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The Georgia Informer Selects Tyrone Brooks As 2007 Man Of The Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Representative and President of GABEO works tirelessly to bring Moore's Ford Bridge killers to justice 

 

 

By Amanda Smith

 

Georgia State Representative Tyrone Brooks has worked tirelessly toward the solving of the murders of the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching that occurred in 1946 when a white mob pulled Roger and Dorothy Malcom and George and Mae Murray Dorsey from their car and shot them in cold blood.  The killers then cut open the stomach of a 7-month pregnant Mrs. Malcom and murdered her unborn child.  Through annual re-enactments, the unsolved murder remains fresh in the public’s mind. 

 

In 2007, after the April 4th march to commemorate the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Brooks, along with a coalition of activists, asked U.S. Congressman John Lewis to sponsor legislation that would work toward the solving of this heinous crime.  Thus, the Emmett Till Bill was born.  This bill would set aside more than $100 million for new prosecutors, FBI agents, and other resources to re-open unsolved murders from the civil rights era.  The bill passed in the House of Representatives and is awaiting passage in the Senate, after which President Bush has agreed to sign the Emmett Till Bill into law.  Most promising is the fact that the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching is #1 on the list of unsolved murders as it involved 4 adults and an unborn child, a particularly heinous crime.  For this tireless and ongoing effort to bring nationwide attention to this case and justice for those who can no longer speak for themselves, The Georgia Informer will present Tyrone with its 2007 Man of the Year Award on January 19, 2008 at 12 noon at Center Hill Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia.

 

Since becoming a volunteer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at the tender age of 15, Tyrone Brooks has dedicated his entire life to the pursuit of civil and human equality for all people.  A lifelong member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Warrenton, Georgia, Tyrone became a full time staffer at the SCLC in 1967 under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.  With mentors and close associates like Dr. King, Hosea Williams, Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, and Dr. Joseph Lowery, Brooks has served in many positions within the organization, both locally and nationally.  For almost 50 years, Tyrone has worked tirelessly in the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality and has been jailed 65 times for his efforts.

 

Brooks also played a major role in changing the Georgia state flag by introducing legislation in the state House of Representatives.  This resulted in the changing of the state flag from the Confederate version with the rebel emblem to a flag not reminiscent of the Confederacy.

 

An elected member of the Georgia House of Representatives since 1980, Brooks serves on the Appropriations, Economic Development and Tourism, and Retirement and Special Rules Committees.  Brooks led the campaign against Apartheid in South Africa by pushing legislation to stop all money coming from Georgia to their government and was arrested at the South African Embassy along with Ralph David Abernathy, Dick Gregory, and others on Thanksgiving Day in 1976 and jailed for protesting the Soweta massacre while calling for an end to Apartheid.  Brooks is also the President of GABEO (Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials) where he has worked alongside other elected officials to bring about freedom, justice, and equality for all people.

 

 

 

 

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