A Powerful Experience

Rev. Walter Chalmers

Rev. Walter Chalmers of Detroit was working in a metal shop in Northern Philadelphia in 1963. He recalls his decision to attend the March on Washington, There was something gnawing at me on the inside that was then that I had to do something ... that's why I, just that day, chose to go on that bus instead of going to work."

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