Civil rights veteran Charles Sherrod honored

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October 7, 2016

Shirley and Charles Sherrod were guests of honor Thursday at the screening of “Get in the Way,” a documentary about the life of Civil Rights pioneer John Lewis. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)File Photo

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The city of Albany recognizes a civil rights pioneer during the screening of a documentary about another civil rights leader Thursday at the Albany Municipal Auditorium.

Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard, right, attended Thursday’s showing of the documentary “Get in the Way” at the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

The screening of the documentary “Get in the Way” Thursday was part of the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Civil rights leader Charles Sherrod was honored Thursday at the screening of the documentary “Get in the Way. ” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

G&S Experience provide music for Thursday’s gala showing of the documentary “Get in the Way” at the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Shirley Sherrod exchanges greetings with Geneva Collier Thursday night before the start of the documentary “Get in the Way.” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Members of the local Red Hat Society were among the attendees at Thursday’s showing of the documentary “Get in the Way: The Journey of John Lewis.” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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The late Charles Sherrod, a civil rights icon in southwest Georgia, will be celebrated as the recipient of the Dr. Joseph W. Holley Lifetime Achievement Award, along with his wife, Shirley Sherrod at ASU’s Blue and Gold Gala.

Original Freedom Singer Rutha Harris of Albany attended the screening of the John Lewis documentary “Get in the Way” Thursday at the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany Civil Right Institute Director Frank Wilson welcomes a growing crowd at the Albany Municipal Auditorium Thursday, as the audience prepares to watch the documentary “Get in the Way.” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Red Hat Society members, from left, Ernestine Greenlee, Angela Mobley and Eva Gibbs arrive for the documentary screening of “Get in the Way” Thursday at the Albany Municipal Auditorium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Civil rights veteran Charles Sherrod honored

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