A white and a black man leading a civil rights march (late 50s to early 60s)

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image showing A white and a black man leading a civil rights march (late 50s to early 60s)

TooShiftyForYou on August 19th, 2017 at 05:28 UTC »

The guy on the sign in the background, Wally Nelson, went through some serious trials in jail. Per Wiki:

Toward the end of his jailing, he went on a hunger strike, saying "You've got me in jail; you're responsible for this, and I'm not going to eat until I am on the other side of these walls". During this hunger strike he went for eighteen days without eating anything at all. After this, they started to force feed him. The first time that the guards force fed him, they purposefully made the tubes too large, making this process torturous for Nelson. The tubes went through his nose and directly into his stomach. After this event, Nelson had to be hospitalized for his injuries. It had made him very sick, and he lost a lot of weight. The force feedings went on for a total of some 87 days, until Nelson was finally released from prison.

FixThatWall on August 19th, 2017 at 07:35 UTC »

Too bad the news doesn't start with a picture like that.

Bushwookie825 on August 19th, 2017 at 07:45 UTC »

I wonder if the coat colors are intentional or just happy coincidence