PROTESTERS ARE EXPRESSING
OUTRAGE TODAY OVER THE DECISIO
BY THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS
INSTITUTE NOT TO GIVE ITS MOST
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD TO LONG TIME
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST DOCTOR
ANGELA DAVIS.
IA DAVIS IS A BIRMINGHAM
NATIVE, AND WAS SET TO RECEIVE
THE REVEREND FRED SHUTTLESWORTH
AWARD AT A BANQUET NEXT MONTH.
BUT THIS PAST WEEKEND THE BCRI
BOARD VOTED TO CANCEL HER AWARD
AND THE BANQUET ALTOGETHER.
THE REASON
DAVIS WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF
THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND HAS
CALLED FOR A BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
OVER THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.
PROTESTERS INSIST DAVIS
SHOULDN’T BE DENIED THE AWARD.
>> IT BELONGS TO ANGELA DAVIS.
IT BELONGS TO HER.
SHE’S NOT A RECIPIENT, SHE HAS A
DAUGHTER.
SHE HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER.
SHE IS DESERVING OF HER
HERITAGE
IAN: ACTIVIST FRANK MATTHEWS AND
OTHERS ARE CALLING FOR THE
RESIGNATION OF THE BCRI
LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE COMMUNITY
TO BOYCOTT THE INSTITUTE BY NOT
TAKING TOURS.
WE REACHED OUT TO LEADERS AT THE
BCRI MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY, B
SO FAR NO COMMENT.
BIRMINGHAM MAYOR RANDALL WOODFIN
AND CITY COUNSELOR DAR
