March 5th, 2010
It’s the 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
The 2010 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage will be held March 5-7.
One of the most pivotal events of the civil rights movement. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) serves once again as the Pilgrimage Chairman and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) will serve as honorary co-leaders and Honorary Co-Hosts Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL).
The delegation will include members of Congress and their guests, religious leaders, civil rights luminaries, journalists, labor leaders, major donors, and Institute staff and Board members.
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March 5th, 2010
The Alabama AFL-CIO has scheduled a second public press conference for Monday, March 8, at 3 p.m. at the Huntsville Marriot concerning the re-election efforts of Rep. Parker Griffith in the 5th congressional district. It will be in the Enterprise Room at 5 Tranquility Base.
“Parker Griffith has scammed us out of $219,000 and that, my friends is a bitter pill to swallow,” AFL-CIO spokesman Al Henley said in a statement. “He used our volunteer base to advance is personal political goals and has done a terrible job of representing middle class working families the short time he has been a congressman.”
“After using us and our money to get elected and create name recognition he has aligned himself totally with corporate America and the wealthiest 5 percent of our country’s population,” Henley added. “We intend to do all we can do to see that his political career ends ASAP and this scheduled press conference is another step towards reaching that goal.”
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