Posts Tagged ‘Cold Case Justice Initiative’
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
Talk-show host George Kilpatrick interviewed Diane Nash at last year’s Cold Case Justice Initiative. Nash is portrayed in the new film by actor Tessa Thompson.
The film “Selma” came out last week (in select cities) and several of the key Civil Right’s leaders active during that march have appeared in Syracuse over the past few years. The roles of Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta are played brilliantly by David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo, but we were also impressed by the supporting cast.
Rev. C.T. Vivian was played in the film by actor Corey Reynolds.
In the film Selma, former ambassador Andrew Young was played by Andre’ Holland. Young spoke at an event at Syracuse University in 2012.
Tags:2015, Andrew Young, CCJI, Civil Rights Movement, Cold Case Justice Initiative, Diane Nash, Dr. Martin Luther King, George Kilpatrick, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Selma, Selma50, Syracuse, Throwback Thursday
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Thursday, March 27th, 2014
Pioneering civil rights workers Rev. LeRoy Wright, Diane Nash and Rev. C.T. Vivian gathered last week at Syracuse University to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the summer of 1964.
Tags:Cold Case Justice Initiative, Commemoration of Civil Rights Movement 1964-2014, Diane Nash, Fisk University, Freedom Riders, LeRoy Wright, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Syracuse, Syracuse University, Throwback Thursday
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Shelton Chappell talked about forgiveness in the unsolved cased of his murdered mother at the Cold Case Justice Initiative’s Commemoration Program last week. His mother Johnny Mae Chappell was murdered in 1964.
For more information about the unsolved murder of Johnnie Mae Chappell in Florida, click here. For more information about the Cold Case Justice Initiative, click here.
Tags:2014, CCJI, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Cold Case Justice Initiative, Johnnie Mae Chappell, Shelton Chappell, Syracuse
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
“1960 What? 1960 Who…” Gregory Porter
Griot Vanessa Johnson talked about activist Ella Baker during a lunch break for the Cold Case Justice Initiative Civil Rights Conference on Friday.
Sometimes the best part of a conference is at the edges, in-between the forums and formal program. Yesterday during the lunch break of the Cold Case Justice Initiative’s Looking Back, Moving Forward: 50th Anniversary Conference a rich meaningful and dialogue broke-out. This multi-generational instructional chat featured students, educators, panel participants and attorneys. It was preceded by a lunchtime story-telling piece by Vanessa Johnson.
And truth be told, the conversation was sparked by a challenge laid down by Mr. Gil Caldwell.
John Steele, Civil Rights Activist
Retired judge Langston McKinney
Tags:2014, Civil Rights Movement, Cold Case Justice Initiative, Commemoration of Civil Rights Movement 1964-2014, Gil Caldwell, John Steele, Langston McKinney, Looking Back, Moving Forward, Syracuse, Syracuse University, Vanessa Johnson
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Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Syracuse Synergy students Mebrehat Haille and Keshavi Baskota stand in the Capitol Rotunda last month near a bronze statue of Rosa Parks.
Tags:2013, Civil Rights Movement, Cold Case Justice Initiative, monuments, New York Times, Politics, Rosa Parks, Synergy, Syracuse University, Washington DC
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
The Past is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace panel at was held before a capacity crowd at Syracuse University’s Newhouse III this morning (pictured l to r: Janis McDonald, Andrew Young, Linda Carty, Martin Luther King, III, and moderator Paula Johnson).
SU’s Linda Carty (Dept of African American Studies) cited several statistics and said there are several obstacles to the notion of peace, including: substandard education, poverty, and the misapplication of justice that spawned the prison industrial complex.
Former Ambassador Andrew Young said freedom is a constant struggle. He also advised students not to get mad, but to get smart.
SU alum and SIF Advisory Board Member John Giles, Jr. (pictured in the audience near event co-organizer Scott McDowell of SU-NYC and media personality George Kilpatrick) dialouges with the panel about coalition building as it relates to seeking justice in the modern day Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King, III, the son of the legendary civil rights leader, said true justice is justice across the board (for everyone).
Tags:2012, advisory board, Andrew Young, Cold Case Justice Initiative, Janis McDonald, Law, Linda Carty, Martin Luther King III, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Paula Johnson, Syracuse University, The Past is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace
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