Civil Rights icon, state, local leaders help dedicate Proud to Take a Stand monument
Published 9:05 pm Saturday, October 26, 2019
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
The crowd outside the City Auditorium Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
A large crowd gathers outside the City Auditorium Saturday morning before the unveiling of the monument. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell speaks to the crowd during the dedication. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Andrew Young shakes the hands of survivor Ronnie Coleman Saturday morning. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell gives Civil Right icon and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young the key to the city. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Former ambassador, former Atlanta mayor and Civil Right leader Andrew Young gives the keynote speech Saturday. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Parchman Ordeal survivor Deloris Bassett speaks during Saturday's dedication. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell's parents Renza and Jonathan Grennell look at the Proud to Take a Stand monument shortly after it was installed. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
People surround the Proud to Take a Stand monument at a dedication in 2019. (File photo / The Natchez Democrat)
Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell speaks to Andrew Young before the dedication service starts. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
(Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Images from Saturday morning’s dedication of the Proud to Take a Stand Monument dedicated to the hundreds of people who endured the injustices of Parchman Ordeal in 1965.
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