Redmond’s son, Derek, was heavily favored in the 400-meter semifinal race before he tore his hamstring in the middle of the competition. Redmond’s name may not immediately ring a bell but images of him helping his injured son cross the finish line during a track and field event at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona have left indelible stains on the brains of many who witnessed the iconic moment more than three decades ago. Jim Redmond died at the age of 81, Reuters reported. Keep reading below to learn more about the notable Black people we’ve lost in 2022.Ģ. The three men focused on the city’s youth, especially the students at Albany State College, a historically Black institution.
Sherrod spent months winning the trust of those in Albany’s Black community who for generations had been terrorized by their white neighbors. (pronounced “snick”), Cordell Reagon and J. Working alongside two other young organizers for S.N.C.C. The four had refused bail, choosing instead to expose the cruelty of a system that punished Black people for the simple act of trying to buy a sandwich. He was fresh off a monthlong stay in a South Carolina prison, where he and three others had been sentenced to hard labor after a lunch-counter sit-in. Leaving behind a promising academic career, he arrived in Albany in the late summer of 1961. He was among the first Black leaders to grasp the importance of field work: moving into a community, building ties with local leaders and developing a broad coalition of teenagers, college students and church congregations to advance voting rights and desegregation. Sherrod (pronounced sheh-ROD) drew together the many strands characterizing the younger generation of civil rights leaders that emerged in the early 1960s, including a militant urgency, a commitment to grass-roots activism and an open espousal of Christian faith as the engine of the movement. She told the New York Times that her husband died of lung cancer.Īside from being a civil rights champion, particularly for his hometown of Albany, Georgia, Charles Sherrod was also known for being an early SNCC leader willing to work with white volunteers even after tension developed over the role of whites in the organization. Department of Agriculture’s Georgia Director of Rural Development. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Sherrod, who served as the U.S. Charles Sherrod is shown in the center during a brief strategy meeting held in the courtroom following the conviction of four out-of-town pickets in Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1961.
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