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By The Albany Herald Staff
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., D-Albany has been selected for the position of Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, & Related Agencies.

By Felicia Sonmez
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

A plan that would have Republicans and Democrats sit side-by-side during this month's State of the Union address has picked up support from nearly one-fifth of the Senate as well as a handful of House members, including a top House Republican.

Seventeen senators have co-signed a letter drafted by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) to congressional leaders urging them to back the idea of members of both parties sitting next to each other rather than at opposite ends of the House chamber during President Obama's Jan. 25 address.

By Larry Gierer
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Twenty minutes after he’d been named the winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Award on Monday, Russell County District Court Judge Michael Bellamy was still wiping tears from his eyes.

“Tears of joy,” he said, clutching the trophy bearing his name. “This is a great honor that was totally unexpected. God is great. It makes me want to strive to do even more because to whom much is given, much is expected.”

By Sarah Panko
Monday, January 17, 2011

The slain civil rights leader would have turned 82 over the weekend.

Americans across the country are honoring his legacy today with services and volunteer projects.

Congressman Sanford Bishop delivered a speech to a crowded conference room at the medical center.

As a graduate of the same school, U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop says he first met Dr. King at Morehouse College.

By Sarah Bleau
Monday, January 17, 2011

Lonnie King, Jr., remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a man who could articulate the hopes, dreams and aspirations people had for the future

ALBANY, GA -- Lonnie King, Jr., a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNNC), remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a man who could articulate the hopes, dreams and aspirations people had for the future.

By Stefanie Tiso
Monday, January 17, 2011

Congressman Sanford Bishop was the keynote speaker at a commemorative service at Columbus Regional Medical Center on Monday.

Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream” speech was recited as part of the program.

Michael Stewart from Columbus Regional Medical Center says, "We always need to be reminded of keeping on the edge of being concerned with human rights and human justice issues, not only here in America but the world over. This is one way that we help remind ourselves that we need to be attending to these issues."

By Greg Bluestein
Thursday, January 13, 2011

ATLANTA - The only woman ever to die in Georgia's electric chair received a proper headstone Wednesday at a dedication ceremony more than 65 years later, marking what her supporters call a case of racial injustice in the Jim Crow-era South.

By Terry Lewis
Thursday, January 13, 2011

A headstone dedication is the final chapter in the life of the only woman ever electrocuted by the state.

CUTHBERT, GA — In February of 1945, Lena Baker was executed in Georgia’s electric chair, becoming the only woman in the state ever to die in “Old Sparky.”

On Wednesday at the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery where Baker is buried, a new headstone was dedicated in her honor, capping a 10-year quest by family and friends to clear her name.