Rochester remembers longtime civil rights activist Delores Walker

Rochester remembers longtime civil rights activist Delores Walker

Originally from Mississippi, she moved to Rochester in the mid-1950s, where she became a fierce freedom fighter for the city.

LaFayette council remembers longtime residents

LaFayette celebrated two longtime residents during Monday night’s city council meeting. Emma Lena Tucker Robinson and Mary Frances Wilkerson Sim’s family members were presented with a proclamation celebrating both of the recently passed women. Robinson passed at the age of 111.  She grew up and studied in Chambers County and graduated from Alabama State University and Alabama A&M University. “Robinson was an active participant in the civil right…