Media coverage of Anne Moody Highway Resolution

Presentation covered in local, regional newspapers

By Roscoe Barnes III

Chairman, Anne Moody History Project

Copyright © 2017

#AnneMoody

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Our news about the Anne Moody Highway presentation was well-received by the news media. So far, it has appeared in The Woodville Republican (Woodville, Miss.), the Enterprise-Journal (McComb, Miss.) and The Bluff City Post (Natchez, Miss.). These are local and regional newspapers. While two of the papers featured the story on page 3, one actually ran it on the front page in the Sunday edition. You can see the pages below. As always, we appreciate the coverage.

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The Woodville Republican

This photo of Warden Jody Bradley and Wilkinson County Chancery 

Clerk Thomas Tolliver appeared on page 3 of The Woodville Republican 

(Woodville, Miss.) on Thursday, November 23, 2017.

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Would you like to know more about Anne Moody?

Visit the Anne Moody page here!

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Enterprise-Journal

Warden Bradley and Chancery Clerk Tolliver made the front page of the 

Enterprise-Journal (McComb, Miss.) on Sunday, November 26, 2017.

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Visit here to see the timeline of important 

events in Anne Moody’s life history!

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The Bluff City Post

This one appeared on page 3 (November 24 – December 8, 2017 issue) 

of The Bluff City Post (Natchez, Miss.).

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For more information: 

See the Anne Moody page here.

Questions about the Anne Moody History Project may be directed to Roscoe Barnes III via 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

Warden Jody Bradley accepts county resolution for ‘Anne Moody Highway’

By Roscoe Barnes III

Chairman, Anne Moody History Project

Copyright © 2017

#AnneMoody
#AnneMoodyHighway

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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Would you like to know more about Anne Moody?

Visit the Anne Moody page here!

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Resolution for 'Anne Moody Highway'

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For more information: 

See the Anne Moody page here.

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

Wilkinson County closer to seeing ‘Anne Moody Highway’

Board issues order to approve name change

By Roscoe Barnes III

Chairman, Anne Moody History Project

Copyright (c) 2017

#AnneMoody

This document was recently issued by the Wilkinson County 

Board of Supervisors in southwest Mississippi. It honors a 

request to name a portion of Highway 24, “Anne Moody Highway.”

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The Wilkinson County Board of Supervisors, Woodville, Miss., recently issued an “Order to Approve a Resolution for Anne Moody.” The order was presented by Deputy Clerk Mattie Powell to the Anne Moody History Project (AMHP) on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. It is signed by Board President Kenyon Jackson and Chancery Clerk Thomas Tolliver.

The order places us a step closer to making history by having a portion of Highway 24, in southwest Mississippi, named in Moody’s honor.

In June this year, the board of supervisors unanimously approved a request by AMHP of MTC/Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF) to rename Highway 24, “Anne Moody Highway,” from its intersection with Highway 61 in Woodville east to the Amite County line in Centreville.

The next step in this process will include the submission of the order -- and the approved resolution -- to Mississippi State Rep. Angela Cockerham, D-Magnolia. She will then introduce legislation, possibly in January 2018, for the “Anne Moody Highway.”

Moody was born in 1940 in Wilkinson County. She grew up in Centreville and later moved to Woodville, where she attended Johnson High School. After graduating, she became a student at Natchez Junior College before later attending Tougaloo College, where she graduated in the early 1960s. Moody died in February 2015 at the age of 74. She had been living with her sister, Adline Moody, in Gloster, Miss.

Moody was a civil rights activist and the author of Coming of Age in Mississippi. She participated in numerous nonviolent demonstrations, some of which were historic. She was often threatened and persecuted in her fight for freedom and justice. The AMHP, a community service project at WCCF, is dedicated to promoting and helping to preserve Moody’s legacy as a noted author, civil rights pioneer and historic figure in Mississippi.

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Would you like to know more about Anne Moody?

Visit the Anne Moody page here!

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For more information: 
See the Anne Moody page here.
Questions about the Anne Moody History Project may be directed to Roscoe Barnes III via 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