Civil Rights
In the house I grew up, Mom had a framed letter from Coretta Scott King dated Nov. 10, 1966. It was a letter of thanks. “I would like to thank you very much for your interest in and support of my recent Freedom Concert in Chicago,” Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote. “Much of the success of these concerts depends upon persons such as yourself who devote time and energy in their promotion and support.”
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Sally Wendkos Olds wrote about fighting for civil rights: New York had a fair housing law—but if people didn’t apply for housing, the law meant nothing. I remember the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
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