Today’s Communiqué – 6.25.21

A Memorial Marker Ceremony was held recently at Haven of Rest Cemetery for John Carter, the last known African American to be lynched in Arkansas on May 4, 1927.

On the humid afternoon of June 13, 2021, approximately 75 people honored Carter who was brutally killed for allegedly assaulting a white woman and her 17-year-old daughter.

He was hanged on a utility pole, shot 200 times, dragged down Main Street and then to Ninth and Broadway, the heart of the Black business district and burned with church pews stolen from Bethel A.M.E Church.

Clarice Abdul-Bey, event organizer and co-convener, along with her husband Kwami Abdul-Bey of Arkansas Peace and Justice Memorial Movement, presented the marker along with the Pulaski County Community Remembrance Project, Just Communities of Arkansas, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, and the Equal Justice Initiative of Montgomery, Alabama.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 22, 2021

CONTACT: Lamar B. Davis, Esq., Chief Strategist, Akili Solutions, LLC
(501) 993-1283 or [email protected]

PRESS RELEASE

Former Judge, Ernest Sanders Launches his Campaign for Pulaski County Circuit Judge, Fifth Division

Former Judge, Ernest Sanders kicked off his campaign for Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge, Fifth Division surrounded by family members and other supporters.

The Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center served as a homecoming site for the Arkansas native who spent some of his formative years in Little Rock’s 12th Street Corridor. Ernest first dreamed of becoming a lawyer as a third-grader while attending Fair Park Elementary School. “My best thought was to become a lawyer, but God had much more in store for my life. I never dreamed that He would bless me like He has, but I’m grateful and now it’s time to give back to the people and the community where my
dream began”, remarked Sanders.