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HOSEA WILLIAMS:
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STILLMARCHING
EFriends remember '
Hosea Williams as brave,
determined leader.
By KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA
Hosea Williams, a top lieutenant to
civil rights leader Martin Luther King
Jr. who continued the struggle for more
than three decades after King’s death,
died last Thursday (November 16) after
a lengthy fight with cancer. He-was 74.
Williams was diagnosed with pros
tate cancerin 1997 and had a cancerous
kidney removed in October 1999. After
the surgery, he underwent a series of
chemotherapy treatments.
Williams died at Atlanta’s Piedmont
Hospital where he was being treated for
aninfectionsince Oct. 20, spokeswoman
Nina Montanarosaid. He had beenona
respirator at times.
Williams’ daughter, Elisabeth Will
iams-Omilami, said her father died
peacefully in his hospital room shortly
before 3:30 p.m. EST. She said Will
iams’ children were with him, along
with Terrie Randolph, vice president of
Williams’ business, Hosea’s Bonding
Company Inc.
“We were with him when he was
absent withbody and were present when
the lord took him,” Williams-Omilami
said. “He was selfless. What he did for
this earth will now reveal itself because
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Racist Alabama State officers prepare to launch “Bloody Sunday” on the
Edmund Pettis Bridge where civil rights marchers led by Hosea Williams ;
and John Lewis attempted to cross. :
Defense team wants to block
witness from identifying Al-Amin
ATLANTA
(AP) Lawyers for Jamil Abdullah Al-
Amin are trying to block a sheriff’s
deputy from identifying him as the
gunman who shot the deputy and his
partner in March.
. Al-Amin, the former 1960 s activist
once known as H. Rap Brown, is ac
cused of killing Deputy Ricky Kinchen
and seriously wounding Deputy
Aldranon English in a shootout in At
lanta March 16.
In motions filed in Superior Court,
defense lawyer Jack Martin has asked
ajudge to prevent English from identi
fying Al-Amin as the gunman in court,
citingdiscrepanciesin statements from
English and other witnesses.
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Civil rights activist Hosea Williams speaks at a news conference in this Jan.
26, 1995 photo. Williams, the fiery lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. who
was at the forefront of the civil rights struggle for more than three decades,
died of cancer Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000. He was 74. AP Photo/ Ric Feld, File
the fruit of the seeds he sowed will begin
to emerge.”
Williams-Omilami announced last
month that she would take over as execu
tive director of Hosea’s Feed the Hungry
and Homeless campaign, which serves
35,000 meals on Thanksgivingand Christ
mas. The dinners, begun 30 years ago,
have grown into holiday events that in-
English was adamant that the
gunman’s eyes were gray, one motion
says. Al-Amin’s eyes are dark brown.
Other deputies said that, before
Kinchen died, he said he shot his as
sailant, according to the motions. Inan
interview before Al-Amin’s arrest,
English also said he had shot the sus
pect. Al-Amin was not wounded when
police arrested him in Alabama March
20.
Al-Amin, who ran a Muslim mosque
in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood
before the shooting, was a leader of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com
mittee in the 1960 s and, for a short
time, amember of the Black Panthers.
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BRuling breathes new
life into Gore bid for
presidency; GOP protests
By Jim Saunders and Pat Pinkham
FLORIDA TIMES-UNION Staff Writers
TALLAHASSEE
In a major victory for Democratic can
didate Al Gore, the Florida Supreme
Court Tuesday night ordered Secretary
of State Katherine Harris to accept re
sults of hand recounts of presidential
ballots from three South Florida coun
ties:’ , 5
Justices, in aunanimous 42-page opin
ion, rejected the arguments of Harris
and Republican candidate George W.
Bush that a deadline for submitting re
sults had passed and the recounts should
be ignored. The justices said their deci
sion was guided by the fundamental prin
ciple that “the purpose of our election
laws is to obtain a correct expression of
the intent of the voters.”
. “An accurate vote count is one of the
essential foundations of our democracy,”
the court said.
Justices gave Palm Beach, Broward
and Miami-Dade counties until 5 p.m.
Paine College coach
reaches magical 400thwin
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
Four-hundred wins later, Paine
basketball coach Ronnie Spry rel
ishes the fact he’s produced what
he describes as winners in the
game of life.
Since coming to the Augusta
based, historically-black institu
tion in August 1980, Spry takes
pride in implementing a philo
sophical, almost spiritual approach
to the game. On Sat., Nov. 18, he
witnessed his current lineup of
Lions notch his most significant
victory over Georgia College &
State University of Milledgeville. ‘
Theimportance of earning victory
400 has yet toimpact the 47-year
old coach. |
“No, it hasn’t completely sunk
in. ;/don’t think about it, but, it’s
an dccomplishment — especially
for the young men and our phi
losophy of bonding,” said Spry,
who also serves as the school’s
athletic director.
Considering recruiting difficul
ties smaller schools like Paine,
Augusta State or USC-Aiken ex
periencein competingwith NCAA
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Sunday to submit recount results. If fi
Secretary of State’s Office is not open-g#
that time, the counties would have ufi@
9 a.m. Monday. g S~
The ramifications of the decision cg&
be huge: With Bush leading by only-930..
votes in Florida, Gore hopes he can pwk
up enough votes in the recounts to win'
the state and clinch the presidency. - *
Gore praised the ruling in a televised
address, saying the Supreme Court Had
spoken, and “we will move forward now
with a full, fair and accurate count of the
ballots in question.” Sk .g
“I fully believe the will of the people
should prevail,” said Gore, who -was
flanked by his running mate, Sen. Joseph -
Lieberman of Connecticit. - ‘
Speaking on behalf of the Bush cam
paign, former U.S. Secretary of State
James Baker said the campaign has be
gun to examine and will consider any
possible remedies to overturn the Su
preme Court’s ruling. 7
“All of this is unfair and unaccept:
able,” he said in a terse statement. “It4§
not fair to'change the electoral laws of
Florida byjudicial fiat after the election:?
Justices, who held a two-hour hearing
Monday, turned down Harris’ argument
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