The
Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials will
honor The Walton Tribune, Athens Banner-Herald, The
Covington News and The Georgia Informer during their
“Get Out the Vote Awards Luncheon” at
Savannah
State
University
(Student Center Ballroom), Saturday,
June 21, 2008,
12:30
p.m.
The
newspapers are being honored for their exemplary
coverage of the ongoing movement to bring justice and
closure to the unsolved lynchings and massacre at the
Moore’s
Ford
Bridge,
Monroe,
Georgia
.
“These
media news agencies are most worthy of this
recognition,” said Rep. Tyrone Brooks, President of
GABEO. “Through hard news articles, personal
columns and OP EDs they have given very consistent
coverage of this issue.”
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Tyrone Brooks, President of
GABEO
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A
complete list of convention honorees
include:
Rev.
Dr. Fred L. Shuttlesworth,
The fifth president of SCLC, Leader of the
Birmingham Civil Rights Movement of 1963 which led to
the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Fred Shuttlesworth, 5th President
of the SCLC and civil rights
giant
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State
Representatives Bob Holmes, Calvin Smyre, and David
Lucas,
the longest serving African American State Legislators
in Georgia.
Ms.
Hattie Lawson,
Chair, Moore ’s Ford Memorial Committee; Ms. Bobbie
Paul, Director of WAND; Mr. Robert
Howard, Community Activist; for their hard
work and unwavering dedication to the movement to bring
justice to the lynchings at the Moore’s Ford Bridge,
Monroe, Georgia.
The
Walton Tribune,
Patrick Graham, Publisher, Brian Arrington, Managing
Editor; Athens Banner-Herald, Jeff Wilson,
Publisher, Jason Winders, Executive Editor; The
Covington News, Charles Hill Morris, Publisher, Pat
Cavanaugh, General Manager; The Georgia
Informer, Herbert Dennard, Editor and
Publisher.
GABEO’s
annual summer convention will also feature candidates
during the 2008 election cycle, and a Teen/Youth Summit:
Stopping the Violence, Saving our Children, Ending the
Carnage.
For
more information please visit www.gabeo.org.
