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Human rights organization holds awareness march in Marietta

Feb 15, 2012

The New Order National Human Rights Organization will hold an awareness march on Saturday in Marietta.

The march will feature a speech by Floyd Rose, president of the Valdosta, Ga. chapter of SCLC, and a moment of silence for former SCLC Cobb chapter president Dwight Graves, who died in January; Jorelys Rivera, who was murdered by a maintenance worker in Cherokee County last year; and Troy Davis, who was executed in September for killing a police officer.

The march begins at 9 a.m. at the Cobb Civic Center and ending at Marietta Square.

Information: 404-483-8284; www.nonhro.org

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