of activism. i was one of young people who gathered around byrin. the great strategist. the man who went on a freedom ride in 194 2. people were impatient that we were in the streets for ten years and had nothing to show for it. i was in the march. i was in the mississippi delta when i got a call from friends who say bayard said if you want to work on the march, it s going to happen. get yourself on to a plane and come to new york. and that s how i got to be on the staff of the march. one of the seminole experiences of my lich. 50 years ago today. we ll return to today s