Evelyn Turner, who was prosecuted by U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in 1985 when he was a federal prosecutor in Alabama, maintains that Sessions remains just as racist today as he was two decades ago.
“Sessions has not changed. Have you ever known a leopard to change his spots I haven’t,” an emotional Turner told CNN. “Sessions is still a racist.”
Turner and her husband were both activists for civil rights. Albert Turner worked as a field director for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and marched with him from Selma to Montgomery. According to Turner, her husband was also dedicated to getting Blacks to register to vote, as well as hold more political positions. He formed the Perry County Civic League in Perry County, Alabama.
