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    Interview Excerpt of Reverend John Alford

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    John L. Alford, Sr. was a civil rights activist and clergyman. Son of Frank and Will C.T. Alford, John was born in Lanett, Alabama and attended local schools. He earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from what is now Alabama State University, in 1965 and 1974 respectively; and a Bachelor of Theology from Selma University in 1981. He married in 1964 and the couple had three children: Tonya, John Jr., and Shannon. In Montgomery, he pastored Mt. Gillard Missionary Baptist Church and Beulah Baptist Church. Landing in jail multiple times for lawful protest, Reverend Alford helped to lead the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March for African Americans’ voting rights. He was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Montgomery Baptist Ministers’ Union, the National Baptist Convention, the Masons, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the Montgomery Community Action Agency

    Instructional leadership: Perspectives from the Black Belt

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    Interview Excerpt of Ms. Mary Ethel Dozier Jones

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    (1944- ) Mary Ethel Dozier Jones later changed her name to Jamila Jones, participated in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome," and founding the Harambee Singers

    Interview Excerpt of Ms. Luella Berry

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    Luella Bradford Berry was raised in Hunter Station, Montgomery, Alabama. [Hunter Station is in northwest Montgomery]. She was raised with older brothers and one younger brother. Her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Bradford owned Bradford's Cafe which was on Monroe and Court Streets, near Axel Station. As a child she attended Brown's Private School, St. Jude and, for a short time Alabama State College

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