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Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March : Throughline : NPR

Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March : Throughline : NPR
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Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March : Throughline : NPR

Joelle Avelino NPR August 28th, 1963 promised to be a warm summer morning in Washington D.C. As the sun began to peek over the horizon, it was quiet on the National Mall. Too quiet for organizers of the historic March On Washington. Nobody knew exactly how many people would come, recalls Norman Hill, a young activist and labor leader at the time. Organizer and transportation director Rachelle Horowitz estimated 90,000 people would be there based on the number of buses that had been chartered. By the end of the day, an estimated 250,000 people from across the country had marched on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his iconic I Have a Dream speech.

Dursley war veteran John celebrates 101st birthday

A DURSLEY war veteran who escaped from a German prisoner of war camp, celebrated his 101st birthday this week. John Simmonds marked the occasion by enjoying a slice of cake and a birthday tea with his wife Freda on Monday. John was a prisoner of war at Stalag 18 - a camp in Southern Austria which was part of the Third Reich - from 1941 to 1945. The camp detained British and Commonwealth prisoners who were captured during the battles of Greece and Crete in 1941. Prisoners from the Soviet Union were also held there. A rifleman with the 1st Rangers King’s Royal Rifle Corps, John is the last known surviving veteran of the Greek campaign and was captured the 12th April 1941.

This week s biggest crime and court stories

Specialist firearms officers attended the incident on Kent Avenue. Police are asking for information after a man was repeatedly punched in an incident in Frampton Cotterell. An appeal has been launched after a man in his 50s had his cheekbone fractured in the assault at Mays Hill Industrial Estate on Friday, December 18. Police have released a photo of a man they want to speak to after someone tried to gain access to the Thornbury home of a woman in her 90s. A man claiming to be from the “water board” called and unsuccessfully tried to talk his way into the property at about 6pm on Monday, December 7.

The Inauguration Of The Hebrew University In Jerusalem | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Saul Jay Singer | 16 Tevet 5781 – December 30, 2020

The Inauguration Of The Hebrew University In Jerusalem | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Saul Jay Singer | 16 Tevet 5781 – December 30, 2020
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