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Thread #77444 Message #1380903
Posted By: LilyFestre
17-Jan-05 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Martin Luther King Day
Subject: BS: Martin Luther King Day
In January of 1987 I participated in a march in Forsythe County Georgia (then all white) in honor of Martin Luther King. It was a phenominal experience and I wondered if anyone here participated in it as well. It actually was the the second march. The first march took place a few weeks earlier and the marchers were met by the KKK who pelted them with bottles and rocks. The march that followed was MUCH larger (over 40,000 people) complete with the FBI and GBI (Georgia State Bureau of Investigation), low flying helicopters and a police riot line for 2+ miles dividing the marchers (who marched arm in arm, 6 across) and the KKK crowd.