From Oakland criminal defense lawyer Dennis Roberts, himself a veteran of the civil rights movement, comes news of a new website Civil Rights Movement Veterans.

From the "about us" page:

"We intend to use this web site to begin renewing the ties that once bound us together in a beloved community. It will be a place for finding lost friends. It will be an online testimony for documenting what we did in the Freedom Movement, what it meant to us, and what we have done since. It will be a tool for helping fellow veterans in need. And it will be a living memorial for our fallen comrades."

Here are the events planned so far through the end of 2002:

Sept. 20 North Carolina Triangle civil rights studies group North Carolina

October 4-5 Tribute to Rosemarie & Vincent Harding Washington DC

November 8 C.B. King US Courthouse Dedication Albany GA

The site is also asking, "If you were active with CORE, NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, or another organization active in the Southern Freedom Movement during the 1960s, we ask you to contribute yourself. Please consider adding your name, history, and testimony to the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement web site. And if the spirit moves, add a tribute for one who has moved on. "