{"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":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5385933364\/in\/photostream\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5215\/5385933364_3ed815d111_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-r5e5UI3bUM\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-r5e5UI3bUM\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAt Serenity Church in Valdosta, 15 Jan 2011,<br \/>\nGladys Lee from Brooks County addressed the Quitman 10 about<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-r5e5UI3bUM\"><br \/>\njustice anywhere<\/a>,<br \/>\nabout the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Ay541PE6ag\"><br \/>\nspirit of conviction,<\/a><br \/>\nand she said<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7c7M_cfyPZo\"><br \/>\n&#8220;We are residents, property owners, taxpaying voters!&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\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><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5385308143\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5216\/5385308143_907d0ded83_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nSpeaking<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PjucygocYug\"><br \/>\nas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Floyd Rose addressed the<br \/>\nQuitman 10 and the congregation:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nNow I want to say though we&#8217;ve met on what would have been my 87th birthday<br \/>\nmay be some place of honor.<br \/>\nFor this honor I want to thank you, and I must say to you:<br \/>\nunless the schools you have named for me teach children how to live<br \/>\nas much as how to make a living they will become little more than<br \/>\nbattlegrounds for the frustrated individuals.<br \/>\nUnless the bridges that you have named for me\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PjucygocYug\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5215\/5385957348_edcfa6919f_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nare bridges of love and understanding,<br \/>\nthey will fall under the weight of their own construction.<br \/>\nUnless the streets and highways that you have named for me<br \/>\nlead to growing distance of peace, love, and brotherhood,<br \/>\nthey will lead to nowhere.<br \/>\nUnless those that you have met on occasions like this<br \/>\nto honor my life, my work, and my legacy,<br \/>\nlest you lead to greater determination to make real the promises of democracy,<br \/>\nI must consider it little more than blasphemy.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.\"><br \/>\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><br \/>\nI may not be esteemed in my death beyond what I was in my life:<br \/>\njust a known prophet from Georgia,<br \/>\nwho saw wrong and tried to right it;<br \/>\nWho saw hate and tried to love it;<br \/>\nWho saw suffering and tried to heal it;<br \/>\nWho saw war and tried to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>\nI was stoned in Chicago by an angry vicious mob,<br \/>\nstabbed by a deranged woman in New York,<br \/>\nslapped in the face in Birmingham,<br \/>\njailed 13 times in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida,<br \/>\nfinally assassinated as I talked to friends<br \/>\non the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis.<br \/>\nBut through it all&#8230;.\n<\/p><\/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><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SFt523q1P4\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0SFt523q1P4\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SFt523q1P4\"><br \/>\nNaming the Quitman 10:<\/a> Angela Bryant. April Proctor, Elizabeth Thomas,<br \/>\nKechia Harrison, Latashia Head, Linda Troutman, Lula Smart, Nancy Dennard,<br \/>\nRobert Dennard, and Sandra Cody.<\/p>\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><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nThe place was packed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5385908710\/in\/photostream\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:center;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5218\/5385908710_54902bff14.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nPicture by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Serenity Church in Valdosta, 15 Jan 2011, Gladys Lee from Brooks County addressed the Quitman 10 about justice anywhere, about the spirit of conviction, and she said &#8220;We are residents, property owners, taxpaying voters!&#8221;. Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange. Speaking as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. 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