Around 150 attend rally organized by student
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Yazoo City High senior Stephen Diew speaks to the crowd at an event he organized Sunday calling for justice in a Florida shooting case.By Joffre Washington
For The Herald
Spring afternoons often provide citizens the opportunity to take long, leisurely strolls throughout the streets of Yazoo City.
This past Sunday, however, a group of Yazooans took to the streets for a different kind of walk; a march for justice.
In an event coordinated by Yazoo City High School senior Stephen Diew, around 150 people, including city leaders, concerned citizens and students, gathered to participate in a march and rally to raise awareness and show support to the family of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager who was shot and killed earlier this year in a case that has garnered national attention.
Martin, was killed as he walked home from a convenience store by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman. Zimmerman claims the shooting was in self defense, citing Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law.
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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