WE AS CITIZENS OF COLUMBUS,GEORGIA BRING FORTH THIS PETITION IN EFFORTS TO HAVE THE BROWN AVENUE BRIDGE DEDICATED AND RENAMED IN HONOR OF;

REVEREND DR.WILLIAM B.HOWELL.,REV.HOWELL SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AS PASTOR OF THE M.L.HARRIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND SERVING UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION. HE SERVED ON THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BOARD OF THE RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF RAINBOW/PUSH,WHERE HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

DR.HOWELL HOWELL STOOD ALONGSIDE OF THE LATE REVEREND DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND REVEREND DR.JESSE L.JACKSON AND MANY OTHER DISTINGUISHED LEADERS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.DR.HOWELL'S RESUME GOES ON AND ON. FOR OVER 30 YEARS

MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREA HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY DR.HOWELL AND THE RAINBOW/PUSH FAMILY FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE REV.DR.WILLIAM B.HOWELL DEDICATED HIS WHOLE LIFE FOR THE SERVICE OF OTHERS UNSELFISHLY FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL.

THE FOLLOWING CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.GEORGIA ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE LATE REV.DR. WILLIAM B.HOWELL HAS EARNED THE HONOR AND DESERVED TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN THIS GREAT CITY OF COLUMBUS,GEORGIA

BY RENAMING THE BROWN AVENUE BRIDGE IN HONOR OF DR.HOWELL, HENCE FORTH TO BE CALLED THE WILLIAM B.HOWELL BRIDGE WOULD BE BEFITTING OF HIS STATURE AND CHARACTER.