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After the verdict was read in the murder case of George Floyd, Greenvilleâs Will Hobdy said that he saw it as a possible step forward, in improving race relations in America.
On Tuesday, a Minnapolis jury found former police office Derek Chauvin guilty of three charges, including two for the murder of Floyd. For activists, like Hobdy, who is president of the Greenville Branch of the NAACP, it was a moment that will not soon be forgotten.
âWhen I watched it [the reading of the verdict] on the news, it just seemed to me that justice worked,â said Greenville NAACP Branch President Will Hobdy.
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Betty Franklin attended one of the birthday celebrations for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Betty Franklin was among the participants in the 2015 walk to the Edmund Pettus Bridge commemorating the 50th anniversary of Sunday, Bloody Sunday.
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Longtime Greenville civic leader Betty Franklin, who retired in 2020 after 16 years as a Case Manager at Lakes Regional MHMR, was instrumental in creating the oral history project called âThe African American Experience in Hunt County,â which will continue at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum through April 24. The exhibit includes various artifacts along with videos with individuals who recall what life was like for the Black Community in Hunt County.