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...Cover) Every major confrontation imprints names and images on the minds of those who witness it, and the struggle for civil rights has left deep imprints, especially in the South. There were the marchers streaming over Selma's Pettus Bridge on their way to Montgomery, Ala., after having been stopped by tear gas and cattle prods the day before. There was the blank puzzlement on the faces of Collie Leroy Wilkins and his two accomplices after their conviction for violating the civil rights of Selma Marcher Viola Liuzzo, after they had been previously acquitted of murdering her. There were...
...side, a couple of distinguished-looking gentlemen were arguing. One, a passerby, was disputing the effectiveness of peace marches. After a while he pulled out his credentials. The other gentleman, a marcher, responded, "Well, I have a Ph.D. in physics. We don't have to brag to each other...
...minister, discovered the complexity of what he calls the '?Q.N." (for Qualified Negro) problem in the early '60s. After opening hundreds of jobs through a quiet, three-year consumers' boycott (in Sullivan's euphemism, a "selective-buying campaign") that never used a picket or a marcher, he discovered to his chagrin that he could not find enough skilled Negroes to fill the jobs. Realizing that "integration without preparation is frustration"-now one of his favorite slogans-he decided to set up his own training program, and with other Negro ministers, established the Opportunities Industrialization Center (O.I.C...
Taking It Easy. Typical of ministers who have decided to express their convictions more cautiously is the Rev. Noah Inbody of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Skokie, Ill. A Selma marcher, he returned home full of zeal for open housing, lost several wealthy parishioners as a result of strong sermons on the subject, faced the threat of losing touch completely with his middle-class suburban congregation. Although his opinions have not changed, Inbody no longer takes an active part in civil rights work. "I've had to take it easy," he admits. "I don't go out and pound...
...know," said one of the boys with calm and deliberate hostility, "that you are a roaring, screaming, flying asshole." He repeated the declaration several times, but got no response. The marcher sat quietly, slowly running his hand over the smooth grass...