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Raised with Gandhi's picture on the wall in the 1940s by parents who were pacifists and racial equality activists -- vigorous members of Fellowship of Reconciliation. Led to taking a stand as a conscientious objector to all war.
Handed out the comic book "The Montgomery Story" when in high school in Aurora, Illinois. Influenced by Glenn Smiley, F.O.R. staffer who had worked with King in Montgomery, as he spoke comparing the Montgomery approach with Little Rock.
Studied and wrote about Gandhi's thought and action at Oberlin College. Inspired by King when he was leading the Montgomery Movement, and heard him several times during college years and at the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,"
Spent some time in voter registration in rural west Tennessee, summer 1962, and assisted in SNCC office in Atlanta in 1963, with brief time as guest of the City of Nashville while joining friends there on a picket line.
Marched in silent procession with Dr. King and Rabbi Abraham Heschel to Arlington Cemetery, with "Clergy & Laity Against the War in Vietnam," to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Primary organizational commitments since early 1980s have been in the Religious Society of Friends. Enjoy sharing these experiences with younger activists, who must "Carry it On!"
David Hadley Finke
Male
Columbia, MO
United States
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Handed out the comic book "The Montgomery Story" when in high school in Aurora, Illinois. Influenced by Glenn Smiley, F.O.R. staffer who had worked with King in Montgomery, as he spoke comparing the Montgomery approach with Little Rock.
Studied and wrote about Gandhi's thought and action at Oberlin College. Inspired by King when he was leading the Montgomery Movement, and heard him several times during college years and at the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,"
Spent some time in voter registration in rural west Tennessee, summer 1962, and assisted in SNCC office in Atlanta in 1963, with brief time as guest of the City of Nashville while joining friends there on a picket line.
Marched in silent procession with Dr. King and Rabbi Abraham Heschel to Arlington Cemetery, with "Clergy & Laity Against the War in Vietnam," to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Primary organizational commitments since early 1980s have been in the Religious Society of Friends. Enjoy sharing these experiences with younger activists, who must "Carry it On!"
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