NAACP Plans Civil Rights March in Salem

"Fighting the good fight for Justice, Tearing Down the walls of Jericho" -Sheryl Dash

(SALEM) - Everyone is invited to attend an upcoming Civil Rights March set for September 30th in Salem. Organized by the Salem/Keizer Chapter of the NAACP, the theme of the event is "Injustice in Oregon" and centers largely around what many call the questionable manslaughter conviction of 23-year old Darrell Sky Walker.

Alesia Walker of Riverside, California, says her son was wrongly convicted of manslaughter in the June 2005 death of 22-year-old college student Phillip Gillins in Eugene. She says her son was the victim of racism and a system that failed to turn up key witnesses who could have cleared him. The march happens from 12:00 noon until 3:00 PM on September 30th. The march will begin at Riverfront Park, and lead to the Oregon State Capital steps.

People interested in participating in the March will meet at the Riverfront Park and plan to leave at 12:30. If not, the NAACP encourages you to please meet us at the State Capital.

For those coming in from out of Salem, Riverfront park is located at 101 Front Street in Northeast Downtown Salem. The State Capital is located at 900 Court Street Northeast, just east of the center of Downtown Salem.

The Salem/Keizer NAACP is looking for volunteers to help in this event. Anyone interested should please contact Sheryl Dash or Sterling Alexander for more information. E-mail them at email legalredress@yahoo.com
or try them at one of these phone numbers: 503-364-0558 or 503-566-8876

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Bat Man May 18, 2011 12:25 pm (Pacific time)

Im Bat Man Look It Up

Anonymous October 1, 2006 12:34 pm (Pacific time)

How would you like to have to look "remorseful" for something you have been falsely accused of. (There now, be a good negro and do like the man says...)

You actually said "whether it was him who did it or not."

Don't you get it? Can't you hear your own words? You're asking a wrongly accused innocent man to be sorry for what he didn't do, as his personal life and liberty are forsaken.

Why was Phillip raised in a way that allowed him to make racist comments in the first place? This was the son of a judge, people expect more.

Your 400 years is nothing, this country was still allowing the legal murder of blacks in '55. That WASN'T VERY LONG AGO! In '47 they were still banned from serving with whites in uniform. This young man's life is ruined and his mom was called names. He was sold out by his lawyer, his family was taken advantage of.

The worst thing is that the guy who did it is running around free. Why isn't Phillip's family bothered by that? Too much effort?

Of course what hardship have they known before this?

I know for a fact that there was sorrow over the death of that young man, but we live in a country so full of racial prejudice, that even the innoccent blunders are sad and embarrassing.

Next time you're about to go to prison for something you didn't do, convicted in a kangaroo racist court in Eugene, Oregon, be sure and "look remorseful."

tired of this October 1, 2006 12:26 pm (Pacific time)

That's BS, race gets shoved down our throats all hours of the day, how could we possibly not understand it? The problem arises when we use the race issue to get our way, even when we know deep down in our hearts that we are guilty. I was at the trial. I looked that man straight in his face. I even felt a little sorry for him. However, what i saw in that man's face was a complete look of indifference, up until the verdict was laid down. He was as cool as a cucumber, completely detached from the devastation that he, or his friends, or whoever wrought on Phillip Gillins' family and friends. He didn't have a shred of remorse on his face for what happened that night, whether it was him who did it or not. That to me says a lot about the content of this man's character. For once, can we please try to make it about content of character and not about race? Or shall we just spin in circles for another 400 years?

Not that Simple September 27, 2006 6:39 pm (Pacific time)

I think that the NAACP is taking the right apprach to fighting racism. I believe that once people understand racial inequalities, we will be able to move forward on sexuality, class, and gender issues. I think the NAACP is doing the right things in trying to end racism in a country where it is everywhere we look. One day we will be able to tackle other types of oppression, but until then we must continue to fight the deep racism that this country continues to function on.

Albert Marnell August 8, 2006 3:50 am (Pacific time)

I would like to see the NAACP not only address racial violence and inequality but address the even higher level of predjudice that is faced by men and women who are homosexual. I find it ironic that the black community to be so up in arms about their racial oppression but use religion and the church as justification to oppress another group....that group being homosexual men and women. Using a Bible to do this is like using a Bible to say that slavery is God's will.

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