Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 2002 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, MAY 3,2002

Papers of Medgar Evers to stay in Mississippi

(Special to the NNPA) — The widow of slain Medgar Evers has donated several letters, speeches and notes, as well as her own papers and photos to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. “This is where they belong,” says Myrlie Evers-Williams, who gave 55 boxes of materials that will become available to researchers next year. Evers, field secretary for the NAACP, was

shot in the back on June 12,1963, while standing in the driveway of his Jackson, Miss., home. Evers-Williams, who left the state after her husband died, was national NAACP chairwoman from 1995 to 1998. The> state archive also houses the papers of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and until now, has had no papers from national civil rights leaders.

“It was very difficult for me to let the papers go,” says Evers-Williams. “I could pick them up and see a little bit of Medgar.” Evers’ killer, Byron De La Beckwith, was freed after two all white juries failed to convict him in the 1960s. Then in the early 1990s, documents of a state-supported spy agency, the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, revealed that agents worked to get Beckwith acquitted. He was

indicted again and convicted in 1994. Beckwith was serving a life sentence for Evers’ murder when he died in prison last year. “Medgar Evers gave his life in his quest to free us all — Black and white folks alike — from the bondage of racial segregation and discrimination. He was a true hero,” says formerGov. William Winter, a longtime member of the Archives of History Board of Trustees.

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Batties changed his mind to run for a small claims court judgeship to seek the assessor’s office. Batties has earned high praise from Mayor Peterson for his business acumen in the area of real estate. “I believe Mark Batties is the best candidate for Marion County assessor... he will commit the same time and energy to public service that he has committed to our community,” said Peterson in a written letter encouraging fellow Democrats to support Batties. Patton, currently running for Pike Township trustee, has an extensive background with the Democratic Party as well as Pike Township. Retired from Eli Lilly and Co., Patton has been a resident of Pike Township for nearly 25 years and has served on numerous boards — including her current position as a Pike Township Legislative Board Member. State Rep. Bill Crawford, DIndianapolis, also has reputable experiences to back up his current crusade to be re-elected for the House District 98 seat. Holding the seat for thelast 30 years, Crawford holds the record for the longest serving term member in that district, and is considered by many to be a political veteran. He served as a delegate to many Democratic political conventions and remains an active member in organizations ^uch as the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus and the African-Ameri-can Bipartisan Leadership Group. So what do Patton and Crawford say about the increase of Black Democrats running for political office? According to Patton, there wasn’t a chance for Black Democrats to run for office in her district prior to 1994 because of the Republican Party stronghold. Patton said times are indeed different since Pike has changed so drastically with a 52.7 percent female and 32 percent Black population, making the chances of minority Democrats running and actu-

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