NAACP March for Justice Changes Course
The NAACP’s America’s March for Justice has taken a turn – literally.
Last week, we told you the march was expected to come through Franklin and Hart counties this week, namely Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, on Friday, the NAACP requested a change in their route that will now take them along I-20 through Oglethorpe and Wilkes counties to Augusta and into South Carolina.
The march entered Georgia at West Point on August 8th and is currently making its way through metro Atlanta.
Thousands are expected to join the 860-mile march along the route which extends from Selma, Alabama to Washington, DC.
If you are headed towards the Middle Georgia area this week, Georgia DOT spokesperson Teri Pope reminds motorists GDOT will be assisting the march by providing rolling lane closures.
“G-DOT will be providing a rolling escort for the marchers with lane closures,” Pope said. “So there will be some congestion and delays as they are in the area. The length of that lane closure will change depending on the number of marchers, but we want people to be aware of the lane closures.”
Marchers took Friday off and today instead of coming up US29 through Franklin County as originally planned, will be walking along US78 through Crawford and Lexington Georgia.
On Tuesday, marchers will continue on US78 through Washington, GA.
Marchers will then continue on US78 through Thomson Georgia and then on into Augusta by Thursday. On Friday, the marchers will cross over the river into South Carolina.