{"id":10895,"date":"2023-05-19T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/?p=10895"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T18:55:58","slug":"scottsboro-celebrates-archie-f-stewart-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/?p=10895","title":{"rendered":"Scottsboro celebrates Archie F. Stewart Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archie F. Stewart was a passionate and innovative civil rights leader who served as president of the regional NAACP for over ten years.\u00a0 In 1981, Mayor Roy Owen proclaimed May 23 to be the \u201cArchie F. Stewart Day\u201d in Scottsboro. Next Wednesday, May 24, The Scottsboro Boys Museum will host Archie F. Stewart Day with a program beginning at 10:00 am.\u00a0 Admission will be free.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10897 size-thumbnail\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ArchieFStewart-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Known by many in Scottsboro as the city\u2019s \u201cBlack leader,\u201d his roots in activism ran deep.\u00a0 As a thirteen-year-old boy, Archie traveled by horse and buggy to attend the first set of Scottsboro Boys trials in April 1931. His civil rights activism continued through to the end of his life. He often spoke about the need to commemorate rather than run away from the Scottsboro Boys case, and he inspired many to bring this injustice to light.\u00a0 His work was activated by a strong faith in God, and he was supported along the way by his wife Leola.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stewart\u2019s distinguished career included thirty-six years in the classroom, over thirty years in service of the Alabama Democratic Conference, and countless years of leadership with the Jackson County Voters League.\u00a0 He is the first and only African American elected president of the Jackson County Teachers Association.\u00a0 He served as a Boys Scout Director for seventeen years.\u00a0 After retiring from the school system, Mr. Stewart opened the Equal Education Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the Jackson County Courthouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For questions, contact Tiajuana Cotton at 256-244-5393.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archie F. Stewart was a passionate and innovative civil rights leader who served as president of the regional NAACP for over ten years.\u00a0 In 1981, Mayor Roy Owen proclaimed May 23 to be the \u201cArchie F. Stewart Day\u201d in Scottsboro. Next Wednesday, May 24, The Scottsboro Boys Museum will host Archie F. Stewart Day with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10895"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10901,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10895\/revisions\/10901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}