Comments on: Bill Moore’s Unfinished Journey

By: Ken Loukinen

Ken Loukinen — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:31:24 +0000

Hello, I thought I already sent this link… but I guess not. Here is a video of our freedom walk called “45 years to deliver a letter“.
The two men sentenced to death was because they were falsely accused of raping 2 white women, the case was dismissed as the women were found out to be lying.
The 618 arrested in Aug. of 63, didn’t all go to jail, but they were arrested in order to halt the walk

By: Friendly Atheist » What Just Happened at American Atheists?

Friendly Atheist » What Just Happened at American Atheists? — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:02:12 +0000

[...] she and her crew just ended the Freedom Walk today, we’ll hopefully be hearing from her soon. (Incidentally, the Mississippi governor was [...]

By: Bad

Bad — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:20 +0000

They languished in jail for months. They were sentenced to death and fed muffins with crushed glass inside.

I read this and was baffled too. Even in those dark times, I don’t see how people could have been sentenced to death, unless this means figuratively, in that the muffins killed them or something. Isn’t there any more detail on this?

As for mass arrests though, that sort of thing happened all the time though. You just round people up and march them somewhere or cart them off in buses to large pens and so on.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:37:49 +0000

I tried getting the info to mike malloy’s show on novamradio.com last night they told me Friday is good.

Keep on keepin’.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:56:41 +0000

Very cool project – I only wish I were down there and could walk with them!

There were many, many atheists and agnostics in the ranks of civil rights activists, and yet they are little known and the “immoral” atheist community gets no credit for having inspired them.

Anything we can do to raise the profile of these folks is a boost to the image of atheism nationwide.

By: David D.G.

David D.G. — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:55:08 +0000

I grew up in Dallas, Texas, and I am old enough to remember seeing such things as school integration come to pass. Reading about the atrocities committed against these freedom walkers, I find it shameful and depressing to think that anyone, especially Americans (and no doubt self-described “good Christians”), could have been so perversely and pervasively savage within my own lifetime.

I have no words to express my outrage at learning of these atrocities — or, for that matter, my surprise that these incidents have not been more widely used ever since as a source of “never again” outrage to keep reminding people of the horrors of racism.

~David D.G.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:24:15 +0000

I like tea…you’d be surprised at what used to happen in the south. Entire demonstrations of hundreds of african americans could be carted away in trucks and vans by the police. Especially if they knew all these people were coming, they could have paddy wagons lined up and ready to go. I’m sure that those who were arrested were released, although the glass in the muffins is highly likely since the racist police would have been the ones responsible for feeding them.

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:40:26 +0000

Go Ellen!

I like tea….the idea of the good ol’ boy system of justice is alive and well in Texas. Look up the arrest problems of just a few years ago in Tulia, TX.

By: I like tea

I like tea — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:18 +0000

I find this story very difficult to believe. How do you arrest 682 people? Where do you keep them? It also never mentions if the people sentenced to death (also difficult to believe) were actually executed, or if they were able to appeal to a higher court (which would almost certainly be successful, since they didn’t do anything warranting execution).

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:32:14 +0000

What an incredible story…I’m truly moved. It’s so so difficult for me to believe that these things happened in MY country in MY parent’s lifetime. I know that even my home state of NC has no leg to stand on…we once held the record for most KKK members of any state. The freedom walkers will certainly be in my thoughts and I wish them safe travel and much encouragement along the way.