Hometown Hall

Channel 2’s John Pruitt and Jovita Moore host a special program highlighting some of Georgia’s unsung heroes in the civil rights movement.

Lonnie King, Jr. joined the civil rights movement as a student at Atlanta’s Morehouse College. While there, King survived a serious attack after acid was thrown in his face. He later became the president of the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP.

Lula Joe Williams became involved in the movement as a teenager in Alabama where she protested, marched, was arrested and beaten. She continues the fight today in Atlanta.

The civil rights movement not only inspired African Americans to stand up and fight for their rights, many white Americans joined in the battle. Constance Curry and Sara Parsons worked tirelessly behind the scenes of the movement. Parsons joined the “League of Women Voters” and her local school board to give a voice to those who had none. She reveals to John Pruitt the personal price she paid to help end segregation.

Fred Blankenship, Channel 2’s morning news anchor, reports on the story of a Morehouse College student keeping the dream alive today, through his work with the SCLC and local youth. Plus, Atlanta’s own Ambassador Andrew Young remembers those tumultuous times.

WHAT: ANPT: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement

WHEN: Sunday, March 2, 2008

TIME: 7:00PM – 7:30PM

WHERE: Channel 2