INTRODUCTION This remembrance was written in 1965 while the author was working as a full-time civil rights volunteer with the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC). It was in the form of a letter and addressed to Sam Smith, editor and … Continue reading Willie
MEMO To: Municipal Officials in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.From: An Eastern Shore FriendRe: A Modest Proposal Dear Friends: You recently suffered the loss of your beloved memorial to slavery, the short-lived Confederacy, the so-called Lost Cause, i.e., your heritage … Continue reading A Modest Proposal
In 1959, George Brooks (from Detroit and Black) and I (White from New England) first met at Fort Sam Houston’s training center for medics, then together made it through jump school, and were both assigned to the 82nd Airborne’s Medical … Continue reading My First Sit-In
