- One Woman’s Story: Rosetta Marsh Anderson (1933-2019)
- Maria Gitin Shares Wilcox County Stories at the Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Womens History: Every Day
- Rosetta Marsh Anderson
- Maria Gitin Interview added to “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” miniseries
- Wilcox County Scenes Summer 1965
- Wilcox County Head Start Picnic July 1965
- The Importance of Land and the Fight Against Food Insecurity
- Chapter 25: More from This Bright Light of Ours
- Join us on MLK Day Jan 18, 2021
- “Conspiracy to Boycott” Arrests in Camden, AL
- SawMill Quarter, Camden AL
- Boys in the Church
- 55th Selma Jubilee Bridge Crossing , Sunday March 1
- Wilcox County Freedom Fighter Stories to be Shared in Santa Cruz CA February 6
- Wilcox County at Work 1965-70
- Previously unseen photos of Dr. King at Antioch Baptist Church April 29, 1966
- Return to Work: Wilcox County Alabama June 30-3, 1965
- Reflections: Arrest & Return to Work Camden, AL June 30, 1965
- Pondering Progress
- EM PARRISH DAY CARE CENTER – KIDS WELL CARED FOR CENTER DESERVES DONATIONS
- This Bright Light of Ours for first time in Watsonville April 25th as part of Vote! Exhibit and Celebration
- Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot
- Wilcox and Selma Civil Rights featured in Voting Rights Exhibit April-May 2019
- Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday 2015
- Bob Crawford Jr. Freedom Fighter
- Social Protest & Women’s Leadership Talks set at Candler / Emory University October 17th
- In Memory of Grady Nettles
- Letter Home July 26, 1965 Part II
- Letter Home July 26, 1965 Part 1
- SNCC CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER SCREENING
- Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Age of Trumpism: Remembering the Drum Major Fifty Years after His Assassination by Lewis V. Baldwin, Ph.D.
- In Memory of Frank Connor
- Maria to Read & Talk About Voting Rights in Monterey
- Historic NY Times Article on Wilcox County 1966 Elections
- 24 Hours in Jail for “Conspiracy to Boycott” in Camden, Alabama 1965
- Lonnie Brown, Wilcox County Voting Rights Hero
- Speaking about Wilcox County Freedom Fighters at the Foot of the Bridge in Selma
- Maria Gitin to Speak about Wilcox County for National Park Service in Selma
- Watch the Video About Wilcox County AL Civil Rights History in Montgomery June 7th 2016
- You are Invited to Celebrate Wilcox County AL Civil Rights History at the Capital in Montgomery June 7th
- National Park Service: Selma to Montgomery Trail Talk
- In Memory of Bob Fitch Civil Rights Activist Photographer
- This Bright Light of Ours Returns to Alabama this June
- Linking the Generations
- Congressional Medal of Freedom for Voting Rights Marchers
- Dr. King Encourages Community at Antioch Baptist Church Rally
- Dr. King at Antioch Baptist Church
- DR. KING AND REV FRED SHUTTLESWORTH SPEAK IN CAMDEN
- Dr. King Comes to Camden April 29, 1966
- SCLC Citizenship Education Project Featuring Jake and Maggie Irby
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project: 10
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo Project: 9
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project:8
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project: 7
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project: 6
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project:5
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project:4
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project: 3
- Bob Fitch Alabama Photo ID Project:2
- Please Help Identify these Foot Soldiers for Freedom photos by Bob Fitch
- Giving Thanks to the Courageous Citizens of Wilcox County for Sharing your Stories with the World
- Audio Recordings of SCLC SCOPE 50th Reunion Now Online
- SNCC AND SCLC COOPERATION IN SUMMER 1965
- 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Struggle to be Celebrated in Atlanta Oct 1-4
- Calling All SCLC SCOPE Veterans and their families to a 50th Anniversary Reunion in Atlanta Oct 1-4, 2015
- West Coast Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary Celebration
- Looking Back: 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act
- Civil Rights Veterans Reflect on Fear, Courage, and Commitment
- July 12, 1965: Romance Blossoms as Attacks on Wilcox County Civil Rights Workers Continue
- July 8, 1965 George Wallace Rally Riles up Whites
- 4th of July 1965
- Happy 4th of July: 1965
- Freedom Summer 1965: #4 June 20
- Freedom Summer: #3 June 10, 1965
- Freedom Summer 1965: Sunday June 20, 1965 #2
- FREEDOM SUMMER 1965: Sunday June 20 #1
- You are invited to our first tele-conference book discussion with Joy Crawford-Washington and Author Maria Gitin
- Photos of Martin Luther King Jr at Antioch Baptist Church
- Wilcox County and friends embrace book about their voting rights history
- A Long Hot Summer Ahead?
- SCOPE Project Discussed in Interview and Article by Carrie L Williams in the Selma Jubilee Journal
- April Action in Wilcox: 50 Years Ago this Month
- Maria Gitin Returns Home to Read at Sonoma State University on her Birthday April 21st
- Register Now for the SCLC/SCOPE 50thAnniversary Reunion in Atlanta
- Stories from Selma and the Voting Rights Fight in SF Saturday March 21st
- James “Arkansas” Benston Returns to Camden
- Selma Jubilees of the Past: Wilcox County Always Out Front
- Wilcox County Freedom Fighters set to March in Selma Sunday March 8th
- Wilcox County “First” Electeds – Featuring Jesse Brooks of Coy, AL
- Join Civil Rights Veterans at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco March 21st
- BAMA KIDS EXTRAVAGANZA TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF WILCOX COUNTY FREEDOM FIGHTERS
- After Selma: The Struggle for Voting Rights Continued
- Wilcox Freedom Fighters Stories to be Read and Discussed in Seattle
- This Bright Light of Ours: At Elliott Bay Book Company January 13, 2015
- MLK Institute at Stanford to Hosted Maria Gitin “This Bright Light of Ours” Talk January 28th
- Preparing for MLK Celebration in Seattle January 15th – Come celebrate with King County Families
- Former YWCA Executive Director Kicks off Racial Justice Series in Monterey January 21st
- Remembering Kate Charley 1934-2013
- Maria Gitin to Read & Speak on Voting Rights History and Current Events December 8th
- Wilcox County AL Churches: Sanctuaries & Action Centers in the Civil Rights Movement
- King Scholar and Civil Rights Veteran share Stories of MLK Influence in their Lives
- This Bright Light of Ours: Black & White Reflections on MLK
- Antioch Baptist Church Attacked and Shot Up July 1965
- When the People had to Fight to Vote
- “This Bright Light of Ours” to Shine in 2015 Martin Luther King Jr Celebrations
- Wilcox County Head Start one of first in the US 1965
- “This Bright Light of Ours” to Shine in 2015 Martin Luther King Jr Celebrations
- George Ow Jr to Introduce Maria Gitin at Bookshop Santa Cruz
- Petaluma Native returns home to share Civil Rights Stories
- Why we must vote
- Copperfield’s Books Petaluma Presents Maria Gitin Aug 1st
- Independence Day at Bessie W. Munden Playground
- Boys Attacked in Church – June 29, 1965
- Major Johns – SCLC Field Director and Civil Rights Hero
- Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) Project Orientation Part I
- Alma Moton King recalls Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 49 Years Ago – Getting Ready for Wilcox County
- SCLC’s SCOPE project in Wilcox County Summer 1965
- Congratulations Bob Fitch Photography Archive Acquired by Stanford University Library
- More Praise for “This Bright Light of Ours”
- Join us in Los Angeles April 29th @ Eso Won Bookstore
- Camden Alabama Celebration of Civil Rights with Author Maria Gitin
- Wilcox County Freedom Fighters Selma Jubilee 2014
- This Bright Light Alabama Book Tour March 6-13, 2014
- Alabama Book Launch & Selma Jubilee
- This Bright Light of Ours is Published
- This Bright Light of Ours Prepares to Launch: Save These Dates!
- Rev Dr. Lewis V Baldwin, Camden Hometown hero Feted at Vanderbilt Retirement Event
- This Bright Light New Website
- Marching toward Freedom’s Land
- First Return to Camden 2008
- Upcoming Civil Rights Conference at Vanderbilt Honors Lewis V Baldwin
- This Bright Light of Ours
- Why the 1965 Voting Rights Act Still Matters
- Wilcox County Freedom Fighters Words of Wisdom
- August West Coast Civil Rights Events
- Wilcox County AL Civil Rights Timeline July 1965 continued
- Wilcox County AL Civil Rights Timeline July 1965
- 4th of July 1965
- Wilcox County, AL Civil Rights Timeline June 1965
- MLK was counting on “The Supreme Court” and other “Outsiders”
- Act to Preserve the 1965 Voting Rights Act
- 1965 Summer Community Organizing and Political Education Project (SCOPE) Wilcox County Civil Rights Timeline June 1965
- Conversation with Civil Rights Veteran Bruce Hartford
- Conversation with Civil Rights Veteran Bruce Hartford – About our Stories
- Reconsidering President Johnson on Memorial Day
- Dreams of Gees Bend
- Searching for Ralph Eggleston
- Freedom Movement Stories of People in Struggle – San Francisco Sunday May 5, 2013
- April 1965 Camden, Alabama Protests Continue….
- Camden Alabama Civil Rights Demonstrations Continue April 1965
- First Weeks of April 1965 – Camden Demonstrations Continue
- Nonviolent Protesters Attacked by Elected Officials with Smoke Bombs – Camden AL Wed March 31, 1965
- Antioch Baptist Church, Camden AL – 143 Years Strong
- SCLC Leader Hosea L Williams Files Alabama Suit to Protect Voting Rights Protesters
- Wilcox County Voting Rights Timeline – continued
- In Memory of W. Kate Charley – Community Leader, Coy AL
- Dr King Kicks off Alabama Vote Drive 1965
- In Memory of Civil Rights Martyr David Colston Sr., Camden, AL January 23, 1966
- Martin Luther King Jr Birthday – A Day not only for Reflection but for Action
- Bob Crawford Jr on Alabama Education Before the Civil Rights Movement
- Whites Sharing Grief About Racism: New & Recommended Reading
- The Wilcox County Freedom Fight Comes to Life Again
- MLK Commemorative Service at Temple Beth El, Aptos CA
- Camden Academy Student Demonstration 1965
- My Heart is Filled With Gratitude
- Mrs Rosetta Angion of Coy, Alabama – Civil Rights Hero
- Searching for Friends & Relatives of Major Johns, Civil Rights Hero
- Alma King Re-elected to Camden City Council – October 9, 2012
- Welcome to Wilcox County 1965
- Celebrate Women in Politics – Register to Vote Today!
- Return to Gees Bend
- In Memory of Dan & Juanita Harrell
- Some Stories from the Black Experience in Alabama 1965
- Rev Frank & Mrs Etta Pearl Smith Family
- Civil Rights Activists in Boiling Spring, Alabama
- My Aunt Ruth
- Stories from a Teenage Civil Rights Worker
- Making News, Causing Trouble
- Selma SNCC and SCLC’s Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project Summer 1965
- Remember the Sacrifices Made for the right to Vote
- 1965 Voting Rights Act Challenged Again
- Letter from Wilcox County June 1965
- 4th of July 1965 at the Bessie W. Munden Playground
- Exciting News: Wilcox County Voting Rights Book Rejected!
- Reverend Thomas L. Threadgill (1926-1989) and Mrs. Mildred Locke Threadgill (1926-1977)
- Letter from a student civil rights worker in Camden, Alabama
- The Year in Civil Rights Review: Highlights of 2010
- November 2010 Elections
- Rev Dr. Benet Luchion
- Letter from Movement Boot Camp – The SCOPE Orientation
- Beginnings of this Book
- 45th Anniversary of 1965 Voting Rights Act
- Independence Day at Bessie W. Munden Playground
- Bob, Dan & The Man with a Gun
- Support Wilcox County through the Black Belt Community Foundation
- Civil rights worker & student reunion in corn field
- Sunday March 7th Selma Jubilee Historic Bridge Crossing
- Selma Jubilee Fri March 4th
- Wilcox County 45th Anniversary Commemorative Mass Meeting & March from Historical Antioch Baptist Church
- EM PARRISH DAY CARE CENTER – KIDS WELL CARED FOR CENTER DESERVES DONATIONS
- BAMA KIDS Gospel Extravaganza African American Jazz – Sunday Feb 28
- Monday March 1st In Memory of Ethel Brooks
- Return to Gees Bend
- Kids in Arizona send thank you notes to Civil Rights Veterans
- March 1 & March 7th civil rights events in Alabama
- Personal Stories from the Voting Rights Freedom Fight in Wilcox County Alabama
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Wilcox County Freedom Fighters 
MY father, James E. Williams, Jr. Class 42, as well as my Aunt, Nellie N. Williams class 41 graduated from Camden Academy.My aunt, Elizabeth Rhone attended school there also but moved to Washington, D.C. before graduation. Is ther an obiturary for listing deceased classmates? My aunt, Nellie recently died on June 1, 2012 and I would like to inform her old classmates and friends. Her married name was Nellie williams Abner.She always tried to keep in touch with her classmates and I think she would want them to know of her passing. Also, I would love to talk with anyone who knew my father and other aunt.They always talked about Camden Academy with such pride.
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Dear Cheryl:
I am sorry for the recent loss of your Aunt. I know that there is a group that hold an “all graduate” Camden Academy reunion every other year but do not know who organizes it. My blog is focussed on the 1965-66 civil rights activities in Wilcox County, during which time the students from the Academy were major leaders and participants.
You may want to try writing to someone at Wilcox Central High School or at Antioch Baptist Church in Camden to see if you can get any information. There is also an online group called Classmates.com which I have not used but can be used to find classmates by school and year of graduation.
The Academy indeed was the crown jewel of the people’s segregated school system. All who had the privilege of attending were devastated when it was closed and destroyed under the false guise of school integration, which has not taken place up to this day. There is a public middle school on the property where the Academy once stood. Best wishes in your quest, Maria
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Camden Academy now has a Face Book page for all alumni
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