Last week one of the fatalities in the Buffalo massacre, Heyward Patterson, reminded us of Haywood Patterson. He was one of the Scottsboro Boys who were falsely accused and imprisoned for raping two white women.
This week we return to Buffalo to profile the remarkable life of Katherine Massey, 72, another one of 10 killed in the mass shooting at Tops Market on May 14; several others were wounded. The world learned much more about her selfless dedication to civil rights during her funeral services and the eulogy delivered by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, on May 23 at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
At the services, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said of Massey that, “She was proficient in her history, proficient in her culture, and a lover of all people,” he declared. “She was a constant presence in our community. A warm and welcoming spirit who had a beautiful and brilliant smile that could light up the atmosphere, cut through every conflict, and warm your heart.”
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