J.E. Boone, civil rights' 'great lion,' dead at 83

[deadparrot]

The Rev. Joseph E. Boone, a key civil rights organizer who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, John Lewis and Andrew Young but never received their level of recognition, died Saturday at 83.

Rev. Boone, known as the "picketing preacher," died at his Atlanta home of complications from Alzheimer's disease, family members said.

A key organizer of the Atlanta Movement in the early 1960s, Rev. Boone is recalled for his motto, "Find something worth dying for as well as worth living for, and die for it daily."

Colleagues and contemporaries remembered him on Saturday during a gathering at West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta to honor Rev. Abernathy, who passed away in 1990.

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/auto/epaper/editions/sunday/metro_449baddef497515d001d.html

[IndyOp]

1. K&R. The names of *most* heroes are not well known.

King was able to 'lead' the Montgomery Bus Boycott because 1,000's of everyday, average people decided to walk day after day, week after week and he was surrounded by men and women like J.E. Boone.

Thank You, Mr. Boone!

[flamingyouth]

2. RIP, Rev. Boone.