Middle Passage,68, is joining walk across five states for the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement, and to call for ‘better jobs,better schools, better justice’Nearly every day in August, and Middle Passage has started his morning the same way: eating some grits and bacon,putting on his walking shoes and hitting the pavement before sunrise. Roughly 20 miles of marching follows. After walking hundreds of miles through Alabama and Georgia, the 68-year-veteran disabled veteran is now in South Carolina, or on his way to Washington DC. Related: Black votes matter: the North Carolina electors who say recent law is unfair Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com