Martin Luther King Day January 18, 2010, Joyce Chapel, Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center

Speakers join arms in unity as was accomplished during the March 1965 Selma to Montgomery March against the oppression of Alabama Jim Crow Laws during the Selma and Montgomery Civil Rights March.

Left to right, Rev. Cliff Parrish, Dr. Desiree McGann, Rev. Gary Speers, Rev. Donna King, Rev. King delivered the Benediction, Rev. Johnny Johnson, Rev. Johnson delivered the Invocation.

Rev. Gary Speers, Scottsboro City Council Member, Museum Executive Committee, Scottsboro Jackson County Multi-Cultural Heritage Foundation Board of Directors presents Certificate of Appreciation to Dr. Desiree McGann, DPM.

City Council President Matthew Hodges presents Key to the City of Scottsboro to Dr. McGann

Dr. Desiree McGann, Podiatrist, delivers Key Note address during this years Dr. King Day Celebration at the historic Joyce Chapel, home of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center. Dr. McGann spoke of the fortitude of Judge Horton in the Scottsboro Boys Case. Morgan County Circuit Judge Horton threw out the guilty verdict of the jury stating there was no proof of the defendant's guilt. Dr. McGann's comment on Judge Horton's ruling, "He did it because the truth mattered." Absolutely Dr. McGann, Judge Horton was not reelected during his next bid for reelection. Judge Horton was a man of high moral principle.

Ms Sheila Washington, Museum Executive Committee and Scottsboro Jackson County Multi-Cultural Heritage Foundation Board of Directors welcomes guests to this years event.

Ms. Stephanie Speers leads audience in Lift Every Voice and Sing.

Ms. Speers and Ms. Cotton.

Ms. Zhantiarra Cotton sings The National Anthem.

Ms. Cotton plays musical selection on piano.

Ceremonial posting of colors byBoy Scout Troop 220.

Rev Cliff Parrish, Museum Executive Committee, Board of Directors Scottsboro Jackson County Multi-Cultural Heritage Foundation delivers Call to Order

Mr. Gordon Hodges, Scout Master, Troop 220 discusses the museum's displays with State Representative John Robinson.

Participants visit with friends and fellow citizens for fellowship.

Mr. Mel Klepper, left, presents the museum with a Progressive Age newspaper covering the Scottsboro Boys trial, April 4, 1931. Rep. Robinson on left, Rev. Speers center.

 

January 18, 2010, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Joyce Chapel, Scottsboro, Alabama. Citizens participate in ceremonies.