[AP] Neshoba Newspaper Editor to Get Journalism Award
The Associated Press is reporting on the Editor & Publisher Web site that our good friend, and mentor, Stanley Dearman is being honored for his editorials calling for the prosecution of the men who killed James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in 1964:
he Silver Em award will be presented to Dearman at an April 19 banquet in Oxford.
In 2000, Dearman pushed authorities to pursue charges for the first time against the killers of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. “It’s time for an accounting,” Dearman wrote. “We hope that the attorney general and the district attorney conclude that the case can be effectively prosecuted. It’s time.
Dearman wrote: “None of this would be an issue if a group of self-appointed saviors of the status quo had not taken it upon themselves to murder three unarmed young men who were arrested on a trumped up traffic charge and held in jail like caged animals until night fell and they could be intercepted by the Ku Klux Klan.”
He characterized the Klan as “cowardly nightriders whose bravery increases in direct proportion to their numbers and how long the sun has set.”
Posted by ladd at 07:30 PM in MS Newspapers, Editorials, Race Relations | Email this entry
Comments:
Can I tell everybody how much I *adore* Stanley Dearman and his wife, Carolyn. He has been such an inspiration to me personally.
I’ve never forget the time Kate and I spent with them at their house during the Killen trial eating delightful pimento cheese sandwiches and fruit salad.
I plan to be in Oxford for this if all possible.
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