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Martin Luther King Day, 2013: embracing the dream

by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 21, 2013 | black cowboys, david thompson, fur traders, george fletcher, joseph gale, martin luther king, pendleton roundup, umatilla reservation

George Fletcher, Pendleton  RoundupIn 1968, fresh back from my Peace Corps stint in Turkey, I got involved with the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington D.C. I was a bit player, a soldier carrying cautionary words—the Campaign would go on and would not be...
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