'Foot soldiers' of Birmingham to BLM: 'Keep on keeping on'
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FILE - Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on Birmingham, Ala., city hall April 12, 1963. Police intercepted the group short of their goal. Rev. Jonathan McPherson, shown in a coat and tie two people behind King, in 2021 is urging protesters against racial injustice to "keep on keeping on." (AP Photo/Horace Cort)Civil rights veteran Charles Avery sits on the deck of his home in Center Point, Ala., on Monday, May 3, 2021. Arrested during a demonstration in 1963, Avery said he supports today's protests against racial injustice and believes activists should continue despite the potential consequences of arrest and conviction. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)Rev. Jonathan McPherson, who was arrested while protesting with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963, is shown during an interview in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Veterans of the campaign that King helped in Birmingham nearly 60 years ago remain in the corner of racial justice, with some joining in protests that followed George Floyd's murder by Minneapolis police last year and others watching at home on TV. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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FILE - Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on Birmingham, Ala., city hall April 12, 1963. Police intercepted the group short of their goal. Rev. Jonathan McPherson, shown in a coat and tie two people behind King, in 2021 is urging protesters against racial injustice to "keep on keeping on." (AP Photo/Horace Cort)