From CT-
Tuesday, August 28, will mark the 50th anniversary of what appears to have been the largest simultaneous arrest and incarceration of clergy in American history. While I have written and spoken on it previously, I don't want this special anniversary to slip by without reminding readers of the turmoil and troubles of that tumultuous era.
The arrests occurred in 1962, and the place was Albany, a city in southwest Georgia. Tensions were high as its sizeable black population challenged rigid segregation and blatant discrimination. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived to encourage the Albany Movement, and soon he, too, was in prison.
Rabbi Israel Dresner and I joined a group that traveled to Washington to ask John F. Kennedy to be more supportive of civil rights and of Dr. King in particular. The president couldn't see us, but as we gathered outside the White House the question was asked: can any of you go to Albany to attend Dr. King's trial? The rabbi and I had become close friends when we were jailed together as Freedom Riders the previous year. We glanced at one another and our hands suddenly shot up. Soon we were on a plane headed to Georgia.
More here-
http://www.myrecordjournal.com/religion/article_e7b821da-e608-11e1-b131-001a4bcf887a.html
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