Letters: Mar. 26, 1965

The Significance of Selma Sir Your cover story on Martin Luther King [March 19] certainly was the most stirring article on civil rights that I have ever read.

RALPH B. ROVEGNO

Lewisburg, Pa.

Sir: Your description of Col. Lingo's storm troopers' clubbing down defenseless citizens was a vivid picture of Selma's horror. But there are other smaller details that are just as significant. On March 9 more than 50 white Alabamians participated in the march led by Dr. King. One of four white women looking on was heard to remark: "Just what do they...

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