Pastor Johnnie Edwards, president of the Columbus/Bartholomew County chapter of the NAACP, said he’s heartened that a cross-section of the community and people of various races will push back against such hatred.
“This is no longer a matter of just sitting by silently,” Edwards said of the racist flyer distributed in Columbus on Tuesday. “This is about our collective voices as we stand together. And our voices will be much louder than those who have something racially negative to say about this community.
“We have here an individual trying to divide us. So this is a time for us to directly say that to we stand as one unit. And we will not tolerate someone coming in attempting to divide us.”
