Pickens Pair Adjusts to Work-Release Life News Clipping

    The Tuscaloosa News, March 28, 1982

iPiiliens pintir odiusfs
to work{eleose ll{e

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ByJAO(WHEAT
i Nsns$alflVrtCer
!' TITSKSGEE - "I could discicltne' . tnyttring," declared a formidable

looking woman sittlng behind a
leactrer's desk. "I trcat them like' people, and they appreciate it."

Magge Bozeman lmked at home as
Ehe talked about t€aching and sorted

. through the sheets of paper cpvered
, Sh the large, wavering scrawls of
' ptpilslearningtowritre.

But she quickly dismissed that
m0oq saying "This ain't home."

Honp for Mrs. Bozeman is pickens
County, where she and Jr:lia Wilder
UIet? convicted of voter fraud in 19?9.
Ttte two women, who said they uere
wron$y convicted, are seruing their
prison sentencrs - four years for Mrc.. Bozemaq 51, and five for Mrs. Wilder.
69 - on work-release assignments in

rlskegee.
Mrs. Bozeman leaches at an ac.tlvlty

center for mentally retarded people,
and Mrs. Wilder works at a nutrluon
cenLer for the elderly.

While Tuskeqee isn't horne. Mrs.' Bozeman said. stre has enough t€aching
experienoe for her to feel comlortable
in the duties she assumed early this
year.

She taught ? years ln Plckens .
County, serving as princtpai of tuo
black elementary schools boforc the
black and white schools \r,€rc eon-
solidated, and after that as a secrn&
grade teacher at AliclviIe Elementary
Schml.

"I was born, reared and served all
my lile in Pickens Courty, ,' she said. .,I
only went awav when I went away to

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tlt,, ! 'y /'.'r,rlr.!, lrnlf llt l(,:.{.Al(rt"Allt lJ

- Mrs. Wllder, a qtrlet I reqrlestlnE r probatlon
ol Mrrnan sat.t that lt was lpr I retnrt lntcrvlew, and lt

deqrae rmm stare Lnrver- 7 \' J \n 3l*'*::':if['iHoT$]l s::i'il"l"#'."$iJil | [{,rru+il1:";.::'}"* lf"g{#sJ}::}'*,;;6lty ol lowa, *'lth a mtJor ln6rtvorlou'a'$lrhamalorrn J \I m*ff'liT"l!'il]'ffiii *rffin*,1i''ll#,*'rlli:.:li";'s:i:*l:I'mi;*;:,:yr'.t6upervlslon and ad-6upervrsron and ao. t' . }| ff,S0"'Til*fl&i,,.,i','i3_ :H'ilHf "irfl"Lll$ *:il-:'J:i",XIiT:j'yn [ 
' 

"rt n rrao rrappe'pdin u.
minislrirllon and a mlmr lnministrarron and a mrmr rn \ "il sli:0"r"*:xl,.T-rll';r :x"*xi. ,lH tl"ffi tLi_,::i-*:*,#"*1"reading. she sald. She $entreadns she sad shewPn'[ 

[6- .Y ru;#ff'rtlffi: ii[:*;l'Jhf'*! '"*lr::kffi-itif;$ lff$iltfr,$I'ii#
back to lo'sa for sPeclal 

I

(surscs ln spocch snd Publlc I

ickens poir odiusts to u/o,'l({'slc'eise lifles fyles
cm n cd mmPa* A 

$flHI fiffi,ffi*#'sJ ffi I ffi I mlctx}ol."
She earned her bachelor'a

degrce at Alabamil Stnte
Unlverslty snd later
recelved her nrsster'E
degme lmm State Unlver-

back''sa "-".' 

[$; gr ffiir$*$ ffi,dffikflHfr 
q$ffi lfi$iflffi

(surscs ln spocch snd Publlc I

rclatlons 8nd took a

secontlary ?duc;lt ion degrec
ln soclal studles lronl
Atal)ama State L:nlversltY so

rvus *E1"^''"""'IH 
_ &"r. m:;il".'ri"ix'i-!i fi}i:H*"::r1,,:Jr#i'* i#'*iilFr'{"#'jft lfi'S,i'iiffljdrclatlons 8nd took a

secontlary ?duc;lt ion degrec

iliift",'I'i*[*:'"'- ' I 1ffi,.;?",];"ili"q,"[ f,J5jl;ffi.t,H1ui [ilffi'fr;',,"".Til't;::i I HJITI#.Tk.-fiulstantmgram ..-__ -2 I 
prckens Lounrv ur .u haven.t broken the la\^, ljterviewttremloraprobailon I ;;;..il i*' pi""., yout.havc.]pti,:t,ll.ltrg:;gq,ffilrd'l"il,?,TlTtsorother'Jlilli.,t'1':Ji","n,'.*li}l,'ii"lrvmnathlzrlnsrDtlErDtacc

ns'ca sudes r'mflinn 
ffi'tffitrffi ffi,',# *,rutu".,ggifil#:tlllffiic

Atal)ama State L:nlversltY so

she could lcach hl8,h school,
althoueh she never did so. ln
Eumnrers shc h&s tauflht
griduale courset et
tusxegoe Instltutc, q*ry l^'.},--^.|*if dructlons he was Eiven bv ilpr. rr trcy'neeoert my il;,,* 1i"-io.En."fli',i I ,,An tnlusgcc has beenstrc itso once r.as'ad- MAGGIEBoZEMAN i tl* state Board ol correc' fiiri.'ir".y,rrritet:.1!"t_ujt"l r,ili?f,o.J"'u,.'p*trt,* I tnftcrtdonnre.andt,mrnad

tusxegoe Instltutc, \her€ dructlons he was Eiven bv ilpr. rf trcy 'neeoerl my il['. t#"il.I"**",ir,i | ,,An tnlus,cc has been

iXi^,,r"Jff,e""J,'*J?'.it %fff.%X"trH lfir:"::*H"lJ,1!i"i: $Uitf1lfl:,',:"J$1 fr#*;'f'*,f*;." i I r"ni.'Ji;i,,*-Jir,.,o
rfea,tsrartPmrram. .._--- ::--_; Fililnr-'i""rntv" it.. to ;;;;.t'-;;k;" the la\^, ljterviewuremioraprouaulli I HJt',t;'::'"|i";]*rn"l havc ]lot l:rd shal You ,.*;Ji"i'r"irir.iiii,iji pl*t l-s:*ii[r,;;ffi ffi$.$$i.ii,r$ltl-q;l.11,.rfi,:r' t[tfu1'1lr,4ffix#
rctardation," she said' but I

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)i;rr'ooes;;iseethatasa['r ll I I llu'aa"pkiF,q:-1-.Tl1I iliil"ffi#ffi'.i-i.i'r,"i1ry,,'t:-1n?1lL"]1,,i-,TL':,prl*

a-i."rrrtrrt".," thro'rgh st-- X I urc letters I'v€ gott€n slnc€ i'iitil'0,*In" ";i,- ii *^" I tclore the pmbatlon.report
.^-,:--.. ^-L.rr^^a rnrt rt,rtno ' I rxe verdlclq ^. u-- ' uaq mltlph Mrs. Wildgr

srea'ipnohpm [ -,., ,t I I J I '+iqiil+:""'.:ag ili[-#xilil;;;"1 lil{{i,:lillil"#,ri: d:d'ffiHJ#"Llelng black and being

the lllr8. wller 8tlo, "nvc(,sreapn'hPm 

[a,,,f / I {Iffi,;:$,tr}Hld $Jpqg;ffiIffi*:#*r',Sq r*#ryq{"Llelng black and being

rtanrd ln s Po!€rty seelion
ln IIckerE County, I can

r€a(]ily identify the needs.olrea v den rv 
"d 

needs "' F\., ril'{ "..l I 
-#htqrffi*H.,.I $rffiff l fri,&i$-'{'I"

poor, rlispirited PeoPle"' she

iai,l "l have done an anlul
lot o( v.ork in learning

u/orrld call a ccrtlrlcatlon ln f$f 'r;'l.\i.-, :t4 i auchactlvltles.

wlth whltes and Dlacxs ano Ol Macon (lunty rncnlr ' w *-""-.;; 
I

nptr *i,*n*n. "l've rpver t rsctrtt n tetsot ' wtn said I a way" to Emove her,

brd ihat pmblcm wtro gt ;,*n travc i:ausca m , if"itni County, Mrs' I

&.ltng wlth pcop]e uilD.rc ttrl problem3 tcr hl8 i;;;;;t-eil t

dmlndlc3s""slPsald. opDrruE['

,he 'mah-s'Ireamn* oI 

, [l I fr#Tf,"#]';:-"'#li ]fu3;ffxfi'fgJl3lll'qlt*.1!*ii"r;*[lretardc{ chlldren lnlo t E
schmls.

hf.*,,ru*ri1.t",jl5 :l*nl.,r*lliffilfil ilffi,:rffffi;ilai' trffii:,?.f*itffilu iii;*lroeilo!, 
o,rlclr

slth abut tltc sarne"' Illr.s. I A ,- \\r . lutwrtEl rrr*' '- """;; fudACp chaptrr. lvomen's ivii,i"i'.toururnrlwoqltimtB;;;-r"ld. "n" glv ' -irn.rn*.t** - befcre the uork'release ;r;il #;A;;;ior or to. euow htm rJo s€e her b un-ililil;;t iltscLr.r."' JUIJAWILDER I .astig,muns wcru approvr

-iiii-'r,racoir-Codil'lt 
-ntohtaurorker ' 'iliil;li;'li'n"''ina tr'I voter l'€ague and par- ffi: """ - -

'ffih**:',},.--* #rHifl j[ij## ihl,U'f*i,m** I]t'#Ti;f#[fl$ft *;,#****,H,
.lBut t &n,t hav€ any aktr grade therr. Ttrryug 'if.t*, both women o-pii"tionJ -or" 

PickeT: &Li 
"orn"'tn 

my hous€. It
hangups sbout color tne yeirs she.worler'l oc- talked ot lrow Urey arc in' C;unt-y schools'..county he's bcen tro my hous€' I
whatso€ver.,, shc added. crslonntly.but (or the rmst ;A;i;;;"-",'fo .,,.rr gou"*1:1,^.*-Allceville wasn't lhcre." C:!9,1Ti.9

,1,ffr.*lr,';:?1','i1" 
*ii:"fe"TIi.,"r",.. ;'+i3;;;;;"*;\ ":B:y,""i#ITi-J;t'*1 l$iiJHTll**TIllE'll

'id-anO.toinclt*ett." lnmates llve ln a rnobile ,plciens'County In par' belng vocar ttr t"Y I 0ervlewed'
':f;'L;;;f,;'hr"serveoal lrnre, donated by lon$ime ,il,il:#-Ut md'ut€ educattonal et_".::_1 li! I Mrr. Bozrmtn rald slr
ailmr"i"i-u,"-star€ctvtl avtt dghts tafuer Fred .;il;"1"-1jil'y6y rm-rn 9ecanl!bll'^s^:h:*:*ll lrecelrcdonlyorc_t.ryLlT]1

iliiii'ie"dir'r'ifirnto,in3 I I tq,.t01911-- _^rr .1a., ffi["liri; iilt.'I,1*, y". wrltt€h. Mrs wilder

utrix$r,',lili,H'rl ii I #F*"ffi;,i.*i:,:i1 *iil*frH:da..$ffi, $:l;p::i,6:1ffi.the "malnstr eaminE" ol
ivs cms u'cre pranarn* 

) r --,$ 
I 
ffi:il,ff*',Hffii; [ffiffi ffiffi

the "malnstr eaminE" ol
retardc{ chlldren lnlo t E
schmls.

"TechnlqlEs. aPProachd'
clrt(fpts - You'rc deallng
*'lth abut tll. same"' Mrs.