The State Of Ga. Jefferson Co.
Minister James Ivery, President of the Jefferson Co. Ga. Chapter of the SCLC in his speach at left, remembers
the civil rights struggle in Louisville, Jefferson Co. Ga.
from 1970-2011
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During the year 1970 the Jefferson Co. Chapter S.C.L.C, (southern christian leadership conference) was going full speed ahead in Louisville, Jefferson county Georgia. During the civil rights movement in Jefferson County on or about the year July 2nd 1973 about 17 freedom fighters were arrested, along with the president, Mr. G. W. Boatwright, they were tear gased, maced, clothes torn, beaten by Ga. State Troopers and the local law enforcement, jailed in the county prison all for taking a strong stand against the Jim Crow system and the lack of federal civil rights in the county.
Their release from prison came on July 4th 1973, they had been arrested for marching and initiating a selective buying campaign on the white own businesses downtown Louisville Ga. without a permit.
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