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Traditional figures of dr. king and the traditional civil rights organizations, what does her presence as a leading voice of the civil rights movement suggest about how we might think about leadership moving forward? so many things to emphasize. i think first and foremost, i always tell people that fannie lou hamer came to the civil rights movement so much later in life than others. we often talk about activism of others like john lewis and certainly martin luther king jr. they were fairly young, but fannie joined the movement at the age of 44. she grew up in a share cropping family. she had a sixth grade education. this is someone who said that it was not until august of 1962 that she learned she had a right to vote as a citizen of the united states. when we think about her socioeconomic background and the limited formal education she had, as well as limited material ....
And i just put up a flyer one more time so people understand, it was a march on washington that also includes the word jobs and it got the uaw involved. the uaw got involved and that gave it a black/white coalition which i assume was pretty necessary at the time. it was necessary. it was needed. it was welcomed. it made a real statement. i mean, it had always been jewish support of the march and jewish support of the civil rights movement. in fact, the naacp was forred with the coalition of blacks and jews. to have organized labor make a statement and come forward the way they did was significant. it took the black piece of it away. it became a march of people for people. and, you know, it s interesting. we claim it as our march, as our history. nelson mandela s always been fond of reminding me that while it was america s march, everybody claimed it. he had been arrested exactly one year earlier. in august of 1962 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. ....