Resolution Commemorating the Life of Victoria Gray Adams

The following timely and urgent resolution was passed by the Democratic National Committee at its meeting on August 19, 2006.

Submitted by:
Wayne Dowdy, Chair, Mississippi
Carnelia Fondren, Vice Chair, Mississippi
Johnnie Patton, Mississippi
Everett Sanders, Mississippi
Virgie Rollins, Chair, DNC Black Caucus
Jay Parmley, At Large/Oklahoma
Chairman Don Fowler, At-Large/South Carolina
Carol Khare Fowler, Vice Chair, South Carolina
Lottie Shackelford, DNC Vice Chair
Susan Swecker, DNC Southern Region Chair
Donna Brazile, At Large/District of Columbia

Resolution Commemorating the Life of Victoria Gray Adams

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams was a dedicated Civil Rights leader and Democratic activist; and

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams was a native of Palmer’s Crossing in Forrest County, Mississippi where she was a member of St John United Methodist Church; and

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams was a founding member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and was selected as a Freedom Democratic Party candidate for Congress in 1964; and

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams, along with Fannie Lou Hamer of Sunflower County, Mississippi and others, challenged the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party delegation during the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams efforts during the 1964 Democratic National Convention led to sweeping reforms in the delegate selection process that guaranteed fair representation for minorities and women; and

WHEREAS, Victoria Gray Adams along with others who formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, were honored during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA; and

WHEREAS, on August 12, 2006, at age 73 Victoria Gray Adams passed away at her home in Petersburg, Virginia, after a lengthy battle with Cancer; and

WHEREAS, Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mayor Johnnie Dupree said upon her death “We will miss her wisdom, her caring spirit and her courage that sparked the change in civil and human rights in our county.”

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) celebrate the life of Victoria Gray Adams, a dedicated and passionate civil and human rights activist and offers its deepest condolences to her family.

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Bush recently said we won't leave Iraq while he is president. What?? Guess that tells us a lot about his motivations. If Iraq became the Garden of Eden in the next 6 months and they asked us to leave, if I were president, I'd say goodbye. By the way, since when does Bush get off playing his tough on terrorism card like he's the only act in town that can be tough on terroists? My guess is anyone who was in office on 9/11 would be tough on terrorists. We've allowed him to get too much mileage out of this claim. Someone needs to call his bluff on it. We sure didn't do a very good job of if during the last presidential campaign but it's not too late to make the point. We lost about 3,000 lives on 9/11 and Bush has had to show how tough he is on the perpetrators. Unfortunately, he doesn't have much to show for his efforts. The squadermania of Homeland Security? No radical Islamic attacks against Americans on our home soil in 5 years? Give me a break. How many times were we attacked on our home soil in the 5 years prior to 9/11? Right! I'm starting to see now that if the US is attacked by these extremists on our home soil again, it will probably arise not from their pre 9/11 attitude toward us but because of what we've done since 9/11. Thank you, Mr President. Oh, by the way Bush can carry a badge of sorts to show how tough he's been on terrorists. We've lost 2,600 lives in an unjustified war and suffered thousands more injuries. These are brave young Americans who deserve our utmost respect. The soldiers with feet on the ground in Iraq would best honor their fallen comrades, not by staying the wayward course, but by doing what they can to make sure not one more drop of American blood in shed in Iraq. It really irritates me to see Bush talking about the lives lost in Iraq because it's as if uses this as evidence of how tough he is on the matter. He needs to find some other angle. I'm sick of it. He needs to go back to Crawford.

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borgfelder on August 26, 2006 at 02:04 PM

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