By HAZEL TRICE EDNEY
NNPA

WASHINGTON - According to civil rights veteran the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., an estimated 23,000 people were arrested in civil rights protests across America between Feb. 1, 1960, and Aug. 28, 1963.

On Aug 28, 47 years ago, people not only marched on Washington, but in cities and towns around the nation.

"That day a thousand marches took place around the country at the same time, marches for justice and jobs," Jackson recalled in an interview with the NNPA News Service this week.

As a result of those marches and the publicity they got, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed by a U.S. Congress that was hard-pressed to say no to hundreds of thousands of voters chanting in the streets. This appears to be the strategy being employed once again as at least four major marches and rallies, starting this Saturday, will hit sidewalks an.
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Troy Davis fails to prove his innocence
By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. sets the stage for Georgia to resume plans for Davis' execution nearly 20 years after a Savannah jury sentenced him to death for the slaying of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail.

In June, Moore heard two days of testimony from witnesses who sought to cast doubt on Davis' conviction. Some said they falsely incriminated Davis at his 1991 trial, either out of spite or under pressure from police. Others said they had heard another man confess to being MacPhail's killer.

In his ruling, the judge concluded, "while executing an innocent person would violate the United States Constitution, Mr. Davis has failed to prove his innocence."

Davis' sis.
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Right-wing march called 'slap in face' to King's legacy
By ASKIA MUHAMMAD
Final Call

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall in New Orleans, the 47th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the 55th anniversary of the savage murder of Emmitt Till near Greenwood, Miss., - Aug. 28 - cable television news commentator Glenn Beck has been given a permit to host a rally "Restoring Honor" in the nation's capital.

The event is scheduled for the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic I Have a Dream speech.

"Join the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and many more for this non-political event that pays tribute to America's service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor," Beck says, inviting people to the event.

The rally, Beck states, will "cel.
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