Two days after prominent national figure Senator Cory Booker visited the University of Southern Mississippi, another prominent national figure will be in Hattiesburg, MS on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.
Rev. Dr. William Barber II will be the keynote National Speaker at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, 900 E. 8th Street in Hattiesburg, MS beginning at 6:00pm for the 'Get Out The Vote' Rally. Dr. William Barber was also the keynote speaker at the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin's Funeral. He was also the keynote speaker at the National Democratic Convention in 2016 for Hilary Clinton.
Because 1,000's of people are expected to attend the Get Out The Vote Rally on Wednesday Evening at Ebenezer Church in Hattiesburg, MS, organizers are strongly encouraging early arrival. Dr. William Barber is the Co-Chairman of the national Poor People Campaign. He's also a national board member of the NAACP.
On Monday, Senator Cory Booker made a special visit to Mississippi, making Hattiesburg the only stop in the state. Senator Booker spoke to an overcrowded audience at The University of Southern Mississippi, stopping first to speak to the 100's hoping to get a glimpse of the possible 2020 presidential candidate, who were eagerly waiting outside that wasn't allowed in because the auditorium was already filled to capacity.
Organizers say another rally is expected Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 9:00am at Eureka School, 412 E. 6th St including a 'Vernon Dahmer Walk' kicking off at 9:30am from Eurkea School, down Mobile Street, to the Forrest County Circuit Court. Organizers say the walk to the court house is in honor of Civil Rights Icon, Vernon Dahmer, who was lynched by the Klu Klux Klan for leading the "Get Out & Vote" Movement in Forrest County, Mississippi.
Mississippi has been getting a lot national attention after multiple videos of Republican United States Senator Cindy Hyde Smith went viral excitingly accepting an invitation of a public hanging; in her words, "If you'd invite me to a public hanging I'd be on the front row!" and on another video, heard talking about hoping to find ways in her words to "suppress" the vote of all liberals and young people, specifically college students while on a college campus.
Saturday, November 24, 2018 is the last day to vote early before the Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Runoff from 8:00am-12:00pm.
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