Rev. Michael Latham led the United For a Change march yesterday from the N.A.A.C.P office on Pontiac Street to the True Love Baptist Church on Wallace Street. The march and following rally at the church were held to call for an end to crime and violence in Fort Wayne.
Ben Chaney, brother of James Chaney, one of three civil rights volunteers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964, and a long-time civil rights activist in his own right, participated in the march and following rally.
Mr. Chaney said that young people have "a voice, a serious voice" that should be used to work for change. He said of civil rights workers like his brother and others who were killed due to racism, "[t]hey did not die for young black males to be shooting other young black males."
I attended the march and rally. Fort Wayne Observed spoke with Rev. Latham at the conclusion of the rally. Rev. Latham's remarks can be heard here or by clicking the Audio Post below.
How much time and productivity was taken away from area employers for these folks to march in the streets?
Posted by: Jason Blosser | April 27, 2006 at 12:15 PM
The answer would be none. The march started at 6:30 in the evening.
Why in the world would you make an assumption that the largely black group of marchers would be causing a productivity loss?
Posted by: Mitch Harper | April 28, 2006 at 08:41 AM