“My husband, Martin Luther King Jr., once said, “We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny… an inescapable network of mutuality,… I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be.” Therefore, I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brotherhood and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions.” – Coretta Scott King, -November 9, 2000.
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Will Kohler, owner and creator of Back2Stonewall.com is one of the country's leading experts on LGBT History, Media and Popular Culture. A longtime LGBT Equality activist, advocate and journalist Will created Back2Stonewall as an open venue to report and discuss LGBT issues, news and media in an open and honest way without the content being watered down with the usual "politically correct" coverage
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