5^0iOO To Bfarch On Atlanta
A massive mobilisaUoa of
4,000 to 5,000 eppooents to
capital punishment will con-
vei^ in Atlanta, Ga. Kaster
Weekend, AprU 5-10 for what
has been called a “Witness
Against Executions.” %too-
sored by the Southern Coali-
tion' of Jails and Prisons, the
“Witness” will include speak
ers by well-known freedom
fighters, workshops, musical
entertainers and a march to
the state capital.
Making the announcement
for the Coalition of Jails and
Prisons was North Carolina
organiser Allan McGreggor
who said more than 200 are
.expected to attend from North
Carolina. He said that persons
desiring to attend, needing
transportation and housing
were being provided for.
Questioned why the mobili
zation of death penalty oppo-
.nents to Atlanta, McGreggor
said that “Georgia looks like
the next place to have execu
tions and it is important for us
who oppose it to give the
people of the state the feeling
that they are not alone.”
The exact number (rf per
sons awaiting to be executed
in Georgia is not known. Cen
tral records are kq>t by
the state but are k^ by
county subdivisions.
When the Supreme Court
knocked down the mandatory
death penalty in North Caro
lina as unconstitutional be
cause it did not give discretion
to judges and Juries in its
apfdicatioo, the capital pu
nishment statue in Georgia
was upbdd. Legal manuvers
running out, executions are to
begin there soon. Needless to
say the majority of those to be
executed are Black and all
working class.
Friday evening, April s
there will be an informal
gathering to assign tmi wring
and prepare banners at the
Ebenezer Baptist Church,
where the late Or. Martin Lii-
tber King Jr. psstored before
his assassination. Beginning
Saturday, April 9th at noon
. and ending at 4 p.m. a march
from Aubtra Avenue and
Jackson Streets to tbe Captal
will conclude in several spee
ches. Among the speakers are
included Georgian State Sena
tor Julian Bond; Associate
Editor of the New York Times,
Tom Wicker; Civil Rights At
torney, Jerry Paul; tbe Direc
tor of the Southern Coalition of
Jails and Prisons, Rev. Joseph
Ingle; and Dorothy Day re
presenting tbe CatiKdic Work
ers Party. Live entertainment
wiO also be provided.
Saturday evening work
shops wiU be held on tbe legal
system and how to organize
opposition to the death penal
ty. Sunday, a mass Easter
workshop celebration will be
held “to call witness against
state-imposed death.”
Twenty-three organizations
are cooperating with the
Southern Coalition of Jails and
Prisons to sponsor tbe three
day event.
Mail your social news to:
Editor , Charlotte Post, Post
Office Box 97, Charlotte, N.C.
28230
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Graham, father of the
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mental and vocal r^tartoire:
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which Graham has invented.
Basic instruction for the CYazy
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And flap your wings
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