REACTION AND NEW PLANS TO SALUTE
THE BIRMINGHAM NATIVE.
JON: RECENTLY THE BCRI ANNOUNCED
IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS PLANS TO
GIVE ANGELA DAVIS THE FRED
SHUTTLESWORTH TOWARD.
THIS WEEK THE COMMUNITY
PROTESTED THE DECISION.
TODAY THE BCRI CHAIR AND OTHERS
RESIGNED.
>> UNTIL THE GOD ALMIGHTY
HIMSELF FIXES THIS, IT WILL NOT
BE FIXED.
BUT IT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR
THEM TO DO.
JON: THIS AFTERNOON A DIFFERENT
GROUP OF DAVIS SUPPORTERS DID
NOT WANT TO COMMENT, BUT
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SUPPORT THE
BIRMINGHAM NATIVE NEXT MONTH.
>> SHE HAS BEEN CELEBRATED ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND DESERVES TO
BE HONORED BY HER HOMETOWN.
JON: THE FEBRUARY 16 EVENT WILL
BE CALLED THE CONVERSATION WITH
ANGELA DAVIS, AND BELIEVE IT
WILL GIVE THAT HOMETOWN CHANCE
TO HONOR TURN -- HONOR HER.
JON: WE HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED
THE CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE FOR
AN EXPLANATION OF THEIR AWARD
REVERSAL.
THEY TELL US DR. DAVIS D
