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The Odd Fellows Building was suggested by Black newspaper editor Benjamin J. Davis (1870-1945), designed by white Atlanta architect William A. Edwards (1866-1939) and built by Robert E. Pharrow, owner of an African-American construction company. Despite the Jim Crow era, the two men, Black and white, worked side by side toward completing the structure.
At the intersection of African American History and Women’s History months is a long list of Black women who have made history as civil rights, labor, and peace activists, educators, scientists, elected officials, physicians, astronauts, artists, and much more.
A Rome man who admitted to shooting and killing a man at the Red Carpet Inn nearly one year ago was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison Friday.
On Oct. 16, socialist City Council candidate Kristin Richardson Jordan and socialist Mayoral candidate Cathy Rojas came together for a joint “meet and
Rome man charged with murder in fatal shooting at Red Carpet Inn A grand jury has indicted a Rome man for second-degree murder following an investigation into a fatal shooting at the Red Roof Inn in Rome this past November. Posted: Apr 30, 2021 1:08 PM Updated: Apr 30, 2021 2:22 PM Posted By: WKTV ROME, N.Y. – A grand jury has indicted a Rome man for second-degree murder following an investigation into a fatal shooting at the Red Carpet Inn in Rome this past November. Wilfredo Cotto Jr., 40, allegedly shot 28-year-old Benjamin J. Davis, of Ulster County, around 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2020...