{"id":2474,"date":"2011-01-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/the-quitman-10-in-valdosta.html"},"modified":"2011-01-25T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:00:00","slug":"the-quitman-10-in-valdosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/the-quitman-10-in-valdosta.html","title":{"rendered":"The Quitman 10 in Valdosta"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5385933364\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5215\/5385933364_3ed815d111_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-r5e5UI3bUM\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-r5e5UI3bUM\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAt Serenity Church in Valdosta, 15 Jan 2011,\nGladys Lee from Brooks County addressed the Quitman 10 about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-r5e5UI3bUM\">\njustice anywhere<\/a>,\nabout the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Ay541PE6ag\">\nspirit of conviction,<\/a>\nand she said\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7c7M_cfyPZo\">\n&#8220;We are residents, property owners, taxpaying voters!&#8221;<\/a>.\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7c7M_cfyPZo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5385308143\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5216\/5385308143_907d0ded83_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nSpeaking\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PjucygocYug\">\nas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Floyd Rose addressed the\nQuitman 10 and the congregation:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nNow I want to say though we&#8217;ve met on what would have been my 87th birthday\nmay be some place of honor.\nFor this honor I want to thank you, and I must say to you:\nunless the schools you have named for me teach children how to live\nas much as how to make a living they will become little more than\nbattlegrounds for the frustrated individuals.\nUnless the bridges that you have named for me\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PjucygocYug\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5215\/5385957348_edcfa6919f_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nare bridges of love and understanding,\nthey will fall under the weight of their own construction.\nUnless the streets and highways that you have named for me\nlead to growing distance of peace, love, and brotherhood,\nthey will lead to nowhere.\nUnless those that you have met on occasions like this\nto honor my life, my work, and my legacy,\nlest you lead to greater determination to make real the promises of democracy,\nI must consider it little more than blasphemy.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/84\/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg\/220px-Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg\"><\/a>\nI may not be esteemed in my death beyond what I was in my life:\njust a known prophet from Georgia,\nwho saw wrong and tried to right it;\nWho saw hate and tried to love it;\nWho saw suffering and tried to heal it;\nWho saw war and tried to stop it.\n<p>\nI was stoned in Chicago by an angry vicious mob,\nstabbed by a deranged woman in New York,\nslapped in the face in Birmingham,\njailed 13 times in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida,\nfinally assassinated as I talked to friends\non the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis.\nBut through it all&#8230;.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PjucygocYug\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SFt523q1P4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0SFt523q1P4\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SFt523q1P4\">\nNaming the Quitman 10:<\/a> Angela Bryant. April Proctor, Elizabeth Thomas,\nKechia Harrison, Latashia Head, Linda Troutman, Lula Smart, Nancy Dennard,\nRobert Dennard, and Sandra Cody.\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SFt523q1P4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nVideo by John S. 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