As Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” played, Jamie Anthony ran up and down the streets of New Bedford using her camera to document people of every generation participating in a Black Lives Matter march this past June.
When her legs got tired, Anthony, 23, sat on top of a car that was driving slowly with the protest and was able to really take in the different ages of all the people marching, which included people who had already marched for racial equity in their lifetimes.
“It was just an impactful moment because it was almost like we took a step back in time and I was looking at history repeat itself . but also seeing the triumph and strength and tears in my community,” Anthony said recently. “It was an amazing moment for me.”
Bristol DA Seeks Help Solving Cold Seekonk Murder Case
More than four decades ago, a Rhode Island woman working as a hotel clerk was found beaten and stabbed to death at the Susse Chalet on Rt. 6 in Seekonk. Now, the Bristol County District Attorney s Office is seeking the public s help in solving the cold case.
On the morning of August 20, 1979, Margaret Pizio, a 35-year-old woman from the Riverside section of East Providence, was found murdered at the hotel. The medical examiner at the time found that the manner of death was homicide. Pizio was the mother of four children, the oldest of whom was 13 at the time of her death.