Wednesday, April 29, 2015

A civil rights event properly handled

While doing some unrelated research on my computer, I came across a clipping of many years ago which quoted me about a civil rights march in Homer.  As mayor, I was asked for my idea of the events.  Nineteen had been arrested and 100 National Guard members had been released.

I was quoted as taking the news media to task for creating problems with excessive publicity.  This event had been handled and trouble avoided.  The newspaper reporter said they  had been told to give coverage to any event that could be tied to Martin Luther King.








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