Article: SELMA, MAYOR HAVE CHANGED.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)

Transcript: Profile: Mayor Joe Smitherman, a Southern leader from ...
NPR All Things Considered;  August 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... have had ... ELLIOTT: Smitherman today acknowledges his part ... reality of the time. Mayor SMITHERMAN: You know, 'cause I played ... The televised images of civil rights marchers being beaten and ... increasingly African-American, Smitherman realized he needed black ...

Article: Selma Is Still Selma.(controversial Mayor Joe Smitherman)
The Nation;  September 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... a touchstone in the civil rights movement, is frozen ... in 1965, Mayor Joe Smitherman, a renowned segregationist ... point in the fight for civil rights. Today blacks make ... power. The same Mayor Smitherman who once called Dr ...

Article: JOE SMITHERMAN 1930-2005 Former mayor of Selma First ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 13, 2005 ;     465 words ... ... Former Selma Mayor Joe Smitherman, who held office for decades during the turbulent civil rights era, died Sunday. He was 75. Mr. Smitherman died in a Montgomery hospital ... former mayor's death. Mr. Smitherman had suffered from a heart ...

Transcript: Profile: James Perkins becomes the first black mayor of Selma, ...
NPR Morning Edition;  September 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... working to oust Joe Smitherman. He was in his first ... forever a symbol of the civil rights movement. By the time ... enfranchised voters. When Smitherman was first elected ... balloting and several civil rights organizations had representatives ... monitoring the vote. Smitherman ...

Article: Former Selma Mayor Joe Smitherman Dies
AP Online;  September 12, 2005 ;     264 words ... ... Former Selma Mayor Joe Smitherman, who held office for decades during the turbulent civil rights era, died Sunday. He was 75. Smitherman died in a Montgomery hospital ... former mayor's death. Smitherman had suffered from a heart ...

Article: Selma Mayoral Job Shifts after 36 Years; Voters Choose First ...
Nation's Cities Weekly;  September 18, 2000 ;     598 words ... ... in the forefront of civil rights events in the 1960s ... heralding the end Mayor Joe Smitherman's tenure that began ... take office Oct. 1. Smitherman has served nine terms ... lasting symbol of the civil rights struggles in the South ... concession speech, Smitherman congratulated ...

Article: Smitherman to head local NAACP branch
Call & Post;  December 7, 2006 ;     489 words ... ... former Cincinnati City Councilmember Christopher Smitherman was elected NAACP president over incumbent president ... complained and said she has remained quiet on many civil rights issues Neither Smitherman or Thrower could be reached for comment. At ...