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Local Indivisible Groups Organize ‘Good Trouble’ Rally, Display

By TERESA WINCHESTER
ONEONTA

On Thursday, July 17, Indivisible groups from CooperstownOneonta, Butternut Valley, Cherry Valley and Schoharie County hosted a gathering dubbed “Good Trouble Rally and Live Art Display” in the City of Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. The rally started at noon and was over by 1:30 p.m.

July 17 marked the fifth anniversary of the death John Lewis, the 1960s civil rights leader and, eventually, Georgia Congressman. In 1965, Lewis was brutally beaten by Alabama State Troopers while attempting to march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama with 600 others. The goal of the march was to proceed from Selma to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, to advocate for voting rights for Black Americans. The incident, occurring on Sunday, March 7, became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Lewis was known for urging activists to “make good trouble.”

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