In Nashville Civil Rights Commemoration Meeting
It is fascinating to listen to the anecdotes and stories of folks in the movement. These participants including my mother, Elizabeth McClain, now an assistant professor of history of 30 plus years, have such joy in their voices as they tell of the herculean efforts to dismantle Jim Crow Nashville.
One particular study I've found incredible was of 68 year old Alman E. Runyan who was arrested by police on a charge of pulling a pocket knife on demonstrators and collapsed. The man died of a heart attack that day. I found this to be incredible; herculean doesn't begin to describe their effort.
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