Long-time Cell 2 Soul member and Berkshire County resident, Michael Symons, has written a moving essay recollecting his participation in the historic civil rights march of 1963.
Michael Symons: A Chance Meeting Among the Multitudes
The Berkshire Eagle, August 28, 2013
It was exactly 50 years ago today when I stood no more than
a hundred feet from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he delivered those
unforgettable words from the steps of The Lincoln Memorial.
It was August, 1963 -- summer vacation -- when a teacher’s
thoughts are furthest from the classroom and the minds he presumes to have
touched.
I was working in an inter-generational, Jewish culture camp
in upstate New York and, although removed from the outside world, we were very
aware of the announced "March on Washington" scheduled for the 28th.
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In the same issue of The Berkshire Eagle, Ani Nadler Grosser recollects the great civil rights march of 1963 in a moving letter: "Sneaking Out to Join in History."
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