You have to be near my age to remember Martin Luther King as an influence in your life, taken young as he was. His dignity and commitment to non-violence were of course powerful draws. When he turned against the war in Vietnam and united it with the fight for racial and economic justice he became, in his own words, a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness. The closest I came to hearing him was the April 1967 massive anti-war march in New York but a cloudburst sent us scurrying to a coffee shop so we did not get to Dag Hammersjkold Plaza at the UN where he spoke to many, many thousands. - GWC
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