Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
The tour - part 5
Atlanta is a city of history - of violence.
The old city was burned by General Sherman during the civil war.
In 1906 there was a mass civil disturbance referred to as the Atlanta Race Riot. It is estimated that there were between twenty-five to forty African American deaths. It was confirmed that there were only two white deaths.
Altanta is the birthplace and now the resting place of Martin Luther King, Jr, a man whose lived ended in a crescendo of violence.
Finally, in 1996, at Centennial Olympic Park, a bomb exploded, killing a woman.
By no means are these the only incidents of violence in Atlanta's or N.GA's history.
Let us rest again and consider where we have been.
The old city was burned by General Sherman during the civil war.
In 1906 there was a mass civil disturbance referred to as the Atlanta Race Riot. It is estimated that there were between twenty-five to forty African American deaths. It was confirmed that there were only two white deaths.
Altanta is the birthplace and now the resting place of Martin Luther King, Jr, a man whose lived ended in a crescendo of violence.
Finally, in 1996, at Centennial Olympic Park, a bomb exploded, killing a woman.
By no means are these the only incidents of violence in Atlanta's or N.GA's history.
Let us rest again and consider where we have been.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The tour - part 4
Going east on Roswell road you come to the Big Chicken at the intersection w/Cobb Pky (US 41). Turning right to south into Atlanta, you pass through a prosperous area, cross under a major freeway (I285), pass through an even more prosperous area. As you go down a long hill the road narrows. Sidewalks and shoulders go away. There is a narrow bridge over a stream, the Chattahoochie river, four 9 foot lanes.
During the years 1979-81, a series of murders of young blacks, some children, occurred in Atlanta. This river is one of the places where bodies were found. A person was convicted. See the links below for more information.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198884,00.html
http://www.geocities.com/son_of_kingdavid/wayne-william_case.html
http://socialistworker.org/2004-2/500Supp/500S_198107_Atlanta.shtml
Let us again stop and rest.
During the years 1979-81, a series of murders of young blacks, some children, occurred in Atlanta. This river is one of the places where bodies were found. A person was convicted. See the links below for more information.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198884,00.html
http://www.geocities.com/son_of_kingdavid/wayne-william_case.html
http://socialistworker.org/2004-2/500Supp/500S_198107_Atlanta.shtml
Let us again stop and rest.
requiescat in pacem - the funeral
Elliot, you have some father. Few man have the faith and fortitude to sing at the funeral of their dead 14-yr-old son.
But Linley did - beautifully - the Our Father and another song.
You will rest in peace -- we hope your parents can have peace also.
How will they be in a week, a month, a year, a decade?
We will visit this later.
It is time to return to the tour.
But Linley did - beautifully - the Our Father and another song.
You will rest in peace -- we hope your parents can have peace also.
How will they be in a week, a month, a year, a decade?
We will visit this later.
It is time to return to the tour.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
requiescat in pacem
Truck slams house, kills teen
Suspected drunken driver crashes through room in west Cobb County. Woman faces eight charges, including vehicular homicide.
http://www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/1/section/15/item/112702.html
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The tour - part 3
If we go east from downtown Marietta GA on Roswell St, at 1200 we come to a historical marker.
On April 26, 1913, Confederate Memorial Day, a young girl was murdered and possibly raped at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta, where she worked. The manager of the factory, Leo Frank, was convicted of the murder.
On June 20, 1915, the Governor of Georgia, John M Slaton, commuted Frank's sentence of death to life in prison. A notorious journalist, Tom Watson, called for the lynching of both Slaton and Frank. A mob threatened to attack the governor at home. His life was spared by a force of Georgia National Guard reinforced by county policemen and a group of Slaton's friends.
However, on August 17, 1915, a armed group including prominent citizens of Cobb County, entered the state prison farm near Milledgeville. They removed Leo Frank and transported him across the state to Frey's Gin, 2 mi east of downtown Marietta. They hung him from a tree.
In 1982, the man who had been the 13-yr old office boy at the factory, swore in an affidavit that the janitor had killed the girl.
On March 11, 1986, Frank was issued a pardon by the Georgia pardons and paroles board. In 1983 they had denied a pardon. They did not clear him of the crime, but agreed the state had not kept him safe while in its custody.
On March 7, 2008, a
Let us rest here a bit before going on.
On April 26, 1913, Confederate Memorial Day, a young girl was murdered and possibly raped at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta, where she worked. The manager of the factory, Leo Frank, was convicted of the murder.
On June 20, 1915, the Governor of Georgia, John M Slaton, commuted Frank's sentence of death to life in prison. A notorious journalist, Tom Watson, called for the lynching of both Slaton and Frank. A mob threatened to attack the governor at home. His life was spared by a force of Georgia National Guard reinforced by county policemen and a group of Slaton's friends.
However, on August 17, 1915, a armed group including prominent citizens of Cobb County, entered the state prison farm near Milledgeville. They removed Leo Frank and transported him across the state to Frey's Gin, 2 mi east of downtown Marietta. They hung him from a tree.
In 1982, the man who had been the 13-yr old office boy at the factory, swore in an affidavit that the janitor had killed the girl.
On March 11, 1986, Frank was issued a pardon by the Georgia pardons and paroles board. In 1983 they had denied a pardon. They did not clear him of the crime, but agreed the state had not kept him safe while in its custody.
On March 7, 2008, a
marker was placed in front of the building at 1200 Roswell Rd in Marietta, near the location where Frank was lynched.
Rabbis, news crews, local politicians and onlookers attended the unveiling of the marker. Keynote speakers included Bill Nigut, Southeast Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League; Cobb [County] Chairman Sam Olens; former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes; state Senator Steve Thompson; Rabbi Steven Lebow; Georgia Historical Society President Todd Groce; and attorney Dale Schwartz.
- Cobb Neighbor Newspaper 2008Mar13 p2A
Let us rest here a bit before going on.
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