THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, April 3, 1996 TAG: 9604030404
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 21 lines
About 60 people marched in downtown Franklin Tuesday to protest last
fall's firing of Dale R. Cooke, right, as acting city manager. Cooke
has accused four white city officials - the mayor and three City
Council members - and three white members of a citizens group of
discrimination in her termination. At left, the Rev. Marcellus
Harris, local president of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, uses a bullhorn to encourage the protesters. The parade
was organized by the Franklin Concerned Citizens.
by CNB