fundraising in the Attalla area when Smith got in contact with County Commissioner Johnny Grant. Grant arranged for Smith to speak to the commission, and members committed to giving money from their discretionary funds to pay for the marker. Smith said the SPLC remains involved and is making a $2,000 donation to Keener Baptist Church for its work toward the ceremony. See also List of unsolved deaths References Further reading Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marszalek (editors), Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights, pp. 365–366 Taylor Branch, Parting The Waters, p. 748. Mary Stanton, Freedom Walk: Mississippi Or Bust, University Press of Mississippi, 2003 External links Activists take walk to remember, Gadsden Times, April 24, 2008 Freedom Walk 2008 1927 births 1963 deaths 1963 murders in the United States Activists for African-American civil rights Assassinated American civil rights activists People from Baltimore People from Binghamton, New York People murdered in Alabama Deaths by firearm in Alabama American atheists African-American history of Alabama Activists from New York (state) People with schizophrenia