john lewis probably impressed me more than anybody. because he was a young guy who knew where he was going, knew what needed to be done. i received a note under my door from bayard rustin saying, in effect, that there was some concern about my speech. my speech was pretty strong. bayard came to us and said that archbishop o boyle was not going to participate in the march unless john changed his speech. he said that unless the text were altered, the archbishop would not give the invocation. near the end of the original text, i said something like, we may be forced to march to the south the way sherman did, nonviolently. we told bayard we were not going to change the speech. bayard left and came back with randolph. mr. randolph came and said, john, we ve come this far together. can you change this? can you delete that?
they did. john lewis probably impressed me more than anybody. because he was a young guy who knew where he was going, knew what needed to be done. i received a note under my door from bayard rustin saying, in effect, that there was some concern about my speech. my speech was pretty strong. bayard came to us and said that archbishop o boyle was not going to participate in the march unless john changed his speech. he said that unless the text were altered, the archbishop would not give the invocation. near the end of the original text, i said something like, we may be forced to march to the south the way sherman did, nonviolently. we told bayard we were not going
john lewis probably impressed me more than anybody. because he was a young guy who knew where he was going, knew what needed to be done. i received a note under my door from bayard rustin saying, in effect, that there was some concern about my speech. my speech was pretty strong. bayard came to us and said that archbishop o boyle was not going to participate in the march unless john changed his speech. he said that unless the text were altered, the archbishop would not give the invocation. near the end of the original text, i said something like, we may be forced to march to the south the way sherman did, nonviolently. we told bayard we were not going to change the speech.
would they come? they did. john lewis probably impressed me more than anybody. because he was a young guy who knew where he was going, knew what needed to be done. i received a note under my door from bayard rustin saying, in effect, that there was some concern about my speech. my speech was pretty strong. bayard came to us and said that archbishop o boyle was not going to participate in the march unless john changed his speech. he said that unless the text were altered, the archbishop would not give the invocation. near the end of the original text, i said something like, we may be forced to march to the south the way sherman did, nonviolently. we told bayard we were not going