This got delayed in my inbox from the primary (still digging out)–Barry Bradford is at it again with students working to bring attention to injustice:
Clyde Kennard was an African American man who attempted to quietly
integrate the University of Southern Mississippi in the late 1950s. After
being denied three times, he was framed for a crime he did not commit and
was sentenced to prison.
Isn’t that the exact reverse of the American dream? Sent to prison
because he wanted to go to college.
Working with the Prof. Steven Drizin at The Center On Wrongful Convictions
at the law school at Northwestern University, we have absolute and
irrefutable evidence that Clyde Kennard was innocent. Only one man ever
testified against him. Under oath, in front of a judge, that same man has
admitted he lied.
“Kennard did not ask me to steal, Kennard did not ask me to break-in to
the Co-op, Kennard did not ask me to do anything illegal”.
The entire document is available on line at our website.
The document has been sent to Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi. The
Governor has the legal power to posthumously pardon Clyde Kennard and
clear his name. That is all his family wants. No money. No
vengeance. Just clearing the name of a good man. Simple justice.
YOU CAN HELP. Go to our website: http://www.clydekennard.org
Your readers in Illinois can ask Gov. Blagojevich to get involved.
(Kennard was from Chicago) They just have to cut and paste a letter. It
takes less than two minutes to do the right thing. Readers in Illinois and
everywhere can use a similar method to send an e-mail to Gov. Barvour of
Mississippi.