By Roscoe Barnes III
Chairman, Anne Moody
History Project
Copyright © 2017
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| Warden Jody Bradley, left, and Wilkinson County Chancery Clerk Thomas Tolliver |
Woodville, Miss. -- Wilkinson County Chancery
Clerk Thomas Tolliver recently presented Warden Jody Bradley of
Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF) with a formal resolution honoring
civil rights pioneer Anne Moody (1940-2015).
The resolution officially
recognizes the achievements of Moody and authorizes a portion of Highway 24 to
be named, “Anne Moody Highway.” The resolution was approved in June this year
with unanimous support by the Wilkinson County Board of Supervisors. It was
requested by the Anne Moody History Project (AMHP), a community service project
of WCCF.
Moody was a civil rights
pioneer and the author of Coming of Age in Mississippi. She was born and reared
in Wilkinson County, spending her early years in Centreville, and later,
Woodville, before going off to college. She died in 2015 at the age of 74.
The county resolution will
now go to Mississippi State Rep. Angela Cockerham who plans to introduce
legislation authorizing the name change on the state level.
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Visit the Anne Moody page here!
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| Resolution for 'Anne Moody Highway' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
For more
information:
Questions about the Anne
Moody History Project may be directed to Roscoe Barnes IIIvia email
at doctorbarnes3@gmail.com or roscoebarnes3@yahoo.com For updates
on Anne Moody history and the on-going work of this community service project,
simply follow this blog or follow AMHP on Twitter (@AnneMoodyHP). #ComingOfAgeinMississippi
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