. Lasr week, Gov. Fob
.lames announced rhar he *., f,auinJ
rwo black women from picklns C;;;i
who were recenrly sen( ro prii"i f", "rrlrrauo pur on a work.release program ro
servc our their p-rrson sen(ences Ea."ureor rhetr ages. We believe James haimisrrkeniy used his .r,..urlr. p;*;;;ror purely politrcal purposes, ln rheworsr sense o[ rhe word.

-..Y..gg,. Bozeman, l, and IuliaVilder. 69. borh of ,rf;..rliL-, ;.;.
senrenced ro srarc prison in pi.[.".
:or1,I Crrcuir Courr in 1979 for vore
rraud rn a l97g primary runoff elecrion.
D{rzeman received four years; Wilder,
trve years. They wenr ro Turwiler prison
on ..lan. I I when their requesr forprrbarion was denied. !yh"-;-;.[;;
.lamcs' bluoder so much *rorr. i, if,.i
tne womcn were so obviously gurlry andnrrr sorr{)wful o[ rlreir crimis iri rf,e
teast.

, {har krnd of logic.f ames used in his
oecrsron rs beyond us. \)Ue rhrnk backtw() vears ago when .lames firsr rook
ontce..how he wrrned rhe publrc abourspecial intcresr groups hgh,;;;-i;;

conrrol of the Alabama Legislarure.
.{pparenrlv. a special inreresr ;.;r;;;;
.t.amcs ear. and he has made his
decision wirh black vorers of ,t. ,r",.],i
mrnd. "Hypocrire,' is roo kind 

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*;;; ;;ilox wrth our governor!

Even rhc U.S. Supreme'Courr sawno(nrng wrong wirh rhe rwo wornen,s
c()nvrcrrons. The case was appealed rharfar. wrrh cach court 

"fodc ,he- *",refusing ro rurn b..t ,t i".'onri.ri*r1
How .f 3rns5 could rhini ,;-;i;;';
badlv-needed jobs ro two ..iri'nat, in-i
:?unry wirh such high unemplorrn.ni'i,
ilr(ig.tcat, rnsensrrive, and plain sruoid.
- \X'e should ail thank dt i;;';;;i
favors. .lames could have prraon.a ,t.w.men and senr rhem baik ,o pi&;;;
LUun(y ro contrnue rheir civil righrs
1_.ll:lllt-. publiciry.garh.ring, "';nj
rnrenerence in rhe funcrion of counryg(,vernment The women were no( t<xroro [o.cornmrt the crimes; rhey are nottoo old :o serve rheir r.n,.n.., U.yonJ
the walls of a maximum securiry proon.

ln proresr, Tbe Adyerttser rhis week
rs-rem()ving F,rb James' wcekly coturn
Ir()m rhe pages r.,f irs edirorial secrion.



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run ed{oata. t-o Suppoa.L the ltiontgorc+l [nC o! thc ltia+eh {non, Car,aol).t-ort t-o fiorti.-

godle4q doa llag4ie 9oSenan cnd \ulia'nJilCet and the Uoilrtg Riih.tz fr:F.

lfon ,to clo"bt knou, o{ the l|oTeuart4'i)-d.ea caue. 9uo EkcA uonlert in Pizkru
Cou,tb1, ftt, pi.Un.za i.rt tAei,,t coar*truiltl {oa r"arrrl tlea4L, u)eac u)4ot7;t"Llrl cortt,icted
o! uote d+axd {oa he lpi.rg eldeily 6lack ci)i7ena caat theit uotc,t. Conuioted bt1

atttt)it''Lti:ilab+ iri a counbl that i-t aG bkek, and-hcobE loa,L thei,z appea.lz",

th e+c uon!en--414. lioTennn, ll artd 1t14. \lilde+, 69---uctte acfual)4 talrcn b pri-
4ert or7)a,*raar1 II o{ ttul qeaa and aerxairteC irtuaeeaated {oa neaaLl t,to wecl.w-.

thcae ua+.ttenter'dot+t outc-tt1 {+oru aU ouea ihe cou.ntzq, artC jou. gob }onte4 @n-
cedcd .to aeledae. the uontert on uo+le-aclza+e ort ta,ruaarl 22-

9t ;,r. a gacat aehef t]rcL tjrc LaCiea a4e r.o lortgea in kil. l'Jooeuca, tirr.,l
d+e .<-e e{{ea-L 4fill irt,pai.a.ortecl, bani-thed {aora .thei,z hor,re., Piakern Counbl wheac

Elacl,z, at))l li-ue irr {eaa od the i-,tLbiiaLlon br1 PitLe,ra, Coxntq tiin& powei
,:rr.rtchtlc. 9lre lacliaa aia qtTle/.. aqnc+uialrt o,! th, Shrait{ of llidco,t Cort,ittl,
aac l;iitz;, ,,roi!, tn woaL, arrcl cannot xnclea aru1 o:r-zc.uri:+i-artce+ aett<ar, hot.4.

d4e 4tLlL conuir-ted {elor*t ur:!"a*e banned Jraon, uotLnV
th"rl

theae fuo ladieo couU luue been ei.tlrca beert oua

\re alauld rtot aezt xrtt)l th^ea. e laC.Lea c4e e,<urteaatzi.
a,Qh,t-r o{ frU EkcL Peopl,e., rrot j-tutL tAoae in Pi.cUent

daee nnt)l the,1 aae {a""!

n o thetd, g,tartcb,atherz+.

theq weae {,Qht;ng {oa
Connhl. Ue unnot be

thL tlotin? R;rht4 frd. waa pa.tted ilL lq6i .t-o i^nat<tce tlut no ci.Llynt.t
aial* .tp uote iz denied becara.e. od aaoi.al dizotitirtat-Lon. the naioa paat-t o{
the frcL wiU e<pi,ze in t982 xrtleaa, i,t i4 aertewed in Cortgaeaa. 1he ,r.aioa p4o-
uiaiorta o{ thizfrd. aae: l.) Paohil:i.ta the uae o{ l).teaaq tez,ta aa guali{i-
c ati-ort. {oa uoLia,? b aryl eleoLlort. tUninatza poll t-a<e+. 2. ) fraau.ze+ t}nL
aeaitle.nce aeq*+i,zeaertt-t ui)l rtol paeuenL ci,tLTent lao,r- uot)-ng in Paeident).al
electiortt'. ?.) Paouide+ {oa aaai4rzing {edeaal e<r,ri*te,z+ .t-o aegi.tt-ea uote.a+

6,nd {edea,al obaetue+o ,to ua.tc.h iz aaea+ coueaed bq tfu apeoial paouiiorr ot
1fte frc,t.

2hc Uoilrry Ri4htz frct ha+ aeuoLtt)oniTed ni-roai)q paat)c)pa,Llort i-n pol),il2t,
in,frlsboaa, auto4t the Sonth and in paata o{ othe+ a,t-ate+. 9rt tfu l0 lecaa beL-

u;oen the flct'+ acloptiort ii L96f ancl tg7t, Elacte uotn+ aeci.tttat-iot7 dcio4A. the

lo,rth dot-bled, artd Lhe ,enutl:ea o{ Elaek eleotad ot{;r,irlt irtuzcaazd oto4e tAan t0
titrcr. 9t,;t orte o{ tAe aoa.t- e,f{eeLirte pi-ecea o{ oirti) zi4h.tt legi-tLailon euot
paa,tc d-



ttil(Cli doa 6CZ[fi4N n^D ir'rID{R

($e aa]r- ,1oroa whole-hea,tlecl at<1'tpoal o{ tA;a fid<ch. fieeL no' in i^o''t o! t}'e

capi.tot t-o ahou attppo+L o{ rsLack and rLiiiip |ro,zt4oned.an+ {oa rt'i+- liJi)dea ar'd lia-

6o7e,xan ancl to aaue tlrc. uotea Rllrta frcs. the aal)4 uiLL co'u'ef'ce aL 12 noorl

on gebauaaq l|th.
7thc+ udq+ .tn attppoal tio, l3o7*.n and /tl+. k:ilc.et and the l'laach irtcbde

wai,t)rg !2tlaat i,4 tAz;^ *tppoat. and aencLing donat)aru- to helro wi,th the tfa+ch:

!:t:Orlf.

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Stotz Capi,tol
ltioatry' r1., F't ?6 I o t

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fr.t Boaad o{ Pa,'dona dnd Paaole

710 (l'a.thirr,c.t-on frue., S*Lte ? tZ

l{o,ttg'q., flt 76tl,o (nenbe'ra tel-t-on la'tJ:eaL

Qeu. )ol'n Poatea and )ack l"{k;*) (w'zi'tt a'zd

aeci*tea,t tluL thu)o kdiea be paaoled and giter'
a tnL paadort

{uai.te and. a.t-b doa int-eauentart on beluld of |b. WilizL

and l'l.t- BoV,r,art. )

fllAo, u+i,te to Lhe ldclle+ thenae'l'tez, exP4e44;'4' a'uppoat:

fi+. fl6gt*e t3ogzrnn and |tla. ,.1;,a WLUea

4o Shealt'l l"chr4 frne'tao't

l4acon Com.t4 Sheai{{to A{{ice
grvt-Lerzet frLabarn 76087 

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Contzi.bu,tlont to lrclro -{inance the /"laaclt cart be 4cnt tn Soxt}terzn Clnirti,an teadea-

ahip go,.ttclat)-on, a,taLittg tlwt tlte eont-zi,butian i-t {oa t}e. BoVnanJ'Ui)iett flaach.

thc !.orrtclctio,rt a addaet't i-t':
ytc
?J4 fle$*an fruerzxe

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9o+ luathra i.t{oa'naLitl't call:
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SEE BACK OF THIS SHEET FOR UP-DATE ON THIS CASE

Tr:ro AI;l;:;tU
by Judy Haad and
Aalc Bndcn

ALICEVILLE, Ala. - T\ro
Alabama women who have work'
ed to help biack citizens register
and vote in rural Pickens CountY
m8y 80 to jail in JanuarY. Civil'
rights advocates se€ theit cases

as part of a wiCesPread effort Lo

turn the clock back on votinS'
rights.

The women are Julia Wilder'
69, president of the Pickens Coun'
ty Vot€rs l.eague and an officer of
the local Southern Christian
Leaderehip Conference (SCLCI'

and I{aggie Bozemar, 51. locsl
NAACP prtsident.

!rls. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman,
who live in i\liceville, Ala., were
arrcst€d in Novenrber, 1978. The
technical charge was "vote
fraud." Their support4rs say they
were actually helPing elderlY
vot4rs understand the ballot and
vot€.

They were convicted bY all'
whitc juries in 1979. Ms. Wilder
was sent€nced Lo five Years, \ls.
Bozeman to four Years. lvts.

Bozeman was also removed from

the teaching job she had held for
27 yean.

The convictions were aPPealed

to the Alabama Court of Crirninal
Appeals and the 'Alabama
Supreme Court. which uPheld
them. tn November, 1981, the
U.S. Supreme Court, refused to
hear the cases,

The women's attorneY,
Solomon Seay of MontgomerY,
moved for suspension of
sentences, and a hearing was set
for December 1. On that daY, the
courtroom in Carrollton, Ala. the
Pickens County seat, was Packed
with supporters of the women.
Circuit Judge Clatus Junkin Post-
poned the hearing until January
lt.

Meantirne, support for the
women in civil-rights circles is
building. In early December, a
large crowd turned out in Birm-
ingham for a rally in support of
the women called by SCLC and
the Southern Orgarrizing Commit-
tce for Economic & Social Justice
(SOC). The Rev. Fred Shut-
tlesworth, long-time civil-rights
leader, spoke.

On January 9, two days before
the women's scheduled court ap
p€arance, there will be a prayer

arl
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t

black towns. Nts. Wilder and Its
Bozeman are lifelong residents of
the area and lcng-time activists.

" i968 was mv waking-up
period," Ms. \l'ilder has se:d.
"14'e were trying to get L:l.rtk
cashiers hired at lriggiy-\\'i;1-'i.r.
We had a march, and 13 of us
wen! to jail. I was the oldest."

NIs. Bozernan dt-scribes what
was happening in I9?8: "11'e had
a big regiscratrrrn dril'e, and blaek
canditlates run;ilng for office. l'l:e
politicans were es;rccially afraid
of the young wornan we ran ft'r
Schonl Board allsinst a whit€
banker. As i! turntd out, she onJy
lost by 106 votes."

As part of the campaign.
Voters l-eagr:e mernbers went to
the homes of housebound elderlv

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meeting in Carrollton. called bY

SCLC, the NAACP, the National
Organization for Women (NOW)'

the Alabama llunger Coalition'
SOC. and other gi:ouPs. Dr.

Joseph Lowery. president of
SCLC, will speak. Participants
will rneet ut the Salem Baptist
Church in Carrollton at I p.m. and
lnurch to the courthouse.

ploto by Scott Dou8h.
rnutry.

Pickens County, which is
southwest of Birmingham near
the Mississippi line, is ,10 percent
black. It has no black elrrttd of-
ficials except nrayors t,f tinv all-

t*
Wontem }.n..(,lz.-Ftr dE : .q4;q* (X"1{ r, Que ;'i I : :: * l: I : ec- :: :

Me. Bozeman (8t teft) and Me. Wilder may face jail in January' (continued on other side)



llll toulsvttu Dt;ttlDll, ilulsDtr, DtctilBlt 31, l9tl

(continued from other side)

citizens and helPed those who

could not read or writ€ fill out

"b*nt'r* 
ballots - all PerfectlY

lecal. according to Attorney
Si'uV, if the vot4rs' wishes were

followcd.
Nls. \\'ilder and ltls. Bozeman

were clia:ged with "fraud" in con'

nection with 39 of those ballots'
The offenses were alleged to have

occurred in the PrimarY run-ofl in
Seottmbtr, l9?3. l he arrests
*er. n,de on the dav br:fore the
generul election in Nnvember'
' "'I'h"y picked me uP at school

- just ai I was conling in from
the ;.l,yground with mY kids"'
savs ),ts. Bozelian. "Thete wtre
five p<rlice cars - like I *as a

criminal. "
At the trials, the state sub

poenaed many of the elderly
voters. According to Attorlicy
Seay. all but one of them testified
on cross-eramination that they
knew exactl.v what they were do
ing and that the ballots were
marked as they wishcd.

"One woman testified that she
'didn't know what the voting was
all about," Seay reported. "The
Stat€ Court of Appeals said the
evidence was 'confusing' but that
the testimony of that one woman
was sufficient for the jury to con'
rrict."

One of the elderly voters, Lou
Sommervi.lle, 95, recently describ-

ed her experience in the cour'
troom:

"The lawyer said to me, didn't
Ms. Bozeman come to my house
and try to make me let her fix uP
mv ballot. It wasn't true. so I told
him I m the lrcrd's child, and the
lrcrd doesn't want a lie. I said I
have to tell the truth. No mstter
how many times theY ask me, I'm
going to tell the truth."

The charges aguinst trts. !f ilder
and lrls. Boze man are not an
isolated incident. Just lasL year' a

young black man in Pickens
County, \Villie I)avis. was charg-
ed x'irh disorderly conduct uflcr
he explc.ine<l the ballot to vot€rs'
lVhen 1,1s. Bozeman Picked uP l,he

abs€ntt'e ball<lts that Year' she

said the shoriff said to her
iYoo'ru g€ttina some more of

then. Iltaggie llozernan will get

them to votc if she has to vote

them herself. We're going to get

vou this time."
'-ni tfr. time of the women'g

December hearing, local district

"tto.n"Y 
P-M. Johnston told the

news media in Birmingham:
iifhev could have been arrested

on oihu, charges since their con'

viction. Theirlfforts at the polls

have continued. TheY are not

satisfied with voting themselves'
ihev hare been bringing PeoPle

into the Polling Places, wat'hing
them votc. insisting that the;r be

allowed to assist PeoPle"'
RecentlY Ms. Wilder said: "No

mattzr how rough it gets, I'm go

This arricle is reprinted bY

Southern Organiring Committee for Economic & Social lustice (SOC)

l'.O. Box 8l 1 , Birm ingham, AL 35201 ; P-O. tlox 1 I 308, Louisvillc, KY 4021 1

ing to be here." Ms. Bozeman, in
rdditiot to continuing voter
resistration and education work'
co"nstantlY aPPears before local
governing bodies to Protest
policies she claims are
discriminetory'

There is a legend that the face

of a black man lYnched in Pickens
CounLv rrfter the Civil \!ar can b€

se.en in the windou' of the cour'
thousc in Carrollton After the

Da-ember I court scssion' SCLC
Presidcnc JosePh Lowory told
those who had gathered:

' "l'lr ese two w o Ine n were
politicully lynched. V.'e came here

io t e on their side. !Ve're going to
launch the billgest voter'
registration drive ever seen in
Pickcns CountY."

SuonorLers of Ms. Bozeman
,nd ii". Wiidcr have askt'd tht
concerned citizens write their opi-

nions of the case to Circuit Judge

Clatus Junkin, Pickens CountY

Courthouse, Carrollton, AL
35447.

UP-DATE ON BOZEMAN.WILDER CASE

Frbruary 5,1982

After this article was written, Ms. Bozeman and Ms. Wilder appearcd
in Circuit Court in Pickens County nn lanurry ll, 19S2. Tlte iudge
dcnicd their lawyer's motion for suspensiorr o{ scntenccs, anrl they were

immcdiatcly sent to Tutwilcr State Prison for Wr)men-

By that limc, however, people througltotrt Ahbamr and tlre nation
wcre bcginning to lcarn about t!ris casc. Jliil nrotrsts dr rter.jrd 0n Al.t-

banra of{icials. Two days befort'tlre srrrrrr's court al,irc-rrnce , morc

than 500 peoplc cantc fro.n all over Alabrn:r for a nrrrilr rnd pralur
mcctirrg in Pickens County. 300 sunprq11g11 racked the (rrtttr(,()m on

lanuary 11. IVires, letters, phone calls rlclugcd rltc governor's olfite.

ln lcss than lwo wceks, the womcn were rcmoved front I ut* iicr Pri-

son and placed on "work rclersc," in custody of the :lrcrill ('f \lacon

County, Ala-, where Tuskegee is locarcd. But rhey wcrc lorbidrlen to
rerurn to Pickens Counry..

Nls. Bozenran said: "There is no doul;t *e wcte rtlcr.cd fronr
Tutwiler becausc of the support o{ pcople orrr'i<le. !l't lnch $hdt *as
hrpjrcning on the outsidc becau:e' on tltc scrund day ut'*t'tt irr prisun

wc began to be treated with rr>pect. llut v,{ lrc not ftcc rc(. Vv'e are

considercd convicted criminals, we cnn't votc, I can't 8.1 rrr)'iob back,

and we are actually banished fronr our lromc county."

The Southern Christian Lea<lership Corrlrrcnce (SCLC) convened a

meering of more than 30 organizations and fornred a Natiorr.tl Coalirion
to Free Nlaggie Bozeman and lulia Wildcr antl Save thc Voling RiS,hts

Act. A 140-mile march from Pickens County to l\lont(omery was

scheduled to bcgin February 5, with rallies and hearings rlong the way,
ending with a major rally at the sute (apilol on Thurday, l:cbruary l8-

HOW YOU CAN HELP

l. foin part or all of the march. Call 205 252'7O77 or 205 236'5111 ,

or 4M 522-1.42O for details. Send funds to help financc the march to

SCLC Foundation, 334 Auburn Ave., NE, Allanta, GA 303 12.

2. Write Gov. Fob lames, State Capitol, l\lontSomery, AL 36lO{, de-

manding that the women be exoncrated. Write the wornen themselves,

c/o Lucius Amerson, Macon County Shcriff's office, TusLcgee, AL
36083. Organize support for extension of the Voting Rights Act.

(Victins in coses like these orc of l('n cru:hcd ecorutnticclly. llls. Jl'il-

der's linonciol situotion hos not chuntitd U!L'!llt,, os sltt r on tlderls'
widow with o snoll pension. Btl llls. lJttz,'ntun hos hoJ no rLEulor itt-
come since she wos lired from ht'r leoching job. Tox-dc'duLliblt gillt can
be mode to help her m?cl home ntottL,rtlc lrd)'tntnts ond olllLr (ssenliol
expenscs. Contocl SOC or SCLC for Ll, ruils.)

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\rotrng Riglets N ar-ch Starts in Alahema
CARRoLLTON. Ala., Feb, 6 recenl imprisonnrent^of two black Numbing 30'de5ee cold greeted

(.\p)-Akut li|g p.opi. 
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ivrmen ti,r'rn t;i.[.n, C.untv' the marcheis a-i thet'srthered at the

tirr.u;h thc bitrrr ."ra'l,iruLi,ii. 
^ iil ;;;;.h'"*.'"r**i'.d arrer pickr:ns count-'- (tourthouse' About

.ahama t.day o, the first reg or a Juria w'i'dii"onJ-ltr*ii. Bozemur i0 nrarchers, including rwo dozr'n

l3.dui'mrch and mot.rcade in str,- *.r...r,ri1o-i'it"" ii';"*t";'{ fraud whitts' \tere present for Lowe4's

port of iur extensic,n ,,i'it. v,,tiiig .nnr-i.tin,,.. clliiiigr,r" actiti.t. L,r' oneni'g speech and the nuuther

Ri::hr^s Act. ttna tloijtutou u'iLli't}' tnn*itt"i"" gito u' 'ott 
than l00 as the parade

bne of the mruch teaders, \valtcr "gy ti.ir'ii;;il;;;;t;, the' u'ill 'headed 

"ut 
n'' g'vl.lltrtn'

E. l'auntroy. a n6nyotilg dclegate t,r make it'1*otli;i;-i'; ;i of us to be Thc marchers' e-cccrrttd b]- stat€

Congre,s from the Oi*,rli,,i'Cniu,r- lree,' srrii Jo*rph l'r'*rry' ptttititni tr(npers' walked thrt'e or t.ur

bia. slid there s.us..no more ekr- ,,f tn.-,fii',,ri.,,-f1,,.*JS,-ifi,jtnCitii'' abrea-t and sang songs made pop-

(r!rnt testinr.rl\.,.rn the nr,ccJ firr a ti, t,",,Jor.hij ti,nterence, which ular during thc civil rir:irts m.r'e-

,irnng unting iigr,r^, to*"ri* ir.,. ,,rg*nirudih"march. ".$il'rl}|#rffii:Xll'*o.n,,.-r"a
by Congress after the histrlric Selma-

Irlontgomery march led b1' the late

Rev. i\tartin [,uther King Jr' in

196.'r. This march will retracL' tl'at
pilgrimai;r"s finrrl h q to the state

."piu,t in llontgomery on F'eb' lil'

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Sundov. fa6ruarr. i. l9li.l TI{E S'ASIII\G

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To let Marchers

By ALVIN BENN
West Alabama Bureau

MAITION - Joseph Lorverl'. South-
ern Christian Leadership Conference
president, called on llontgomerv of-
ficials Thursdal' night to reconsider
the group's l'eb. l8 n'larch route to
the state Capitol.
"lVe can't get to the Capitol

without going up Dexter Avenue."
Lowery said shortlv before address-
ing nrore than 100 persons at Berean
Baptist Church. "We want to go by
Dr. King's church,"
The late }lartin Luther King Jr.

was pastor of a church on Dexter
Avenue at Decatur Street.

The I\lontgomery Citv Council ap-
proved a route to the Capitol for the
conclusion of the 160-mile n:arch-
motorcade that started last Saturday'
in Carrollton but refused to allorv the
nrarchers to walk up l)exter Avenue.
the main artery to the center of
Alabama's governnlental heart.

Lowery, who spoke to a group in
Tuskegee Wednesday night in sup-
port of two Pickens County women
jailed on voter fraud convictions.
travcled across the state to address
the I'erry County group.

I{e said he will confer with Mont-
gonrery Councilman Joe Reed on the
march route and added. "l'm sure
the l\Iontgomery administration will
recognize the sacredness of our mis-
sion. I'm not going to issue a threat
because we want to work with and
cooperate with them."

The marehers were scheduled to

L 6' ;{u? iWX |; i' ;.ffi\/ =-t ?/ e7-

Walk Down Dexter
arrive in Selma this morning and
walk down Broad Street to Brorsn
Chapel African llethodist Episcopal
Church. rvhich rvas headquarters for
the 1:.:ti5 civil rights drive in the citl'.
.{ bloodv confrontation at the Ed-

mund Pettus tsridge in Selma on
.\larch 7. ltr{ii. led to a sur-.cessful
march to }lontgomery two weeks
later and eventual enactment of the
Voting Rights .{ct. rvhich Lorvery
thinks may not be extended.

"There is an air of histon surroun-
ding Selma." Los'erv said. "I sup-
pose rve ll feel that aura as we leave
on Sunda."-. "

Lorvery noted gains blacks have
made since l96i in Selma. where five
blacks now sit on the Citv Council.
He also said he sees problems in the
citl' of 2i.000 "and the rest of the
countri'. "

"Everything has changed and noth-
ing has changed." he said. "There
are black electcd officials in Selma
and we have the arrest of l\Iaggie
Bozeman and Julia Wilder for at-
tempting to register people to vote.
The hour has come for the people to
serve the '80s as they did the '60s."
The purpose of the march-motor-

cade, said Lorver-v-. is to call for
extensjon of the Voting Rights Act
and to win freedom for IIrs.
Bozeman and \lrs. Wilder. who are
in a work-release program in )lacon
County.

lle said the eonclusion of the march
in }lontgomer-r" rs expected to attract
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rvalkcd throtrgh the rvet strt'ets of Dallas Countl Corrrthousr,, folLrr..'ed rvho had taken office nniil'-"" ,,,, i=Seltna Friday afternoon as they bv a prt'ss conference rvith Georgii monrhs before ,;;';;r;;;i,.,,iun, 17,passed the halfrvav point of the'ii state sen. Julian Ilorrd and Ariaiia began in l9ti5, said Fritia.v tlit racial l*carrollton'to-Nlontgomery trek. councilman John Lewrs.* atmosphere in the city had improvfi l-:.
^.A. dorvnpour caused Scruthern In addition to .rppo.i'for the Vot- ..I00 percent..' I =christian Leadership conference ing Rights .cct-'!.xtension. the "riris is a national issue now.,, he lSleaders to slice the planned three- mircher"s also nave Jrarr, to win the said. ..It deals rrith l\.ashington.mile mareh in half' The rain slo'ed freedom of t$'o pic[ens. Countl' ltreie mav not be manv nrarchers
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The marchers, led bv SC[,C presi- have not been concern"a ur,'ii.'|;'; about marching over that bridge."

dent Joseph Lowerl' and his wife and totals and r.equuni r"."iio" of them The Edmund pettus Bricige rvasSelma Cit-v Councilman F.D. Reese, by the nerus -;Ji; 
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the scene of a blooctv confrontarionchanted civil rights songs and de- -.,Numbers 
are- not that impor- t"1;;;; marehers anrt starerided President Reagan, whose tant," said Bill Edrvards. Oi.u.,o-r of i-.p..*'r.O Dallas- Countr. sheriff .s"New Federalism" pro(ram has the Atabama Coalirion-iea,l:! ljyl: o.o*i; ln yarch 7. t96i Tliar at-been criticized throughout the 160- ger and one of then,...t,ei

m!le march-motorcaae. itrat o'irr pick up. \\'har u.e ;r;lTj:l :::tl.l', rnarch to )lontgome.rl rr=,
"fgnald Reagan. he's not good, impresseb with is tt,e .oii,t "iii. 

tnwarled' but. two $'eeks later. fed-
send him back to Hollvrvood." they peoplerve'veseenandthei.ir.tr*" eral^otticers escorted hundreds to
shouted, some raising their fists intb iravL been having i" ,fr.-f"lIi.f-: the Capttol for a ralll'.
the air as passing motorists and pe- munities. sumueis are iuicrfieiat." Sunda."-'s march is to besrn about 2destrians stared at rhorn. Duri:rg the rr,ir .i;,r;;i,i;' j;ir" p.-.1.;*ji;;';;'il;;il'i;t:;"

A rallv' was lield .l'riday night at in selmi. thousands of d.;;;;;;,: ;i;ll tiit"r'-. ro--ire hike to Tr.ter forBrown Clrapel. hear.lquarters 6f the ors from u".o., uru nri,on poured a rall."- trrrt^iigi,i'ri'ai#rj'il|;;:,
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Comn'unit)' Editor

Former Black I'irilihc.r nrenrbcr Angela Davis
made a surprise appearance at the
Congres.sionrrl Birir'k Caucus hearing on the 1965

voting llig!:rs :let at the Dallas County Cour-
thouse S:rturdriy.

Iliss Davis, who u,as a candidate for viee
lr('s: 1,'llt of tht Unittd States on the Comnrunist
I'trr'.', tr,-'kt't in l9Jt), \\'as recogtlizr'il ft'r,nl atnong
tlrr' oi't'rfiorv autlicrtce at thc. lrclliirrg by J.L.
Clrestrrul. Jr., SrLna attorney and caut'us otf icial.
Chcstnut saitl he u as privileged to introduce her.

"I carue to tJrcse hearings to listen, not to
spt'ak," j\liss Davis said during her brief
rt'rrurrks. "r\nd rlhat I've heard hcre today
nrlrkr.s rut proud to say I'nr fronl .,\laixurra."

Sltr' s.rid that she tnd read alror:t the Voting
Ririhts nuu't'h "in the O:rklirnd ((lrrlifornia)
Trtlluic rrlr,'re thr.1'are kr'tpinli up rvrth thcse
tl:irr,'s. I kn,.s'the t'fItrrt to di.st'lrfr:rnr'hise black
1;. ,;lie anri lx)(,r l)( r.pic - to rob thurtt o[ Ureir
rtilrt to ntakt a liuing.

"1\ hlt turpperu here is the heart of the
strut 

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lliss [)avis addcd ttnt she canre becausc she
h:rd to "acqrirt' frrst-hand exptricnce. And I've
lcrrr:ttl tllrl the fres of struggle hrve not died
out. Si..tt'rs :rnd brothers, lre are going to rlin."

A ft,rrrrer a.ssistunt professor of philosophy at

the University of California l.os Angeles, trliss
Davis was fired from that po:;ition in lg69 duc to
hcr affiliation with the Conrrruris': party. In 1970
she was charged with munler. kidnapping and
conspiracy after a shoot<-rut t:t the l\larin County,
California courthouse but rvas acquitted of the
churges two ycars later.

Sire is now a prrtfessr-rr at San Francisco State
Colicgc in Oeklarid and eo-chlrirlrcrson of the
n-irtional Alliance Against liacial and ['llitical
Iieprcssion.

trliss Davis wa:i not prt:.s..,nt at a press con-
ferrrncc aftcr thc (laucus h,,ltrings, whcre the
Rev. Joseph Lowr:ry, Srruthcrn Chril;tian

' Ir:rrlcrship Corrfcrence official. was iisked al,rtut
ili ; Dirvis' app(,';lralx:e. Lruvcry said that he
krit.r' slrc u,lrs coinirrg to Stlnta "a short tirne
bt'forc thc lrt.arings.

. "We lravc. no fcar of Cornrnunir;ts," he said,
"-rllholrllr u'c don't trclicve in the Conunulrist
priricil'lcs. Ilrrt our l,,rliticll rliffrrcntes d+ri.rt
nr6,,tc tlre. f:ret tltat wc wcrc glad to have Liiss
f)irvis ht're."

Lorvcry atl<lcd that "if members of the Senate
use hcr appcaranee again.st the passage of the
Votirrg ltiglits Act, it will bt bccause thcy are
Iooliirrg for the wrong thing."

1'lrc S(ll,C official said that his organization
"will cr,;rtinue to press thc Scnate for passage of

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AB _'I'IIF: SFII,}IA TI]\{F]S.J0UITNAI,. SI;NI)AY. PFIIJITUARY I4. Il|Itz

Dorris
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the.\'ot:r::' Ili..itts Act. continire to press theAht,:lna i,:,rrli,r: and parole U,_,^.j'f* ii;"
rel,..,,se trf .tulia \\'rldcr an,l lllggie B.r;";:
_,tu,.*r don't erpect that iii trpp.r"iiii.
releasc ). "

larrerl-.erpressed surprise at the ,,warmth
and exubcrance lr the'hearts ;; -i;;;";ipcople n.e've met along the rvay of o* *"acf,.rnc]' rave ber'n $aiting for someone to come
along and rrrise tlrrir spiirts _ ,,,,iiuic, ,1.il;.
Er,tl' somg apirth-v and desirond.,n..."' 

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ne sard also that ,,people are aware and

concerned ubcut thc- Voting Iiights rfct, and have
B new dett,rnunrtion that it be t. prir.A. ,il.,
rescnt rvliri's hrrpp.ning to }Iiss tirr.,nrn-anf
Irlis.s \\'iktur. taUi,f it as potrticallt. ;j;i.;,-""
. hr,ft'ssir;g hirrr.st,lf plci.*c,.1 ,rt fheiffinse to

the.rrrurch. lrt'c:rllcd for a c,,:rlitrorr ,.roJ. ir.iui
and ethrilc hne s, sa.ving that .,poor ,;hri;;;;;;
tntltr)t(tated as blacks but have been rcluctant to
Join us."

. .In terms of Rcagononrics, Lowery said that"blacks antl brou.ns are huri irr" rn.irtTv ti."ibut rno-re uhitts are h,ing hurt til-[i";t.'W;
are so far do*rr alread.r. tf,at rve ,..a , aJitimif u'e are going to resolve ;;; ffi;il;problerns."

,lld.h.. said.that Reagan's government is ,,one
or rout rrsersibilitl,to the poor. His fight againstinflatior is bcing fought it trre erpe'nsl-ii'itipoor. l{eaAlrnisnr is an anti_people issue, arevers(' Ilrrb;;r 11n.4 Oo,,.r.

Lorrt,r.v's r.(.lnrrks echo.,tl thosc rnetle at theearli.,r. l:t'anrrgs -- rlhere his appearin"u-":",
grcett'd sith chants of ..On firet'On fi*!,;-l
shcn he .said th.it .,ilrtinridatiorr 

of f,ir.fi, n.oof".sctki;rg to rr'. i:tcr antl r.,rte stiil e,rist.s. i.tie-r-iistill an assl,ilt on black life, itrtcntion;i';;
dc.libt'rate.

"Poor people are expendable. But in this Black

History Month, they can't erase our glorious
history. They can try to a.rilm trtri..'i,io
th.ey. are sou.ing the win.l and will reap therrnirlwind if.they tlo not uuLers ;;;;t*i#,
and .political distress. So< rar crre os' ;;,U' i;"il.result. "

A number of witnesses from Dallas, Lowndes,
W1lco1, I[arengo, perry, and Sr_t"r-d.rtiil;;;
voter intimidation at ite terrinjr'il;';;;
conducted by Chestnut, F.D- i;;;e';iii'e"ii
Langster.

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Thcse included Nancy Servell, Ilank Sanders

samson_ crum from ttiis a.ea. F;;i;,i;;:
Velma Iangster Jones said that poii'r_;;#,
"ran.the carrtlidate.s oft. I was a ca'nJ,d;ffi;i
found ttrat voting ofticiatr,t, ;i;,;;k;il'il;
living, thcy worl rvith the <Je:rd-,,

_ Iidtlie Aycrs, also of trIarengo County, assured

.T::.:ll,:t .yc are gearctr ,i;i;;ih" ilr;ili;;
ctccUons atrd we are ooilg to run a goua 

"rrn_prign."

.. Mattie Gay of pickens County called it .,one 
ofthe u.orst courrties in urc UniieJ-iiril";i

fi I il :tl, ::;:'ff , i:'s::": rlfi [. :fl ,ffi ]11llEbill does not pass, *"'.. in *.1;';;;i;:
Blacks. must reatize that untit ;.'ri*a'i,i'ili
say'Afn't gon' take no more,' *" tor. ilfi;
everything. If u'e stand togcthcr, 

"";r; R;;;;out, Fob Jarnes out, voting 
"ffi.iui;--;;;;everybody out."

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Crum testified about tlrc, D:rllas Countv

Corrrrnission, calting it onc ;i til #ili
globlem; in the county. ,,l.rorn to ,"1f,J *i,ti.power structure, son)c black l_rusinesrran ,njsornt' rninistcrs hcld the counr"y in check."lfc h;ry-9 enough votcrs to t,iict iny triack tocount,' office but evcrltirnc etecfion contes
around, rumors about l,{ctlic;,ia, lf.i,ficare anifood strmps put btacks ;;it.,.- ;'"ilr;;;

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Lowrey meers lhe press

Houseinaids and housebeys are tlreatened, too.and white.s try to redirect [he", bA;ii;;;.il;
the polls.

"It will be this way until a rrnc".siderl Consress
sees fit to make the Votirul'R;;,;b*;;i";i:*T..tt and puts us all untl,:r oni ,",U"ffI.;
. And Wendeu paris of Sumt.. C;;;ty;;il;;.
hearings "a people.s tribunal and I am ;;;;;;;
to.be here. I was born in this counf,;;;;"i;;
stili not a citizen.

. "I am a first<lass taxpayer but I hold onlvtemporary citizcnship rigirti Ln ;;;r;;;;; ;;i
boasts. of one,a tion u ntlt,i C"l; ; .";;H'" #;;I,a miuion people are nrt r.r*.0 of}l.iisiii,
vote."

. S!9rr{f Prince Arnold of Wilcox County alsotestified, sa-ving that l:e carne Uacf, n,,,nJ floilChicago "to sriow that a blac[ J;;iii';; b;hgn:rt, can uphold thc taw tairly'i,,i;jr;k';;
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Bernard [afayette, one of

the 1965 Civil Rights aetlvists
credlted wlth the passage of
the Votiug Rights Aets, ls
shown at the Vottng Rights
rally at Brown Chapel A.lll.E.
Chureh Saturday ulghl Also
on hand were Joha Lewls,
Student NorVloleut Southern

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suNDAY' FEBRUARY r{' re82 f' fr L

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Natioual Educatlon
Assoeiatlon, a number ol
former participants ln the
1965 Selma to ltontgomery
march and local Civll Rlghts
leaders. (Photo by Jean
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History seemed to repeat itsetf inthe.shadow of a buit of l\Iartin
Luther King Jr. outside grown
Chapel AME Churctr in Selma
Sunday. Voting-rights marchers
,-no supporters rallied at the
church_before erossing the Ed_
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Ieg of their 160-mile trek to l[ont-
l*".ry. King led rallies andmarehes at the churctr ana aeroslthe bridge in 1965 seeftng pas-
sage. of the act. Congressional
hearings on the act,s extension
a_re set to tegin Feb. 2g in Wastrlrngton, D.C.

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I\IONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1982



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L.$Ls lcad voting rights dcnurnslraton acnlss lrridgt at

Sclm:r, Al:r. n.hr.rc in llXiii las.men attacktd mrrchr:rs,
including lr'u is, lul by }lartin Luther Xing Jr. Story, AlG.

A RETURI\ TO SELIUA



u o a i o t. F.[rrglL!!-lj!! rE S'.\sluf

\roting iiights Dcnronstrators

h{arch Across Selrna Bridgu
heacied for the bridge. They crossed

it lr'ithout incident.
At a ralll' tonight in T1'ler' Ala',

thev heard from TonY Liuzzo, who

o'rt I o'hen his mother, Viola Liuzzo,

wa-s shot and killed while ferrf ing

DarticiDants in the 1965 march'
' 'ft i. blrxd ha. not been sPilled

in vain." said Liuzzt.r, 26, of those

r,rho died in the civil rights struggle'

Am<-rng the marchers uas Jtlhn

I.eruis, an Atlanta cit;- councilman

who ,,r'as clubbed in the head *'hile

atempting to cross the Edmund Pet'

tus Bridge with the demonstrators

led hy' Ilartin Luther King Jr'
"lipains me a great deal to know

that oe't'e gr.rt to crtrss that bridge

asain.' Ltwis said. "[Jut I'm willing

and I know vou all are u'illing ttr

march to \\'ashington, if neccessary'

L) Dresen'e the Votinq Ili'Jhut Act'-
Tho It.". ,hsePh Lowery, head of

the Southern (lhristian Leadership

Conll'rence. led the marchers'

Slll,llA. Ata.. Feb. 11 (tlPI)-
Hundreds of demonstrators calling

for extension of the 1965 Voting

Rights Act marched todal- across the

Plclmund Pettus Bridge, where al-

nrost 1? ]'ears ago la*men attacked

oarticipant.s in a similar march.' This vear. the marchers have had

protection from state trcxrpers since

ihey set out ['eb. 5 frorn Carrollton

on a 160-mile journey to \lontgom-
ery that is also a Protest of the con'

victions of two black viomen on vot'
ing fraud charges.'bn 

lrlarch ?, 196;, trrxrPers and

sherifls deputies under orders frt'm

then-gtlvernor George Wallace used

bill-"- clubs in an attempt t() stop a
Selma-trt-l\hntg()merv march that

contintred onlv after a federal judge

inten'ened two weeks lattr'
'l'<dav, singing "\\'e Shall Over-

come.' the mrtrche rs lclt l]rorvn Cha'

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The Rov. Jor.nph Lowory ot Atlanla (lei1). prosident ol tho Southern

Christian Lo.rl;lrshrP Confort:nco, his vrito [:vclyn' and Jolrn Lowts

lead severol thousand civil riqhts msrchors ocross tho Edmund Pet'

tu8 Bridgs in Solma, Ala., Sunday. They conlinuod thoir l5Gmrle trek

trom Coirollton to Montgornory in protesi of tho imprisonm€nt ol two

black women on voto lraud chargos and to dramalize support tor ti

VotrngBiihtsActwhrchgrowoutolthr)g1i3rnalS.'i;nalol''l?rr!';'
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SEL]I.{ - Hu:dreds of narcherr

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,i. E'l=u::l Petlus Er:dse

ii s":r.a Su:'.d'lr al:erii')c:1 cn tile
iinrt l.c of a l6o'm:le -ij:i'eY to

iio-n,roil"n In sir!3or! ol the votlng

i{ieh': e.t'of t$5 and tuo Ptckens

CountY uc:-le:l--ir.u s.'"::t.rr Cl"rts"l:n Leri.e.r:

shio Confe;e:ce Pro;ect' la::'cneo tn

i[d- tno* Feb. 6 rn Carr-'i"cr' at'
ti",J i,t larlest crowd s:'-5 esti-

i',ii"t tto"t arout l '-to to {'*c'
"'iCr-c Pre::ie:rt JosePr Louer'v

told some :.r) r:'3rc;lers u 
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*una- ia,,", -!gte -irrc?er..o[-
ii.-i"it iiii*.u o;;s'.;1 i " ua':kc{

iit.-ii.ot, drs!ance rnto ne:il"bo:li:t
Selmont*3"r"i.r 

ve:e:ais of tl"e :'lerch 7'

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t.. ..ttr""d the sleps shrch led to

;;;"8;of the voti:li Rrthrs Act due

to e\:lre this sur::r:er'-- 
Exieiston of tIe act and a drive to

*r.i c.rrdons for )1rs )1'ri;te
e.=.,'i"n and ]1rs Ju ta \\:::er'
Ir,:.a on voter frauC cLarges iasl
'-.i,n,-a"a rerrrniers o' trt11 ctvll

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are the reasons for

tt?Iit 
J,"rro. son o( )Irs viola

Lruzzo uho was fa:aliv shot at the

end of the l9t3 march to ]lontEom'

"n. iornea the Frrup a mtie irom
sori}t'r,e" Hr;h Sci'rct and sPoke

iii.iii . u"i"te buses took the

marccers back to Seirta'"'L',irio 
is to Place a wreath a! the

sc.:i rn Loundes Co:ntY qhere htt

io'.her was shot io death The

s'reath cerernon-'- ls erpecled tc IaKe

r:.cu lto.aa. c:" Tut':a" dePecd;ng

on the marci.ers Dl'iress'
"t hoPe I have tne same vless mY

See CROSSIT-G' Pa3e t

contlooed lrom Page ICross ing
mother had." he said. "I don-t b€-

lieve in hatred. I have love. !:ot hate

for Alabama."
John Lewis. former director of the

Student Nonviolent CoordrnatinB
Committee and now an Atlanta coun-

citman, walked at the head of the

ting with LowerY. Lewts was hosPt'

t"lit"d ,ft.t he was clubbed and

gassed during the aborted march in
1965.

The marchers stoPPed briefiY af-
ter crosslng the brtdse and Loselv
rooke through a bullhorn. asKrng

iirem to remember "those whose

beadg were bloodied. but not bowed"
in 1965.

T'here were no incidents alonB tle
march route, but thosc ln tne fronl
noticed a Passlng whlte molorlst
hash an obscene Sesture at them'
ia*P"at kePt a clr;se sa:cn on the

traffic and Sulded truc(3 aild cars

iround the marchers. most of *hom
lei wnen the Sroup reacned Cratg

Fleld *h"t. san'lutches and sott

drinks *ere served'--liThit is the beTrnnrng of our ptl-

rrlmace 1531 *rll cllmax ln :':?nt'
io-"iv on'lhursdav," sald Lo^erY'
i'w. hooe the Presrdent *tll benave

u bc ihould or 3o back lo HollY'

sood. "
Pres;dent Reaaan's economic re

coven Dlans .!.ave been attac(ed bl/
the SCLC leaders * ho clalm thev are

hur!rng the Poor and biacks. The
march has also been used to regtster
blacks thro.:cl?ut !he countleS
thror?h whlcn lhet- have Passed.

Doiens of PcoPle lrned the march
route. !ravlr.8 a:',d taklnB Phote
graDhs. Thev *-ere encouraged to
join. but few drd.

"Sugar. -vou can Bel a htter Pic'
ture if )-ou come on and lotn us." sald
Frank Hightower. "lVe're marchtng
for y'all. we don't want You to $ave,
se $ant Your feet. Come on. You can
go a mtle."

Two Buddhists who walked
thrcuzh Selma last month durtnq a
"Wo:.d Peaee .'.Iarch ' traveled back
to S€irna from .{i,Iston and maln'
talnFd a 3tpaC!' bFat on thelr drums
for the frrs! frve mtles.

Punta Bozernan daughter of the

Jailrd Prckens CountY woman'
walked at Ihe frcnl a..'1. at one P('lnt'
hrlped carr,v a laiqe stgn shtch
called for the relea-'e ol the two.

Rabbt Wrlh:m FeYer dlrector ot

the \Ietropolitan Atla:'.a Center for
Kabbalah Studv. tolC :lose at tne

hizh school 'As lo;:a as tilere ls

injustice any*'here llr the worid. I
*ill be there. The crcphers in '.he

gospel tell us to be there."
Supporters rallied Sunday niSht at

IJnrt!' Bap'.rst Churca rn Tvler and

the marc::ers were to conllnue to

White Hall in lPsrrdes CountY on

Monday.
Iawery again repeate'l hts Plea to

lhe }lontgomery Crty Councll '.o al'
low tne demonstrators to waik Past
the church once Pastored b,v tne late
Dr. )lartin Luther K;::c Jr. en route
to the Capltol. The counctl approved

a circuitous route and refused to

allow them to walk bv tne Derier
Avenue King Memorial BaPttst
Church.

"lVe wtll follow the black coun'
cilmen's lead." sard [r,xery "l hooe

they wtll chanSe thelr mtnd becau:e
we feel it i! somethlnS we must do. '

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Aliceville, Alabama. tn Aticevilte, Atabama.
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. Aliceville, in pickens County, ii the site of prthe legal railro.ad lhat recenily sent two U
:ll:K ryoT9.n, Maggie Bozeman and Jutia h{vvlloer, lo,ait on trumped-up charges o, voler n(lraud. Bozeman and wlioer *lre-aciir"e mtreedom ,ighters in pickens Cornti.nJ*uiI inInstrumenrat in assisting the city irorx.iiio uor0anize themselves.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Out-
raged at the jailing of two Alabama
women for vote fraud, some Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania students have
Ao.iAql tn h""
e!s.u!Y -t ., SOULrl tO JOtn PrO-
testers marchiiig ..n the',tate capital
ln lrlontgomery.

Kevin Vaughan, the 26-yearold
university emplo.r"ee who organized
the Penn protestors. said he was
outraged when he read last month
that Maggie Bozeman. 51, and Julia
Wilder, 69, would go to prison as a

result of their 1979 convictions for
tllegally filling out absentee ballots

for elderly blacks in a county elec-
tion.

Mrs. Wilder was sentenced to five
years and .urs. Bozeman reeelveo a
four-1'ear sentence aiter the."- were
convicted b1' an all-white 1ury-. The
march to )Iontgomery \r-as or.
ganized b-v a coalition of southern
civil rights grouDs.

''Given the mood of the countr.v
and the fact that these women were
thrown in jail for voter fraud. we
decided to do something," Vaughan
said.

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"It isn't so surprising that these
things happen in the South." he con-
tinued. "What surprised me rs that
w i th r h.p*r,.I; iu 1j.-:i;d.: i-"j t : g.t 9 I t hi s

has had. it conttnues to haPPen."

Vaughan. an assislant director of
financial aid, was in the Sroup that
set ofi in a van SaturdaY to ;oin the
march at Selma.

He said a busload of 42 protestors
from Penn and Haverford Cotleee
would leave the carnous Tuesday to
arrive in tlme to join the marcn as it
enters i\Iontgomery.

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SELIITA. Ala. (AP) - Singing and shouting chants ridicul-
ing Pre:ident Reaqan, aboLrt 2.000 demon!tra"ors paraded Sun-
day across the Ednund l'citus BriCqe, a [:icv-dy landnrark in a
movement that gar,e bi,-th to the votlilg lii1l;L'; Act of l9tj5.

State troopcrs and local police escorled the marchers
across the bridge without incident.

The demonstrators included several dozen whites and
many women rvith babies in their arms or pusbing strollers.

"President Reagan, he's no good, scnd him bach to Holly-
woodl" they chanted.

The nrarchers, who bcgan tleir march Feb. 6 in Pickens
County, plan to conclude the 150-mile trek across rural Ala-
bama with a rally at tl:e sLrte Capitol on lreb. 18.

Parade organizer Joscph l,owery o( AtlanLa, head of the
Southern Christian Lcadenhip Ccnference, has qucstioned Rea-

8an's commcnts supporting erten:;ion of the 1965 federal law
that guarantetd bailot righLs for Southern blacks.

Congress is now revrewing the law, which could bc altered
or terminated. Iawcry contends Ileagan sympathizers may try
to weaken the act and turn back uotlng righLs progress made
throughout the South in the la.;t 17 years.

Aftcr crossrng the brrrJple Sur,day. Lowery paused for a
prayer to "rciirrrrttxr thr;;,e who f init piulir'c!'ed thls trail,
whose heads were hit and bloodicd, but whose hcads were
nevcr t',rrvcd."

"iieag;rn says cut back," hc told the crowd. "We say fight
back."

The m;rrcl'rrs had linrd up earlier Sritrdav in irrtnl tt|
Bruwrt CIrr1; l r'r],ll:l (,irr.rrlh, the fot'us of t tvtl rr.tl.i-, rlrilt,'s in
the l9d0s, bcfr.rre settrng out on a route through Selma to surt
a foirrdav, 50"mrle trck to l\lontgomery.

About 50 pnople inarched reguhrly during the fint eight
days of thc niarcn inll ,arnt'(:d rri )"'llur itl;t llttd;ry ln a stt,rrl|
rain. llut tt wrs a elear attd mrld day Sunday and nlorc th.rn

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2r0C$ L4aralieri"s Cross Ana. Briolg*
500 joined in the parade as it rround through Seima.

Itarch leadars planneri to walk all the'*-av to T5'ler on

Sundai', alout 10 milcs from Seima on the four-lane road to
l lontgomc.ry.

the Voting Rights Act was passed in 196i after a Selma'
tlMontgomery march that c'as marked by violence and drew
tlre attention of the nation.

The first tine the marchers tried to cross the bridge at
Sclma in 1965, they wert turncd back by mounted sute trooF
ers swinging brlly clubs. [ater, af'.cr a federal .;u,13e granted a

oarade perrnit to the marchcrs, l,fartin Luther King Jr. arrived
ind led'the hstoric dentonstratton all the way to the Capitol
steps.' 

Joining Sunday's rnarch werc John [,cr!s' who was ciub,
bed to the grorind r*hile leading the first iii'fated march in
1965, and Ttinl' Lruzzo, whose mother, Vrola Lruzzo, was slatn

in 1965 by rrightridr:rs as she ferrred marchers in a car b€tween

Seima and l'lunigsn',..t.
lzwis is nor ar:tive in vcter education lrork in Atlanta.

Liuzzo is a schrrl bus driver in Detroit
The Edmund I't'ttu; Brtdqe, with iLs sYmbolic value for

denonstratoru, has b.-'r:n Lhe srte of two otner rccent protest
marche.s.

Last summcr a nrostly black throng of some 5,000 paraded

aCrO.iS the blj,:'r rn:iij;,irlrt.,f tt,(, l'()tin( Ili.iirL; Act And rn

the sumrnr:r ctt i':i.t a i.ird of u),:tt'-rof,r:d hrr i".lur Kl:insnlcn
mlrchcd acrr,.,s ',i,c i,r';Cilt at th'j surrt ol a S,. ltrra't+."1,-rntgrrnt'

ery "Bhit'' I.',"!'r" 'ii li:":'r '.i;tl',ll
l.'li,ri: t:,rrl: liir-r r..l tl;r. l,j;rn rr':rrrheru *r'rr';tfrn.ttrl whIn

they rcrchcd l'1(rnt8omery, rnosi of tbcm charged wrth parldtng
wlthout a p(rmlt.

The votrng rights dernonsration now r,lindrng ils uay
acf(,!S ru:"irl Alil,.lrla w;r:; orl,.iltt.:t d by tIe AtlantL'ltrrtd
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SELIIA - Jim Clow is the most
recognizable marcher on the Car'
rollton-to-Itontgomery trek. He's titt
white Yankee rvith the silver beard.

The 47-year-old Nioline, Ill., truck
driver has been nith the group from
the start and has attracted almost as

much attention as Soltthern Chris'
tian Leadership Conference Presi'
dent Joseph LowerY.

The nrarch is a show of suPPort for
extension o{ the Voting Rights Act ol
lgtja and pardons for two Pickens
County women imprisoned following
convictions for voter fraud last
month.

Clorv's reasons mirror those of the

other marchers. but he had other
reasons for heading into Dixie. One

of them. he said. was fear.

"I came because I ielt intimidated
b1' ttie South and didn't rvant to feel
that way," he said, l-,rtfore the rally
start: rl in nr:urbY i\!;'rion this pas:t

ncr'1.. "I meci pcoplc r.'ilr-r arc fright-
ened i() vo!e. i'nr not. vt,ry eift.ciive
becaus;e I'm rvhite, but I try to do
rvl:at I can."

Clorv said he was a barber in
IUolir:e when the 196a rnarch to Nlont-
gomcr)' led to passal;c of the Voting
Rights Aet later that .vear. IIe said
he follorved the activi'.ies of the late
l\lartin Luther King Jr. and became
a belicver.

"I uscd to preach King at my
barbershop," he said. "What we're
doing norv is retracint: his steps and
makinq history again. I think Dr.
King clurnged the rules bcr:ause of
his bclief in nonvioltrir:c. Violence is
sr'lf-tlestructive and he shorved
that. "

A member ot the Illinois-Iowa
SCLC, Clow said discrimination still
exists in the South, partieularly in
the trvo cities which were linked by
the 1965 march.

"l i'11:* Pfoole as a whole
ashamed of plaees like Sclma and
llonigomery," he said. "It's because
of the way they treat minorities. You
don't think Alabama or Georgia
passed.the Voting Rights Act, do
you? It was done by congressmen
from other states who were embar-
ras:rcd by what was happening."

Clow said he has becn encouraged
by response along the way since the
march bcgan in Carrollton on a cold,
snorvy Saturtlay morning. He also
said his eating habits had changed
considerably and "I doubt if there
are many live chickcrrs left behind
us. We've eaten a lot of chicken since
we started."

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IIe s:rid his liir: stoxpe,j'at tl"
age of 27 when lre rvas ja:.r'j , i .,

drug charge and "can:e 5at < l', .^ir
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IIe said he also i;lcll,:d up pa.:. .:,.j i;
a profr-;slon.

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one prrint," s;:td the i2-',,,:.,,'l
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rights militant lr,lalcolm X) and most
other I\Iuslims thought this was
foolishness. "

Bashirrudin, who said he has ll
children, did not paint hirnself as a
leader- He said he enjoys painting
signs for the marchers and ,.I make
most of my money from white peo-
ple."

Clow and Bashirrudin are among
the 50 men and women who have
remaincd with the protest march
from the start. Thcy and the others
have complained about reports on
numbers "instead of purpose.,'

"We never really expccted more
than 50 to ?5 peoplt, for the actual
walking," said [,ou'ery, during a
nervs confcrence Srturday afternoon
at Brou'n Chapel Ai\lE Church in
Selrna. "We har,e been rewarded
bevond cxl-.(.,.l.rii'n i u'ith tlrc rvarrn

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nrc:hod of provrtlrng lht;. I wrli b{' dmonB nlJnY

teachers here tn Prr len: Counly k) wrllr(lrdw
lher'memlEr5hrp rn lhe AlabdmJ IducJlron
Atscrdltonl

Phrl 5mrlh
Cor<lo. At

Edllor'a Nole: You concctly [ote ahe rnlclc
rpgcucd on ahc edltotlrl page whlch lr
rcacllcd lor oplolona. The Journtl
rclcomcr opporlng Potnta oI vleu lot
pubUc.llon.

brouqht about a costly and lengthy lawsun. and
(2) the ruppon of powerlul grganuatrcns ruch as

the NAACP and the SCLC, who nrake all rssues

Elack vr. Whrte rnslcad ol Rrghl vr Wrong
Thr AEA rrrd thc NEA need to con(lull an tn

vestrgalton and tnlervtew teachcrt who havc

asscral€d in a prolesronal capactty ulh Mts.

Borcman Pcrhapt lhey will be as conlu*d ar we

are !l lh€ .ppdrenl ertstence ol a dual peronahty.
We requesl a rc[a(lron ol Ihe aforementroned

adicl€e and a withdrawal ol suppon for thesc two
indivrduals u:ho have created a [al* rmpressron ol

counly and our peoplc

Patsy Gurgamrs
Many of your readers are lamrliar wilh l

Center and rts films and wrll wekome thii f.
lcaching ard. lf I may provrde addrlronal rnlornr

ol assist in eny woy plea* dool hcslt.L

Srncer.
Hillsman Lee Wr

Ducctor of lnlorma!on Serr,,
Ccnter lor Southern Foll,.:

P.O. Box 401
M€mphis, TN 38:

, (901) 72641

The most interesting thing, however, is that Covernor James, a

avowed supporter of Reaganomics and the "trickle-down" theor,.
failed to see an inconsistency. Under Reaganomics, the mo:
money people have in hand to spend through a salary increase, ti
more they will actually spend, thereby creating more demar:
which in turn will create more jobs and putting people to work. C,
the more people will save thereby reducing interest rates, therei'
creating more capital investment EivinB more people jobs.

One is also reminded of childhood days. lf your mother was ir!
mine, failure to clean the plate oftentimes brought a mothcr
reminder of the starving children elsewhere in the world.
remember on many occasions volunteerin8 to gladly give up t'-
food if Mother would Bet it delivered to the hungry children, l-ii.
conversation between us usually brought the stern order, "Eat yot
food."

Apparently, the Covernor is suggesting through his handout she
that all of the unemployed people will suddenly have their joi
restord if the LeBislature will only vote to give the 

.14 percent rar,
he wishes rather than the 16 percent raise which most of them wr,
to give. We find his embracing Reaganomics on the one hand ar
contradicting it on the other to be not only inconsistent but ratht
fascinating.

Ann P Park

- Glorra Erownlee

-tti<"))- Margaret Frndlev

^;r'rr'.-'-- 
Manlyn Burrrs

. Meliss Smnh

1\.. 10--s,:;aip;l\\. MJUEnldrnputtr
(\t,1.-r ),'-ruory Ann coplandI'r ln\

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/Ahcer,lle 

Elemcnrary School

ipecul envronment o( lh€ South ln rerpon*
numcrous requests scvcn award-wrrrnrng I

{rom lhe Center {or Southern Folklore havc [.
packaged rnto a *rrcs enniled Soutlrttn
pcncncc,/Amcncan Drearn' Accom;rarnr,t
prolesstonally prepated, conrprehcrrsrve 5r,.
guides the srics wrll d[ect both teacherr ar

iludcntt to the wealth ol knowledge rnherr|r
Ihe llver ol the anlsts and Yolk' fearured rn l
films.

"Southern Experence/Amerrcan Dteam' n

be purchased lor $ l.tloo or r€nted ior 5f{l() l.
may be purchased or rentcd *pdrdtelv

For more lhan ten years the Center
Southern Folklore rn M€mphrs ha! re.(r-]nucd.,
d6umcnted lhe unrqueness ol the peoi.
cuslom5. and lore of lhe regron lntcrnaton.l
acclarmed, th€ woil ol lhc Centkr kan*cr.
Stalc and nahonal boundarres to ponray rn a v{.,
personal way larger lssucs of Amerrcan lrfe s,

A sad commel:fl.{..;:

i rerponrtble i)urn.lsm ln that you have prtntcd
I t*o anlclcr on paqe sx whrch conl.ln a *n€t ol
I hall.ruthr. dittorllons ol lhc truth and labrica
I oon.
I Ar rexhen ln lh€ Alrceville El€menlary Sch@l

wc have obsryed Mr Bozman's olhvilier .nd

I bchavbr ln tlre xhol cnvrontrrenl. We beheve

Ithat wqe you awlrc of the* you would realire
Ithat your ruppon ls mrrgurded. We found lt drf.

| fuult to recognlze ihe "dcdk.tcd .nd devolcd"
t€{hc. d€{rlb€d ln lhe medb u the sme perrcn
g know.

Dr. Hubbenr
h is o gd comm€nt.ry on the st te of publk

cducallon when organualioos such as AEA and

NEA whkh should bc dedrc.ted lo p!rncrplca such

cs tluth, honesty, ethlcs, Dnd mor.llly ate lng€ad

openly gupporllng convrcted criminals Evcn .
ruper{icul invetig.tion o, thc ldctt rn lhe c&
would have reverled to you the oveeh€lmrig
cvdcnc€ of lhelt guilt.

ln the January 22, l9tl2 i$ue ol thc Al.brEr
Sc.hwl Jomd you haye vblalcd thc codc of

On Frlday. Jcnuary 8, the Piclens County
Bord of Educcdbn voled to cancel Mrs.

Bo4man't contract becaus ol lhe convktpn o[
rc0ng fraud. ln addition to the charge o{ a felony

ollen*, the lollowing tpccific chatg€s wete m.dci
(l) lailure to lollow ruler o[ het superursutg pnn'

clprl regardlng signing in .l the beginnrng ol
rholday: (2)failurc to submit mandatory week'

ly lesn phns to her princpal; (3) farlure lo rub'
mlt her conunuing edwatlon plant to her pnncip.l
r rcqulred t y . polky o[ the Plcken: County
Boud ol Education; {4) lntubordin.lion rcgdding
hsr lrllurc lo ablde by o, follow th€ dir€ctloni.nd
ttrSruclionr of het prhcipal rnd lhe 6$i!l.nl
spertnlendmt o( aduollon regardlng lhe deh

cLnckr ltstsd.
Thcx chorger do not includc a bng llsl of oc-

tlonr lnElvlog bclllger€nt and nsgaliv€ aniludet,
lack ol crcpcrotlon. drireg.rd lor $h@l authority

lnd defie nce of shml cnd board pollcies. These

behavlorr hcd a *verely demoralulng cf(ect on

the local rhd llmosphete.
It b our bclbf thlt lher "leer" chargc werc

mer broughl pdor to hq convir:lron bccau* (1)

Ahbcma Tochcr Tenurr Lrw suld haw



AE,AtsANYIA JOURNAL

Pogc 4

Established l88l

Neal Brogdon. Editoriol Page Editor

Montgomcry, Alobomo Thursdoy, Fcbruory 18, 1982

Unworthy of it
The journey began in the Pickens County

town of Carrollton 12 davs ago, a 150-mile

march-motoreade organized by a cum-

bersomely named coaiition. Its purpose

was to show sttpport for the extension and

strengthening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
and to seek freedom for two black women
convicted of election fraud.

It ends today at the steps of the state

Capitol, the traditional last stop of scores of
other similar marches. There rvill be hun-

dreds, likely thousands, in the throng that
gathers before that historic building in
rvhich so much of significance has taken
place.

It has been, thankfully, a peaceful march
across the countryside, unmarked by vio-
lence and conducted without injury to
marchers or taxpayers' pocketbooks. The

only shots fired have been rhetorical ones.

About 50 peoPle have been marching
since Feb. 6, a largely unknown core of
trudging protesters rvalking for a cause in
which they believe. They have been out-

shone by thc big-name civil rights leaders
who have joined the march for short strolls
and rallies befrtre Ittoving on.

They are destined to remain unknown.
for it is diflicult to compcte for the spot-

light with Coretta King or Andrew Young.
The number of nrarchers has increased

dramatically each time the group has ar-
rived at a spot of particular historical im-
portance. Four thousand marched across

the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, the

sitc of that bloody confrontaticn oiten ered-
ited rvith being the impetus for the passage

of the Voting Rights Act.
I\lost of these went home after theY

crossed the bridge. The few dozen faithful
kept marching.

Their dedication is admirable. The Vot-
ing Rights Act was and is important legisla-
tion. Ludicrous, bigotry'riddled larvs that
were contrived to deny black people the

right to vote were rightfully removed. No

fair-minded person mourns the demise of
"literacy" tests and Poll taxes.

The call for freedom for Nlaggie

Bozeman and Julia Wilder must fall on less

sympathetic ears. however. The two were

convicted of election fraud and appealed
their cases through every existing avenue.

The convictions were upheld and sentences

handed down.
Election fraud is a serious erime. It

undermines and cheapens the voting proc-

ess, a privilege we often take too lightly'
Yet, some c;rll tlte trvo women heroincs.

This misplaced adulation seems unworthy
of the efforts of those dedicatcd marehers.



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tcred throuqhour the crorrd, and spc,r\er
after speaLer drew fronr Ktng's m.:ny
famous speechcs during the 60s.

In trying to duplicate the roule Dr. Xinq
f6llowt-d in 13tii, march offictals aniri,'d
IUr)nt[omerv Crty of ficials. 3nd nl]y :r.rr.
rowly avPrted a cnnf ront.:tliln wlrh p,rl: 't'.

Ilta.vor Emory F'r'llmar and the cttv .rir':1-
cil issued the rnarchr,'rs a parade prrirllt
whrch did not allow th.m to ceme ail the
way down Dextcr r\venue, ihe strect l. ;,J-

inq to the Capirol. filn;i i , j ri,t1c ,r-' rt

f)€xter Avenue in 196.r. and marcn crla-
nizcrs called the ro.:d ,.sacrerl 

Eround.,.
But for t\ro dals, as the nlarcllnrs

apnrolchpd the clt'/. olftr-i.lis 16;rr-r,i to
bir'd;e. Wednesdav Lolrerv and ('r::cr
n arih o{lrctals satrl they u'ould dr'f| iIe
cit1"s parade perr.lrlt, even if 11 tr''.rnt
gorng io jarl. One orqanlzcr called ['ol'

m.?r the "r:.radm.rn nf ',in;r'^-1"ry "
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''They came to us," l.or,'"py sa!d 'lve
made thcm resp€ct orrr prl;r rrrrage. Th.-,t s
all we wantnd."

'J'1',g rJly:pute had rnvolvcd rhree hlnrk:r
alcrng D€xter Avenun, an,J r;lr,1,-r ti'ie (.,;:n-
promise the marchcrs u,r'r.- allowr,j to
marr:h down two of thc trlcci,s, I,ou-,r)'
said.

"We didn't want a conflrct over a l.ir',.k
of asphalt." he sard, "so t+hln thr'y of f r:rrd
a conrpromlse we acorpt,.,i. Iiut I know
you pcr,pl+) hke to krt p l.Corr'. :;o it's 2-l rn
our favr,r."

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the Car,ltol.

By Sidney Bcdinefield
Pftit.tlf rald Rr.gnrter

IIONTGOIIERY - A civil rights pil-
grimage th.at began in the cold of Pickens
County 13 da1's ago ended with a large
civil rights rally at the foot of the state
Capitol ymterday.

"You've bccn on a mountain of raeism
for too lonA," Dr. .loesph Lowery, prcsi-
dent of the Southcrn Cirrit-tian Leadcrship
Confercnee. told thc more than 4.000
blacks and $hrtFS v,'ho Eilhcred in i\1ont-
gomrrv J'c::tct',1-rv. "lt's time you mot{ld
to a ncw tn0lrrl.aln."

Lowery and the SCLC helped orf.lnize
the march across the slate to prelr',;t the
jailing of two crvil riJlhts workers in
Ptckcns County, and to rallv sr:i.iort for
the ertens:on of the Vntinq Fr:his Act,
which is now under consideratian in Con-
8re5s.

The civil riflhts gorkers. l\lasqie Bnze-
man. 51. and Julra Wrldrr, 63. u'rre jaiird
last month elter en all-u'hitc ['ickcns
County jrrrv convicted the two hi,'rc<
\rolr!fn 6rf vote frarrd. Their plrr.ht drc'r
113tir'rn;1l,tlt.r'ttlnn, 4nd p;rrprntr'.i f.n'.., r,,'

and thc i,('LC r,) r11 ililrrA r.,.. t{r, .l;r11rl
"fil;:ritn;l:c" from I'rckcns Count.y to
l!'rr t ''rn:,';1'.

Drrrini lirc mrrch the activi:ts retraccd
the Selma to luor)t(omery route taken by
Dr. Martin Luther Xing Jr. in 1965, when
the Voting Rights Act was originally
passcd.

About 2,000 marchers Aathered at
George WaiihlnAton Carver IIrgh School on
the outskirts (,f l\lontFom{try vcstrrday
morning to bnArn tlre last leq ol the lt0-
mile trck. Lou;cry, Dr. Itlartin Luther liing
Sr. and Birmingham l\{ayor Richard
Arrington lcd the marchers out of the
high schml parking lot and rrp West F'air-
Iield Avenue toward downtown illontgom.
ery.

"I'm here to support thc Votrng FighLs
Act and to protrrt lhe injr:.trcc ncrpe.
tr,-Jr.d ;r-::ln.t I,lrs. \'.'rlrj,'r ;:-,j l,1r;. : .,,'.
man," tlie nr,lyor said k.fore hc.rdrng out.

Lowr:ry s.rrd thc nrarch tl,rough rural
Alahama "rouscd complaccnt blacks,

stirred them up," and mav have ushered in
a new, activist spirit amonS southern
bl.rcks.

"They were in the doldrums, in a valley
of despair and they could see no hope," he

said. "Now they're ready to fight. Escry'
where we wcnt people $ere responsivc,
anxious to frfiht back."

The more militaot attitude can be attri-
buted to thr. Iieagan admlnistration. shich
is tr;,'ing to roll back civrl rrghts reforms
blacks ruon durinq the €,0s, he said.

At the rallv l'.sterda]- rnarchers srorJted
"Reaqan, Heaflan. he's no good, scnd him
back to llillvuood," held siqns askrng Con-
gress tc :a'.'e the Votir:fl Hights Act. and
hcard srrakers. inclrrding Arrington, lash
out at the ad:rlni.',tration.

'lT,r:t of us know that the new ferjeral-
is!'ir ri!,:'ins new fatalrsnn for justice in thrs
countrv," the mayor said. referrrng to
Fcr- l!'s decisinn to shift numerous fed-
eral r':^Ir.?ms hack to the states.

A[) ,n::ton told the crorxd at the Capi,ol
that |' ::rce iS on trial in llah.:ma. and
rrrlcrj hi rrl's to not lorget inJU:tlces but to
i ,- '',1 ' : :-1.

" \s I ,,- iS frrr.rlnm Ii;.htr,: ltkc \!ll-
;'ir [i.:;'r1.r-1 anrl;rrd Jr.:]:a \\',ldcr Cal tte
I:11'r,irl.ij tn tiir: I'ir:I t:t_, Cr,'.. tt..S Ol the
worl,j, tl,':n 1u::tice 13 stitl oil tr!.11 "

A[ter the rally yestcrdav Lowery rnet
rpith Governor Fob Jantes. hrtt. said he
didn't urge him to pardon the two women.
or to prelisure the Parole Board to release
thenr. Lowery described the hour-lonq
mc( trng as "r,ery cordral," and said the
Eovcrnnr erpressed "great concern" for
the two r*omen.

The SCLC leadpr said Scn. Edward Ken-
nedy. D- Itlass.. had reqrtestcd transcnpts
from the public hearings the marchers
held in Sclma and Carrolltr,n. which he
.ni6 rSlrslri he placed in rccords of the Scn-
319 Jr;rJrri;trv crrnlnttt tne.

A nrtrnl-.nr ('[ r ; . .', i',r-rs Srl6jrr:.:rd ve:il-.f .

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rally provcd that hrs son's l.plnt was strll
altt'o.

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not vet been used.

"There tr.as a conviction bv ajurr"." he said. addihg that the
marchers should send their requests
for a pardon to the state Board of
Pardons and paroles. rrhich has the
legal authority to grant pardons.

James would not comrnent after
the meeting rvith the march leaders
but has scheduled a nell-s conferenee
for 9 a.m. Fridav.

Before the march. the erorvd rvas
asked to surrender anv'.knives. guns
or machetes" thev i*".e 

"r..rlr!.About 20 knives and sharp oblect!.
plus about four pistols. 'tteri 

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posited in the rear of a pickup truek
before the march began.

No incidents were reported along
the march route. police said knir.ei
were taken arral'from ttr.o apparent-
Iy intcxicated rrihite men pr ti)r to the
march. It rvas not known rf ther.had
any connection tvith the march.

Leaders repeatedlv urged the
crowd to remain non-r.iolent.' Don Black. leader of rhe Knights
of the Ku KIux KIan in Alaba"ma.
stood under a tree on the Caprtol
grounds while the rallv ,rai in
progress.

_ At the request of the }lontgomerv
Police Department. Black jaicl his
group had delal'ed a planned coun-
ter{emonstration at the Caprtol un-
til late next month.

Martin Luther King Sr.. father of
the slain.civil rights leader. urged
the crowd to protest president iie-
agan's plans to restore porvers to the
states.

King, who said his age had slowed
him down. told the erorvd to belreve
in the dream his son started.

"Anybody who savs Ilartin Luther
King Jr. is dead. lies. He srjll lrves I
was invited here when the present
governor was inaugurated ... but that
was on the l5th rof J;rnuarvr. and we
don't leave home on the litlr." sar<l
King, alluding to his slain son's birth.
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Ir llr,,ns of t,llr k rn,irr L"r\ - ini, r,:v.r:.t.,1 h',' :r

r:. ra(r., I .it ..'.:'r.:,.1 ffr,:n lh,'o,,1 r l1r 0f t.,^n

l;'I s,r ah. C atil e d.' f{ euu B * gt rum.u.n g'
.""?1,:::,lT:,-

t\rONTGOllDIfY, Ala. - Albert Turner, a trlack tenant farmer
from Pcrry County,.{1a., was thrnling alxlut ancihtr, Ionclrrr votrng.
righLs march as he *alklJ among thou';ancis i l,';i'.,!:r!' to the Caprtol
here. It was l7 vears ato to tho day, he rr'crillLi, that his fri,;nd
Jinrmy [.ee JacLson was shot dcad at a voter-r('eiitratron rall;- rn
I\larion, Ala.

"l nrnicC to blc his trxly and lay it on tlro str i,; of the Cr,;rloi,
riiht rrn (i'.. i;r \\'.r'l '., 's lrrrl' trp," 'l urn"r s:.r:'1. "ll,;t itr'. Li: ,i -
Mrrtrn Lu',i.cr hrng Jr. - srrd no, llc sard ue had to orlr;iize.rnd
8ct a shDle lut of prriple to nr.rrcb on ll,rntgotncrv."

Thrt m,rreh (Jrnt, litrr ln l!rl;) ir;,1 lt'd ttr 1;;lsiiqe of thc ferjrril
Vr,!rnX Ilril :'.s Act. Aitx:rt Turn, r, ne\',rr a l;,'norJl brt rl*'i',s a

fiiillful s, r :. .i0t tn tlin I'l,rrr'r::r::t. !A;ri :t nlJr:l:.r! on t1,,,'. 1,.',,i'.
t-tJ:thfrr,:rl|.,.j1;13lrrl,!,,r:t.',rri,:'v Ilr.'*;ts.tt)1.r,.1,,1..,,.:i'i;..:
dry as sotrtt'2,rlu0 t'tvrl rt1;liL' niarcht:rs Jf,aln t,rrl to t:,r: .\tilrL., ( f
ths caprtal of thc Confedcracy - this time callrng for t'ltrnrron of

the voting-riihLs act and for the freerng of t*o black acttursts in liil
on a convict:(jn, b1' an ail-u.hrte Jr:rv, of \',rter fraud.

Trmes have chin;r,i srnce Ih,rse eiriv marchcs, Turner srrd. In
Perry Count;", where he renLs a;rC frrrns 600 acrt's of land, the 1".;;u-
lation has al;a.,s bcen about 6l !xrcrnt blacL. I3cfore ltti3, th, re
u'cr('nt anv Llr.k eitr:ted offri:r,l; )i'ow the sherilf ts tilacl, as are
three of thc fr,ur ccunt'; c(rn)fn.isi(/nor:i.

"liow the wliilc fr,lL lrr s;r.r'irr; ,i . tlme to'rc-i,.jr'niifv votr,n,"'
he said. "\','r'rr: walk:ll t,r..jJ!'to tr\' :,,:,J,,c $ilJt $o H,.! l.;lcn.

' il.:,r'i ;. :,.,.. ate in b",1 .i : ,,.: L.rCJuse uc'rt. ju;t nl,t (,1 ll.e
aqenda rn t: r Il,'lflan adrnrnr,tr.,l.,.,n. . I see this ;rs a nr.w tx .':0.
nii,i i,,r ti.ii !i:ii'ern(nt. It'S th,r fi,.rtt'.)t outlxrUnlrg :,lilc[,tlre 'L',r,"
'fur;.t r sir.l

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F'ianch-
r?-ic.r t jr a',"- .*- 

;I t
laton nor s:.. Fcur cf ll--
8oi:e!-1 S n.:e c:il' c::-
men a:d:E] !1f ll:::i::
Cc';:.:i s i.i( ,-;i:.1; c;:.
sic::es a:e :l.:-'r.
Aii:a=a s:::ii:s e:e t.:
Belcre p: -i; ;e cf r:'e :
l'ot::g E.;'s .{.t. !:-
held n::e i: :.'-:-r.;\:i.::a:-.

"Ta:1, cl.iren. ard C;-
be wear.r'." j.-\nny Ford. :'
blacl mas:r of T:sit.:
Ala, tol,l L:e ri3:ciers.
can't turn r:'t:--C lo*.

hdeed. Lrer:- cajleC
marcleB b carv [teir i:
test lo Pr,esrde.! Reagao L::
sell.

"Wa lnrlJt go from here .

CreOrgre, t;! i5e calt s:
tlert. Te n:;st 3c ro S:
Carolrne f::
Carolrna l'lra:l:a. :
ve ca:1 t s::: l.:.eae. ' :e q:
''lle vc gct o:-e r:.aae r:ir':
crcss :-'e F:::..
l{ere g"l !::.::'..::: i,
Hc-.c:::i: r:.-:l:.-,

lie';:3..: :.i i;:: ::-

fro:x L'.e r- -:-.: if c:r'
Ce:cr" e:1 c:,Ce z

e. a ...,.<

ti,€:ir.ii5 :::r ',1'.e r-:
nie.1: Uei d :R*:3 rn L:e t. '

' 'l;? i:i -i: a.:: ia! a:..
cali t:::-H.l cr::.:4.1 !
lI i-'.lr ie ::i :€;i:a:c.i
vote, !e s3.J

l'i:' !.:.::.: c'-: !:at.
thorii r:::. :.;':L! L:i i.
eic!':,{ t] ::.t? s:::e :.
tl.ei' s: .i r:.:r.: -; .u! :

: [,{:ar-:.: !i':..'::'-d c:1..;.
ir A:.er..l

T).e r;... r:j+1 n s.:;a
Alb*rt ?-::": .:'.! i.-s :
bass v::re :3 t-:e ci-.r-i
tllu;:,as r:r u::3 re 3-
Ovelcome.'

Cooti.ooed Froo Prge l.A
"l sas beaten oo tlat {rhe

ECn:u::C Pettusr briCie l7
!'eias a6c and rserl 1.r ;a;l t:t

Se.::lr," salC Jolr lrsls. re'
cali::; the l9t5 r:3:cl. Ejl
I c'l:-,e back toc.ic as a n

e:ec:.,J membrr cf L\e c:tr
co::cli of Al.,rrLa.... he
marched today ,or all those
sho dled lor tb! n8ht to
vote. "

TLe march, led by Ue Rev.
Joseph [arer;-, presrJent of
tle Souuern Chrsuae LeaC-

crshrp Conlerence, btgao on
Feb.6 in Carrollton. Ala. A
huodred or so nrarcbers made
the l;0.inrle tr.'k. throu;h
rarll and ccid, and the:r ra[t5
haC lrrr s*elied to LtLusards
bi i::rsCay $lren they
na:ked tle f rnal fe* mrlcs.

A lJ:t-mrnuie co:::ptomise
Thurs'la;r rnir:irig had
arc;:,-i a conlr-i'j'.ion bG

lu rr: r:.a:c:?rs a:J J-ri:ce.
The l'1 -:.:;:r:-,e11' (..:y C,;'::crl

- ln a rdcliil)" sl:.t 5-{ sc:e

- t;1 :;:.1 thr. nti:.h c.,l::d-
n't t.?(e tlig r,:ii.:jl filh
bl:rzii Lr llrnin L:::tr l:lr4
Jr. l-:,:::-ie rt q r::j d.rrLrp(
traff:c Lrrery s:rrd l\r{ncs-
da! !'. a:,: he H.s:C ule
X.r; . r,:,::r' .-'. !: to ,;lil.

L: :r f'cin:;r - tle for-
mcr l'l.;.ne *Io 1.'rtls a pls-
tol. rs ;:i;or of l: ::i rneCi.
tld r;.i_i' r-un (i,r i ,'::.r as

I P,,'-:.::can .- :..i.i lj'rlrce
cou.: r::ic:cc r,:iri c,trr{li rul-
rn3 [;:: TI'::. iur :::,]rr:f 3.
b,:: s:.'s a2iair:llr 83ve a

ht',:e::t a (oi::;r.rn,ii4 route
ras ag:ted upon.

'r*r crr't sant one blftl
o, a!: -".1 to 05ic ire !]':e ls uc
of :i,. \'.":,::e R.e)is Act.'
Irue:r;.d

An :::.cipated r::ettr.{ bc.
tEe?:1 a:ack marcir-rs :,r.d iiu
Klur lil:rsmea also railed to
male:i.i-;2e as kiarsrnen drd
not !: ,, up lat least, scanng
rob.s ,nr tie cour,lerdemon-
Strat;.-,: :i!.eY haC Promr-'ed.

A sttond puaFrs€ of tLe
protes! rnarch. !n adCtttoo to
serkr:r3 ertensron of the
federal Votrng RlShts Act,
res to cail attentr.ro to the
phghr of tro blaci sornen
lrom Pickens County, Aia.,
rho rre no\[ s€rvrng time ln
a sr,ri-release camp after
beir:3 conrrcted of voter
trz'-d

'Fre* Maggre and Juiia."
several slgns sa:d. I!a63:e
Pnztr.at, the brij',eql. 5l-
rJeat<.d preliatn[ ol tie
Prcke;s County NAACP ChaP
ter. a:,d Juha lirlCer, the €3-
yearr.ll prtsrdent of a I'.ck-
cns Calnty voters SrrJuP atrd

orfi.er cf the local SCLC,
sele cr,nvreteC b;" an all.
$r..:t Ii:-, Ln \titr. Tl.,-'! 't..re
deci::'d Suilty o, u,tGaily
lill;'"3 o'.rt 33 absenk€ b.iiols
lor elderly, illlterate blacr io
a l97e coulty elecuoo.

-.-rr,,i,,jl.rr --.D;"it(

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liq a.: rr. . .- ,

boycott here. "Sincc those
da; s" rc've seen rhat Dr.
Kiir3 ru ta:Il:14 atrcul"

Lcrery r:s ,]c.:ed oa tle
fist roz br Lez:s a:'.J by
ld2rty aod lJern-ce lirr8. tire
clt liren of llarl:r Lut!:er
Xrn3 Jr. DrdCv X:::g - fa-
Oer ol thc sla;o c:;ri rrqls
leader - spole rt tle raily
rtter the rnarcl but d;ir't
male the rair t,r.sc.lL

"A:i !:^l) si.o sar s th.t
Martrn Lu$er llrr3 Jr s
dead bas S.nr:',i::3 $lonB
elth Lrm," Daj,'li L::g told a

cleenn3 ctcrd. 'He
Iives...."

Acrcs tle strett ltom tb.
C:prtol Ers the Derter AvF
n\,:e Baptrst Churc\ rhere
Manio Lulher XtnS Jr. ooce
preached. All arou:,C Eere rF
rniMerr ol the culr:tes bc
brouSbr to tLe Sout[

Biaci and rb:u chrldrea
ride to€te'"her oa tle yellor
Monqomery Coucty scbool
buses. aad blrcl fot m
lon3er srt in tle back of t"he

orrr':ge trarsit-s)5"em bus€3.

Tlert's r Jelf Da';s Avenuc
itr Mootgomery stru but
tkrc'r aLo a l'laruo Lutber
Kiag Jr. Erprcsscay.

In tbc Capitol rhere tbc
tDrrcb adc4 16 blect legis.

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llarchcrs I'arade To The Alabanra Capitol In ltontgomerl '[hurcday

\!;11:e B::ernan ras set>
teice,J to {l'-r _rcars Jil:a
U',:ier tot f;;l rean. Tle
s' r::rrcis ate t...,'.'.rl to be
tLr i:-:ai: c',{i ; en ln ail
Al,':ra vr-i,i:.;-frr..iC case.
Af:rr L:e trc u.,lne: s le(rl
ai ltai sa:'e er:a:;ied.
Juaie C:a:r Ju:.i;r de::ed
t]"(:i pttialrrrn .id s€!en
dr;::.r:s Crore L\em to jai
las::-'.:n:h

kr rrv s:r.d l,e rculd me.-.t
sf15 A:;:r:ia Got. l'ob
Jr:res T.', -:'':;i- af :troo to
try t, eet t:.r:' rrl..astrd.

Je:is €;:..: tad 'i.e
$.,::,rn Ja- :.-::(4 fr.:r
pr.j',i lO a I l:r'rtl,l;4 PfG
grarn. rle:e :l+, re se:';rng
urne r:t a |.--5e L'ai,er lnslead
o, b.rinC tas. JudSe Junlrn
terned *,e acroi blat nt''
pclr',rcs to s., biacf Yote,s
and said tle sor:1en 'fla-
8:ar'.:i' Eenl r,ut anC stole 39
voits.'

\1s. Borenan rrs f ired
from her lib as a 6.ammar
sch.rol teacr.er altar har co}
vlc!.cn. "U )ru teacb b:act
peorle to s|:rC up lor tieu
n;i|s iD Plcttns CDunlY,
rr.r!e folLs rril slarve you
out or sr:ffer iou 9l unltl you
more out o[ toro," she said
after her urai.

"A.i I d.C Tas Ehat tbe
vo:er Ear:4. i C.an t €neour- -
73e t:.t:in to !i,:e e:uler Eav."
Sa:d l,';. i i.:tl. si.O r€!i tO

,;arl m 1969 ,rr protestrng hit.
tiz v.'..c:s.5 i: a 6rr4ery s:ort
in A:.ce'iil.e L'.lt lar'*r enied
up .s L\e store's lirsl blact
c,'jl'..er. '. . . 9,me s:rd.
'.i,..a.:t Cix'l ma(e r.uch
c:l:a:€aae i.'.T I !cie: tbe
r.nlie foiLs rril do rht tbey
t'ant ani'ray.' Tteo I'd tell
tLem, 'Tbey cniy do it b+
causa e? l€t uem.'"

P-:'J rcm€a h:rc
ma i:',:. :rd tlcrr r.xrenc.e.'li ::'.ey r:le::1ed to glve
ilf.'-r a (.rt ttril. hoe ccu:d
ti.ei hare ai ali.sttle lury ln
a ca:jiii t:ai't {2 !Y r(nl
bla:i'' Lcr"r.; asl.ed C'.:n:r;
L;s sx+rb al Ue €nd o, the
na:c:. 'il icu cali tJ'rar .;us.
tl:t. \'cu rt a iar ald the
[iJ'.] rs Dot r:t You."

i:e r:.iir! Lad beguo
s!:a:",:v al:er lC a m. A h!!id-
l';l of s:,.:Cers from t}e
Un:versrly of Perasylvanra
h.,j E..ied L\e shole Bay
frrrr C:::;,.:on. and a score
cr !-l r-aie C:.oie l.o lor the
f l::a i nilec.''I cane doro for tlre
rhole s;.r;t o( the move
n:ext," !..C l0rea Fersel, a
bl:rde ia;icncre ebo sas
*.:'ee iean c,d sbcn King led
hs isrcnc r:':rcb in 1965. "l
t.|i.L actrvurn s com:ng abve
ae3.t a:r cariLS€t."

BlacL ;t<;,e iioed tbe ray
as i,:.e mara.'.ers couad ttretr
rsay !:rou8i u,e crty.

'l ieler L:.!ilt I'd sec tlc
c!ie! ol pci,ce leading e
narch lte t!s," laughed 6{-
year<id Fraocu Belser, the
biact s€crc2ry ol the Holt
Stre€t Bai'.st Clureh nbere
tle ,irst r::ass nreeun3 cas
held L! 1955 to pl^ra tbe brs

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i Atz THE NEI.// YORK TIMES, FRIDE}1 FEBRL".C.R}' 19, 
'9S.'

I,IARCHIi]S IIEACtI

ALABA,IA CAPITOL

Rights Demonstration Ends

Parade and Rally Backing

Voting Law Extension

By R.EGI\ALD STL.ART
*F:.r:j:.\.'':,:rT.ffi

MOIiTGOi::R.Y. Ala.. Feb. t8 -Black crr':l xi'::-( :e.rJ!rs frlm acnns
the Soulh. ,lr:l:i.l b\'r h,:r:r ,): black cf f l.
ciels and 3.:r-t) ',r 5l)-r) sul.x,ners, con"
verll€d c: ti.,, CJ:,i:()l he:t,:}jay to cJil
for . ..:..:... :. :l t:e 1,.,.:ei !u.:' .'

R:;::.:.- .i. : .,.' -l :: l Iri'tJ.(, rrf t'{o gl,ltl-
Cai ac:i!:- :- tur:r.cltd c,i i'i !. fraud.

Tl., ,l',: ::t:r::\,n ,,:,-1..:1 3 l-i<1x",
l.l.L:... ; ' : -' 1r, :: ::., I. .:..:.
Cr,u:. t' .::: ,. . .'ii ( .;: ..:,,1 i! *:ri
thr.:': la-.: i: t:.:I t:. rl r. r ! ..rr{ld Jt:l:l
Vr'iid!.r a:d 5i.r'..,rr,i j ),1-r,,.1:r,. Lt;,..-:-
mrn E.,n- rr-d..-'.: :u tr..'.: :,.::::,: . ,..
ter::s' I t.r. .1' 1 1 J-: \'. r: :::..: rui -:
c',rr: '.1: fi; ::- rl. .r: :, it:i.'in ir, _1

'11;r". : :':,..^.'.'...: l: -.1 :;t rjrr.l:.i.:-
t[ rI: t h: -: l,C; f,- : v,):p fr I r:d. s t I rrlal c,]r-
lruvesv 3!r.(< the nJ'.lon ai.d ti:f,;t({
thr: mar!h.

T'l!e nre:ch r:s tlie l.;:FEl rn

ln

F

I he ri3:ch r :s tlie l.;:FEl ln tll-l-
s.tr.l1l.5 p"p t:,r:.. ',::C 5. lna-t/_El,lrint.irlt-
Somerv rJ:{:, .r i.,^-, r i,:ch *as crrrl-
it.{ 'xlth }.; :.:: ;1 r 

. , j',r ()f tl-.e ! r,:. .
rn,: ?i;-:.'---i 1. : i.'-t 1,:-.s ol tha if,:.. i

xi.r.l)atx/l:.::.4.:.rtiir;:arory;;farn,:1.:lar3cr:l l::.,--,th:-e€timesrntj)elast,\rlenMr.Kingros€tospea.k,healso afidPamle.Board.HEsa:lherc:
practic6.a:edr.:t',,r\i:.'i,nliun*i.-"it-"-;te*-r--'sl::UheissueEas6s65;d- dIwcheersandapPlause I next wr:k.

Th€ Rev. Jos€tb lrrery, or8ant'et ol tbc marcb to MontgoEery, eddresslng crord outside Ul€ Alrbama Criii

"' --- ' ''-:'4 'i:r:e c::v ia*tr:akers, ied bt "Tlere are some Uun8s going oa m At Lhe raily, LL.e cr--;d's e::'-.-xinS'sFarhrrAn:ongSpcakes i:r.:"r !-i:-rlJi..ii*.".ji"tt*";;# s".ii;on u\at botheim"e a"gr€al s-*ei-edwl-.yj I1:, L:-^.-..:. ::
TT,e c:1r.1 3l t". :.,i.i ra the Caprtql :r::iu.Du..iJisru;lb(rsrness Cail," l,e sard. "The President E'ai1ts io Vru:.rern Chns::1: 1.. , . : i.: a

wards, !.)":'r:::rt cl ( ..lfomia. to tt:e n(,(m. Iie narcarers lnclud'ed Tonv 'ern dre." uin," he said. "'i e :-:r: ./n t,;!s !:.
Rev. Man:;: I.rr'::er KrnB Sr., ta*ler ol L|uzo of Detrort, *hose motler, Violi,, Refemrqtothetvopomenconvicted tarflof racismto.ilaf,g."
l}leslainctlfl:i'::;leactr hrico:xet:--,rnt-he\orthtohelpinthe o:r'otetraud,wtroarenowonaworkre. Heurgrdtheaudia:cetccrrntrrue,
. :uaj.-:I.L. Fu:-a, chref of the.F.la-,ons/nal Se:ma-rGMqntgomery rDarch ltaie qrogram m T-urkegee, I'tayor -i "l;.'[-u"ii* 

t*f-_*l r].e ral.lbama. Hig)-*-:y' Fatml. etimated the and g'as slalr. n-chard eh"naon of tsirrnrngham ro.o se€Ted ui:elv tlrar 
'.1,-,r.-;.1q-4.cmwdat 3,'r.l).1..)t o':r,i6 who*atched A=:dchrl:rxiot"Firedup"and"Roo- tl,:e cheering throng, "As long as fre+. --.:i.;;rr:11i.-:,:,-';;:'.-^-.

themlrch?-r:.''lrs'rttat5,000orLpt- aidi,,..aer.'r.he'snop?od,s;ndhimbaci( C?rifiqhterslike)laggieBozemana:.d 6r;:.fi-,*;i;;:;--..;+;;'-.j-.-
matThco;:.?.tr<tt. :>:ai.ets*-a::redCoi:zi'tsstobeaarer,f L.)elickerl-sCountiesof ArDenca, jus-.chrseblackvotei:."..2::.*:t-.-r.

T1 ,-.r:::r;h er.1n1 :t:tcelullf- atter :-,...2*'Loari.Jalthata..StronZ"vo:::e'Jcelsstlilontrial."prti"i'n*",i"i'oir-J,i.*r','itsor- r:*.tsacr*isnolongerneedd.The:/, LarmaterForeseesFreedoa ,i"11*t;,1b.r"til."*f',i.;r'?.j,;^'
g.1xIl,?"*;:l;::I'3,lfiilX; X';"i#5l[Hfili[if,':,S'm"?i*Ho.e,er, !t1r! . Representative, rcda:r's ranlr c:rre:e/- i;;';..

$Hffil,Hiil:*!ffi:,*rji[+*ff* j:{ffi .h+,'tr*e?*f.[t*l*qi.nH;ffi *tfi:'$;{E#il
strarorwhlce,.,aredrr,m the,o,t.. surnmer bf ,n" i;G;;'il;;g;;:1.?Tffi*t:,fgn[,ly&X"TffH; #..]f-.ff-l Y;|::1,i:i*i.:.Ths cr/:!p:r.,n::se Called tor omitling Uves.
sne br,rck,'rar,er r.han triree,.tnm_*i 

-' - cbeersforrrsislaror f5r,*ii"ffiar:rl?rir:}LgTjI, ;#;;LT;,;:if,::l:=,'i"x,i".*",roJte tc,::.?Bl :r, :he onE::.al Selma-tG
Montgoraeq,.c..a:ch. Repres€;ltatrve EC*'ards, a liberal | .TLe leAslaior,sho is cori;dered the Ald a! the e.C ",i'-'.. 1.t!-'r-5i.:

c.omproaisrpass€dbvco,Dcn ;'','i:..1;A4"1!:Il;"?;':J.:trff.'j'rj;i"'"l.fl"lr,,?,,I;.Ili,i:tff;ff;l ;i.**i,=,{;i--i.'i:;?,;;.,1'-
ob6cureLhetssueoltheVormgfughrs Tcca;rhed;tTcit(*rswhenheapV-u-4 Birh"tr[stedblackJ,"suchasfurnselt. grouprnhtsoff:celi..rl.2 la|or4:
Act,"sajdtheRgY.Jcephtowery,the to:hea:ier:r-etc"rilltheS,.i),.2te HesaidtheGqvernorhadaskedhlmths tendlx8r:levotirzi::',:lawa.'-.-
marchorganizer- Tal!tha!-rtia.fuZjr-s661 

"aru,-=q1 
oj't*]xtodelaylntroducingabiil lqfye€ hehadn.,rdecld€f r,:.';:.-'-i,ver::?:.-

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:Fr: t.\ Il. \.r \ d Irr:4

IlOliTCrl'rli.R\'. .\l.r'. i:' 5 13 -
When the Crrr0ilion'tG11(,n:iom'
ery march lor vr'11xg n):hts ended
heie 1}ursOay, tt h.ld p:rrr'd rnore
thirn 3 test of strtngth f'rr tlle nrcve'
ment to extend the votmg RrS,hts

Ac!o( 19]5.-' 
ti *"t also sccn a.s an arouslng of

dormut emoilorls' reflected most
by the marchers' chant ol "Flred
uo! "'For m:Inv $howllch'.Y, the march
Clarr'l), rt sf,s al\r) J t| t ')l iL\ It'rd'
er. tlre Rr! JtnIpir [.r *r'4". Pre]l-
d,:nt 0f tl,: S,,ut5r'nl ('hrl{tLe:t Le:d'
eFhip C(,nIIrtne u.

Srnre t-rktng contrt)l of the lladt'r'
shro cr,nl, rt'r..e tn lh" I rte l9:'r's'
I'tr. 1.,,^.'ry. ii 1' r- ':1. h:ti f,-n
s,tnr:il:li:.1 f,)r rt' oiilil',ll lrs I lc-

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srn'rli:l r,il lll('II. ).t::r":lt 5 li-ri;ri_
ery !n lht drv\ ol (hr i{ev. Dr. :'1Jr'
trn [.uth,]r [:rntl Jr.

'salvation r,)r.\ll of Us'

ln Selma. shcre rnstchrrs were
t Jtr'tt wl(h Ir)llat] rl:':lrt 'tic;'s li
vLJni hr'l(,n', hc al',:.'''l hls il 'tr'n'
i's, :, r:n - at.tl tr..ir;rtrJ ii.{'lr conll-
d. n<.-'.

TIJ: ci,riill..nC,.*i: r,:ri, :C,-{ tl
Irliri';, m.-n'.,.iI 1:.. r::. :l: irr1',r'-' tl':
lrnrl d-iv. w::'n h" l ':(l t tr:l.lI'.':!
garherr<i tn a clrulrh ti rt lte $r'Iuid
iather go tu larl thJx'flw to the dttl-
sion oi wh:ie cltY l'-J',(rs txat tl.e
marchers could nlt cover tno tull
qix-btilck stret(h (rf f)sxtl'r A"'enue
leadlng, to the Capriol' ret'f,crng, the
route of the Sclma.tGM0nt8emery
marchul l9r;5.

"r'ired uPl " the au4:rnce chanred
as Mr. t sery strt:5(<l that :': 'rt'
pom?ry sas ti,e onlY cltY a:'rrg lhe
i,rure ihat sought to tmPtde thc
march.

Bv sunrise a deii had bL'en struck'
Mr.- Lr*ery agrttd to a crty Pro
-rairhat *uuid;r::r, the mrrcn to
iollow frve r,t the srx blrrks ol DcY'

ter.

Thcre would be m cr,nirrn:aitr,n.
and sudd?nly mar.vttl tI'' rrar(:''jrr
were qurn.r:/rnlrlB l:-"lr I'iad'.r'c ?J('
trcs.

"ln a sense. theY defeateC ui"'
saiJ 2iyear'<,ld " iil;e L Davrs ot

-.'- € ,

h:rd h-o mc qut te con I * rrl .

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To many you: bl3,:i1s alt:: tlo

march roule, t3.!i i:;tra L-.e n::'r l.l
vote miSht be taken a* x!' and odler
riS,hts mrght be l6t soulded far-
letched.

"I slmply can'l lm3PIne !:',4t."
said Klm Davrs. ?,1, a llreYl-slon ra.
porter in MonlSonlerY.

Mrss Divls louxd lt C.f f lcult to be-
lieve that just 30 1'errs alo t,iac!:
adults m m(r;t of the s{trh eere Ie-

Eally barred from vort:e and s'ouli
never have dre.?.med cI nsr-.nq e 1,:i
l*e hers.

ller tnt?r6t was stt :':"rd. hl * e!e:.
and she slx'nt har n:::ai ,rll -: 'i:
church raily, ltsienli i l ) t:,e sirlJl:-r-. ;r,. H,iii, ill,l;,:::;;:,=i,

, talkad about frn<irnq.r n;: :r;a.::k
, "The uilrds cii:l r.. ':" : ,!
, more 0f a st;'ntf iurt:t r:)( J:irn.: i.l ::'
I now." she suttl.

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st.:rn of 5:(:ck. !'li'j. li,1i '.j::'
tie P:!bl, rn ls .ri er. '

Sl,t at:,.| o'hr.'s .1;o '.'1 : - r ll'
reJI;2..-.1 (l' rt lt ;: a',t (.. 7 | " :

She luin'<J (i,e r: r r'. i: .' -) '. i'.I :.
on tht (:;..r1 da; r.:.:, -; ( J;r-.; {'J.-j ' :

tt.e brrut':r; u3 D'j1. .: r\i -.::'-' .:
frunt 0t ti,: mf, rcn. !:,'-,,'.ln:l 1 - ll :: .

cnrwd, " h trrd uP "'
a

Not all whites serri as exc:iat :'
th6e rn the rnarca. s.ra::m.i:: 3: ,-
th€ l{r}mlle march rr-'i13 rd a *i: -

8amut. There were lnanjl:7 s:nli.':
in Alicevtlle betwe€n mdrc:::rs a:::
sp(rtators who knew of,e a:J'ir:
There were arr.b;iii:::* 3'.4 t:4::-
nallonAmOnBO'.i.i::, ; rlil:-.lr i .-

a lrne of t hi t'is '. a:.:: 2 '.'), - -; =." 
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tick?s last Sur.d,', l: 5'.:-.r l'- :: .

Cahaba T*rn Ti'-:t'::: ,,t i.t:.* .'
g). As the de:.-.rnr:r::crs Pa;'':'
over the Edm'J.d P,,:tu:' Ena;:
sever-al in the l:le r r::e asiied i::'. :
rhoughL5.

"!ioclmment," sald D:ie rnan
"t don't care uhat t,e'Y C',," *t :

one man, his ar:gr; e'iz: tttl on":
rnarchers. "l mtnd rn7 otn Cami"-':
bus I ne:s. "

"l dr-,n't thitl lt s r.zcq'-'ar-;
said Charles Sinrs Jr. of S':lna,
fus r/rJ's. "Of ccure, tf tf'.t' Cc, L :
allforrt."

Lii..d hrs w;le, ?:':zzta. "l d::
thrnl anY colored Pe<rPre have tro-
ble uottn3 now. "

' Ur_:dhliltzl'cl

i ft,. R"r. Joseph L,o*er}, lcfi' lesdlnt marchenr trom-Brown Chapel tn

i iil-". it.. uiu hl:'n are hls Eite, Evclln, and John l2q1s' an Atlsnt!
I -'.ouri.iirn"n 

"ho 
took pan rn the lt'l salma-to:uonttomrry rDarch'

* i.,te rll:c;als a1,j il,e comt: ):'1.': 1,7,'.y,q grid m'rming tf F'eb 5 :n Ca:-

rr,aat-:iat)';'."-. rL::i'rn, bul he wa:;:1-'1 tf"j l:t'11 h'-'''
l,'lr. Darrs had staried *:lh p-de CredyardstotheCapllql ?"h*-Y!1

Prc((ai Cuunty, rtierrng ti tie ."ss cllthL;lasm, (onlij':g (l-'al



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NEA NEIIS sERvlcE, FER. 22' 1982

SPNCIAL RIPORT

TIIERI]CE}IT160-}1IL[Clvrl.RIGIITSI't^RcllIlIALAI]^],IAI.,^SII{SPIREDBYABI,^CK^I,^nl\..,l\
TEACIIER, ILA(;clE IJozElnN; ,r,'lo r, crvrl nrcrris wol{KIR' JLLIA I'IILDER' rollolll:ic IS /ii{ hCCoUli'i

OF THE IO-DAY TITtrK I^'}IICi CUI,}IINATED II'i }IONTCOI'I}:RY L}^ST THI'RSDAY'

lloNTco)1uRy, ALABAMA (NEA NR.rS SERVICE)--1'THEU SOIIE 5,000 clvrl Rrcttrs IIARCHERS CO)iVEIrC[i

ON THE CATITOi, STEPS HERE (TIiB. 18) IN SI'I?PORT OII E:{TEI:SIO}I OF THE VOTING N'IGHTS ACT' :'iEA-

^!-EA ItEllRlR II GCIE tsozEllAN, ollE oF TWO COUI{]\GEOUS BLICK L'O}IEN lnlo IrisPlRED TIIE IIARCH' WAS

40 }IILES AI'AY DOING WHAT S}IE LIKES BEST--TEACIIING'

MRS. BOZEMAN, 51, AllD HER COLLEAGUE Ill TllE CML RICHTS llo\tr)tENT', yP's' JLII-IA I'IILDER', 5(

COIILDN,T pAp.TICIpATE ii; tUe IIARCH BECAUSE TI:EY'ilE SERVI\G OL"T THEIR PRISo:I SE')iTE):CES O:; '\

WoRK-RELEASEPRoGR.\}IINTUSKECEE.MRs.BozEI"I,\,\TEACTIESATAMEN]'ALLYRETARDEDIi:STITLTI0::
TITILEI,TRS.WILDER,ALOCALLEADEREORTHESOUIIIERNCIIRISTIANLEADERSHIPCoNFERENCE'WORi:S
IN A NURSING HOME.

TI{E PRISON SENTENCES, STEIOII}iG FRO}I THEIR CONVICTION ON CHARGES OF VOTE FMIrD' ARE

WHAT THE t6o-tlrlE pricmlrAcr rRoM prcKENs corNTy, hIERE BorH wolIEN LrvED a\D woR.KED' i{AS r-l

ABoIJT.THE}IARCHi.IASBILLEDAST}iELoNGiiSTl}iTHESoUTI{.L\D!{AsRE}1I::ISCE:{TQFTilE
CELEBMTEDSEL}L!-TO-i1ONTGO}trRY}IARCHITYE'\RSAGOhIIICIIRTSIiLTEDINP'T\SSAGEOFTH;VOTI}:C
RIGHIS ACT OF 1965. Ti{E liO}iEN,'IIHO hERE ARRESTED IN 1978' WERI ACIUAILY I{ELPING ELDERLY

BLACK VOTERS INDERSTA'\D TlIE BAILOT AND VOTE'

ANGRY cIwL RIGHTS LEADERS CALLED FoR TllE RELEASE oF I'IRS. BozEMAr\.!\D }fRs. I,IILDER ri}:o

WERECONVICTEDBYANALL-'/'NIITEJTJRYA^\DDENIEDLE:{IE}iCYBYTHEJUDGE'V'IIIO}E'TEDOLTTiIE
SENTENCE--FOUR yEARs FoR llRS. BOzEl.tAN, .{rO ffvS YEARS, T}iE MAXL}IU}I, FOR }lRS' !;ILDER' A Fi-"l

AND SLENDER h'O}!\}i NEARING 70.

. ,.I,IE*r{ON\T',nE SATISFIED UMIL }lRS. BOZEMAN Ad\D }IRS' I'IILDER ARE CO}PLETET'Y EXoNIiRATED'

GETTIIEIRJoBsBACK,ANDcoHoMEANDLIIEINPEACE,''DECLAREDJoSEPHLo!.I[RY,PRESIDENToF
THE sourrtERN c*RrsriAll LEADEpsIlrp coNFERENcE, I''tircti sPo:isORED THE )'ARCH'

t.AS LONG AS FREEDO}I FIGHTERS LIKE }'L\GGIE BOZE}I[\ A\D JULIA WILDER CAN BE MILII'OADED'

JAILED IN THE PIcKElia Cot\TIIES OF AIERIC;, JUSTICE IS STILL ON TRIAL"' CHARGED BIR'\11\CHAI'1

MAYOR RICHARD ARRINGTON.

,I'M NOT SATISFIED. .AS IONG AS ONE OF MY SISTERS IS IN JAItr, Iry IN JAIL"'

DECLAREDJOIINIEI,IIS,ACMLRIGIiTSLEADERANDAIIEIIBE',ROFTHECITYCt)L'l{cILI}IATLL\TA'
,,WE,VECOIIEADISTTNCE,,,HESAID,BUTI.JARNED''!JEHAVEAGREATDIST.L\CETOGO.''

AlitD MAGGIE,5 D..\UGHTER, ptn['A, A STIJDENT AT HOI'IARD L-I{IVERSITY, st}sED L? T'dE FEELING 0:

TtrE DIiltoNsrRAToRs rriien iur'serD: ,,!rotrlry,-ioN't woRRY. . .DoNtT UoRRY AT 'q'LL' 'LrE wrLL

SET YOU TREE.''

MRSBOZEI,IANGOTINTROUBLEBECAUSE,LIKEALOTOFOTIIERCOUMGEOUSFEOPLE'sHErSNoT
AFR\ID To sTIcK HER N;cl.: oUT. .{S PRESIDEI{r oF THE AI'IcEVILLE BMNcii o!'THE NMcP' S}lE 

"i'\s
. A LE^DER IN BRINGING ATTEN,tlt]:{ To A wIDi] VARIETY oF A3USE,S, IILECT\LITIES .\\D DISCRI}:I}iATI]'

ACIIVITIES I}i THE CouiTY Sc}lool SYsTE}t :ND IN HER LocAL AND coL':,ITY cc\E,RI\}lE}:Ts.

JOE L. REED, AEA.\SSOCIATE EXEC',JTIVE SECRETARY' DESCRIBES IL\CGIE BOZt:lnN As A I'TEACli:',

l{HoIsAFERVENT^DvocATEoTTEACHERSBEINGINVoLIEDINTIIEPoLITICALPIIoCESS,ASL.ELI,T\S
TEAC}IEIIS DE}I,L\I)I}IG FROTI BOATDS OT EDUCT\I'ION ACCOTINTABILITY TO TIIE EDUC\TION'\L PROCESS.|.

REED cr)NTt:NDS ltRS. ioirlLl,r lS A "PoLITIi,ri Pnrsoxrn"' TIIEnn wi\SNrT '\ SIIRED of EvrDi:NcE

eCrfff'fS'r llER' IIE SAYS' TllEli l'nlY WAS SttE CONVICTED?

,,I.IRS BO7.E}L\N WAS CONVIC1ED BECAUSE SIIE IIAD BEEN TOO SUCCESSTUL IN CINT'LENCINC TliE LOI

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''TEACIIERS EVIRYWHERE }ruST K\OW T}IAT I.',\CGI,E BOZIIMA\ IS A SYIIBOL OT T:IE STRUCGLE FOR

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ASSOCIMION AS ..\1.I ACT].\'IST I)i T}iE IJNITED TEACIII)IG PT'CFESSIOII.

"IIVE BEEN T\ TEA(,IIER FOR 27 YEARS," SHE SAID. ''T}LA}IK GOD FOR NEA AID AEA FO:T BEI::C

ACTM.\i:D \.IISIBLD 1N THIS STP.UCGLE. NL,A t\rAS A i'Il.LOlJ FOR }. l,IilE:l I I:EEDED IT I,UST .L';D

WAS TIIT TIRST TO CO}ID TO }ff RESCLT.''

TEACI{INc ar THE }u,coN COIJNTY COIJ};CIL ON RETARDATION AND REI{r\BILITATIoN (}1CCRR) 
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RA\IGE Ili AGE FRoII 18 T0 60--,t\D TiiE STAFF.

IIIT TE NEVER SEEN.{ PERSON LIKE YOU,'I SAID ONE OT HER CLIEMS, A}I OLDER }'AN IN HIS 5O'S.
IIGOD }ruST HA\T SENT YOU TIERE.II

M1LDRED I1OORE, ADIINISTRATM -ASSISTA]IT.\T THE SCHOOL, AGREES, I'}IRS. B0ZL\L{r'l R\S }tESH.-}

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STATF fu\D CLIE}IIS (STUDE}iTS). }IER ATTITUDE IS EXCELLENT. I I'JlSi{ I'IE COIiLD KEEP TIE3, FOREYE:,,

BIJT THAT I{OTLDN'T BE FAIR, TO IIER.'I

THIS KIND OF PRAISE WAS \TRIFIED AT ALICEVILI,E ELEIIEIiTARY SCIIOOL ISHLR: ADA FOSTER. 6i.
A PJTIRED TEACI{ER, TOLD T;iE t^'rS4-IM_Qli_P!_lL TIIAT iiRS. BoZE}LL\ "iiAS r\ RE-\L GooD TEACIIER.

IIER STUDENTS ScoRED I{ELL ON iSSTS. fu\D Si{E SPOKE IJP FOR TEACTIiJRS. SHE }L\DE SURE'ilE GOT

OT'R MONEY ON THE FIRST OF THE }iONTH.II S}IE ADDED.

''I.IAGGIII WAS JUST INTERESTED I,N FAIRNESS. S}lE }L\DE h'I{ITE FOLKS:{AD, BUI'h'}IEN YOU TRY;O
PRoHoTE BER]TER LIVIIiG ITOR COLORED, THERR'S i\L!,I.A,YS COI:{G TO B[ }-L.\RE-UPS. I''E DON'T }I..\','5

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PRISO.IS. tr;ii NEED TtlEll BACI': itollE.rl

CONCLUDf,S JOE REED: rrlL\cCIE BOZEILL\ IIUST BE FULLY VINDICATED SO TII\T OFFICIAIS EYEIII-
tdtlERE I.rIl,L L\Ol{ TIt T liO LIE C,lu\ LIVE I:ORE\ER .\liD TH.\T NO -UUIY IS SIROI:CER T:U.}I A\ IDEA

WHOSE TI}{E }L\S CO}IE. THNY }fiY JAIL }',\GGIE BOZE}IAN AND OTHER IEACHEIIS, BUT THEY !iILL NOT

JAIL OUR SPIRIT.''

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Februrrt' l-1. l9lJ2

IPD Conference
Begins FridaY

Rap Session Will Focus
On lrtsensitivitY in tltc
Workplace

NEA Visible in Historic Two NEA stafttrs-Bo 1,d Bostrto (Teacher Rights) and Howard Carroll

Alabama civil Rights March (Commtrnications) joined rvith some 5,000 civil rights activists in a

ioo-rnit. march in support of the exterlsiolr of the voting Rights Act last

week. The march fronr Pickens county, Alabama, to the capitol sleps \\'3s

inspired by a Black Alabama teacher, Itlaggie Bozenun, and a civil rights worker, Julia llilder. Bozentan, 5l ' and

lvitder,6g, were convicted by an all-rvhiti .iurv on charges of vote fraud and are serving out their sentences itr a work

release program in Tuskeegee.

@rrott and Bosnw worked in cooperation with the Ahblma Education Association (AEA) whose members ft'rvctltly

support t5e two won.ren. Bozemrtn is "an advocate of teachers bcing involved in the political process," Joe Reed'

AEA,sassociate exccuiive sccrctary, said. "Mrs, Bozennn rvas convicted because she had been too successful irt

challenging the locai boarcls of eciucation policies au.i siurilar rvrongdoir:gs and rvas threatening a politica! power

structuie that was committed to the status quo"'

Bosttnspoke at Brown,schapelin Selma to 700 people on Saturday priorto helping lead that portion of the nrarch

from Selma to l{ontgom.iy on Sunday. Brown'i chapel was the cinler of voting rights activity that led to the

1965 civil rights march.

&rroll spoke wilh Bozeman in Tuskeegee. "I've been a teacher for 27 years," she said. "Thank God for NEA and

AEA for being active and visible in this struggle. NEA was a pillow for me when I needed it most and rvas the first

to come to tny rescue."

IPD will sponsor the Mid-Atlantic States Conference on Instruction and

Professional Deve loprnent Friday through Sunday here at the NEA center.

The Conference is designed to enhance classroom skilis, association work,

anJ prof"tsional clevelopment. It is open to NEA nrembers in the Mid-

attonti. region and tc siaff. Workshops will focus on computers in the

classroom,issertive cliscipline, improving your test making skills, sex ccluity

in the classroom, and teachcr censorship.

An .,Early Bird" conference, sponsored by IPD and the National council
for Childien and Telcvision, will begin at I p.m. on Friday. Special guests

are actress Jcan Stapleton and producer Virginia Carter'

More than 100 tcachcrs from metropolitan Associations and higher

educatiort students are rcgistcrcd for thc confe rence. fjor additional

infornration, colltact Juyatla Riclwrdsorl (lPD) on ext' 4l17'

How arc crnployccs hurt at work by wltat others do and say? Ilow should

one rcspond to re rnarks, proccclurcs, rotttincs tlutt arc ntotivltcd lly
prejudiic? How is a1 crlplcyec's pcrformance attd pcrsonal wcll bcittg

affected by conflict on the job?

Thcsc apcl othcr qucstions will bc considercd at thc third NIlA Stal'f Rup

Scssigp5,1,,,,,r,,r"j by Turreltcr l{ights ttlday frorn I l:45 to l2..15 in tltc

Alhrr Roorrt. lJ,trburu l:b1,tl (llualtlr Scrviees), Glacly.e ltttrdcrnrun
...-., t l',.,n,n,rnir.otinncl lnrl lonniln Stnitlt