The day of the march, we were forbidden to go to the march site. The man I worked … - Sara Paretsky

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Sara Paretsky

The day of the march, we were forbidden to go to the march site. The man I worked for, the Presbyterian minister, knew we would want to be sort of martyrs for the cause and risk arrest. He didn't want any of that going on. So he made us stay in the neighborhood.

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