PETERSBURG -- More than 50 years since the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed, the group still honors the memory of its first president, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On Monday, the Tri-City area SCLC chapters came together for their 16th annual breakfast in King's honor. This year, the theme was "Keeping the Dream Alive through Education," and in keeping with that spirit, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Billy K. Cannaday Jr. spoke to the crowd of more than 300.
Rev. Jones, who was called to preach in 1981, was appointed pastor of Calvary Baptist in 2002. Previously, he served at First Baptist Church in Duarte. CA, Among those who have influenced his ministry are the late Rev. Dr. Manuel Scott, Rev. Dr. Joseph Benjamin Hardwick, Deacon Lloyd Allen, and his parents. Samuel and Joyce Jones. Rev. Jones is president of the Young Adult Department of the Western Baptist State Convention and Executive Secretary of the Los Angeles District Association. He holds memberships with Southern Baptist Convention, N.A.A.C.P., Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and L.A. County Sheriff's Clergy Council. Rev. Rev. Jones earned his bachelor's degree in religious studies and is currently woricing towards his Master's of Divinity degree.
In the spring of 1964, local Southern Christian Leadership Conference member Carl Winfield helped organize a march from Petersburg to Washington, D.C. for Martin Luther King Jr. But a few days before the march date, King's plans changed. He left for Memphis and never returned to Petersburg. Tomorrow, almost 41 years after King's assassination and one week before the inauguration of America's first African-American president, Winfield will walk the walk that was never meant to happen. At 7 a.m., he will put on his hiking boots and a thick winter coat. From the CARES (Crisis Assistance Response Emergency Shelter) building on Halifax Street - the former headquarters of the SCLC - he will march north 131 miles to the nation's capital.
DAYTON -- Jury deliberations in the case against Raleigh Trammell, the former Southern Christian Leadership Conference official accused of stealing taxpayer money intended to help the poor, will continue this morning. The jury received the case about 12:15 p.m. Thursday, took a lunch break, then deliberated until after 5 p.m.
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While delivering the State of the Judiciary Address for the State of Georgia in 2008, said, "The judge often finds that the law is not always entirely clear. And 'truth' is often an elusive concept. Some cases over which we preside are magnets for the press and public. In extreme cases, a judge may be vilified or even threatened." As the first chief justice of Georgia, Sears must know that those words have a significant historical impact on her state and its history. As a holder of an LL.M degree, Sears is an internationally-recognized jurist in the study of law. Even though in most countries-including the United States-attorneys are not required to hold an LL.M degree as a prerequisite to practice law, there are lawyers, like Sears, who go the "extra mile...
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