Reply #2: he was a complex man... his civil rights advocacy was honorable... [View All]

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+++A CIVIL HONOR: In New York City on January 15, Charlton Heston received the "2001 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Award" from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a leading U.S. civil rights organization. CORE chairman Roy Innis praised Heston: "He's been a civil rights fighter most of his career." Yoko Ono, a member of the Awards Committee, said: "I respect Mr. Heston for lending his name to the cause of racial equality." (Chuck led the Arts Contingent at the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech...... ###Classic HESTON QUOTE: "We will march because we recognize the events of the summer of 1963 as among the most significant we have lived through; and we wish to be part of these events and these times, when promises made a century ago will finally be kept." ( March on Washington, August 28, 1963)

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