Chariot teans Join Brotherhood March Continued from page 1A ^Sn tha fret that tha entire world was looking at this march. While the bus Waited to leave for Forsyth, Levinthal and Mrs. Woodard want over the tan com mandments of non-violence and ••eh rider vowed to uphold the commandments. At approximately 11:30, the bus cars, vans and 'trucks were given the signal to exit. And as fhr as the eye could see there was bus after bus filled to capacity . Leaving Bedford Pines Park whew the cor lvoy had lined up, and heading towards the high way, Atlanta seemed like a ghoettown, vacant and deserted. Unearned that as the bus neared don mounted, nerves > and the gravity of took on a new di of reality. Riding a passenger in another te that sported a Confed - c_ I. members of the bus ^told not to glance in the . I’m direction. When one •grunted a greeting at a i quickly chided him for mak lat any remark*. Others re minded the riders that this'march was nothing to play around with. Even as the hue stopped at the Cummlng exit, some bus riders wsre concerned at the number of unfamiliar faces who came on the bus to use its restroom facili ties. Fearing the possibility that an infiltrator could board the bus, strangers were denied entrance. Even listening to thS regular news developments caused the heart to race at a quickening pace. There were reports of 60 ar rasta, stemming from counter protestors who had firearms. Da vid Dukes, the leader of the Na tional Association of Advance ment for White People was re portedly arrested. There was even the news that the night pre ceding the march all ammuni tion had been bought and that'no more was available. X' After a two hour ride, that on a normal day may have taken anywhere from 80 to 40 minutes buses finally exited off the Cum ming ramp around 2:80 p.m. Af ter, many dolays and a consider ^ amount^ of stalling, the march finally commended. Dig nitaries like Rev. Jesse Jadhson, deflator Gary Hart, Mrs. Coretta 8. • ; -X ... they would get the chance. . The last radio report that an nounced that the buses had gone as far as they could go was the signal that the thousands of marchera were waiting for. From out of the buses, the vans, the care and the trucks they came. Black people, white people, people who had traveled from Illinois, from Florida, from Ohio, from North Carolina, from Alabama to participate in this non-violent march. As the masses of the people con verged on the city of Cumming, the national guard was there to steer marchers in the right direc tion. Marshalls helped to get the group in a more orderly fashion • '• walking six abreast, women and children in the middle, men on the outside, arms interlocked. .More specific instructions in cluded not talking, looking straight ahead and ignoring those pmvons who repeated, "Nigger, go home" or who held , signs that read, "Jamies Earl Ray -An American Hero". Cumming, • small town that posted a welcome sign for its visi tors had no welcome sign for those who marched this past Sat urday. For these particular marchers there was only an i overabundance of hatred, prsju- | (dice and fear. h t - i Finally approachlng#the County courthouse, an hour later, where the rally was already in progress, marchers listened to the words of Joseph Lowery, Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, - Bernice King, Mayor Andrew Young and others who echoed similar thoughts. Lowery said, "This is the real super bowl. We've come too far, we've prayed too hard and we've marched' too long to turn back now." Benjamin Hooks rallied the crowd with, "What do we want? (Freedom). When do we want it? (Now). We see how you're treating us now, but what we want to know is how you're going to treat us next week."_ VESTED SUITS *59«o or 2 for *110.00 SPORTCOATS *39°° or 2 for *66.00 8LACK8 6-1100 or 2 for *20.00 8P0RT SHIRTS 1/2 PRICE alloutirwrar REDUCED _ . Mon.-St. 9-6 Frt. 9-9 Bernice King directing her thoughts to the younger genera tion uttered, "We are here be cause we have aright to be here, to tell our brothers and sisters of Forsyth County, that we have to love thy neighbor as thyself." Following her daughter, Mrs. King stated,'Racism is sdl over the United States, Forsyth County is just one manifestation of it. Ihis is not the last time we're go ing to come to together like this, this is just-the beginning. I know I'm coming back." And as the speakers spoke, ■ marchers continued to pour in. At 4:30 the rally closed with the : singing of "We Shall Over come''. People began to link with others of their group and as they marched out of the city of Cum ming, still under the protection of the National Guard, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Forsyth County police, the low, melodious sounds of "We Shall Overcome" could still be heard. 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