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  • James Bevel publicized on satirical site

    03/01/2012 12:33:25 PM PST · by BlueStateBlues · 2 replies · 1+ views
    Uncyclopedia ^ | March 1, 2012 | BlueStateBlues
    Although uncyclopedia is a satirical site, this page on James Bevel, which is featured on its main page today, looks like it contains a great deal of information on the civil rights movement leader whom I've had an interest in for several years. Some historians claim James Bevel was Dr. Martin Luther King's equal in the 1960s movement, and if that's true (and I suspect it is) then that fact has been largely ignored in the public media and even in histories of the period. Although Bevel was another minister convicted of incest as an older man (what is it...
  • Civil rights leader, King confidant, pleads not guilty to incest in Va.

    04/07/2008 1:59:55 PM PDT · by Renfield · 17 replies · 114+ views
    LEESBURG, Va. - A civil rights leader who served as a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. has pleaded not guilty to incest in a Virginia courtroom. Jury selection began Monday in the trial of the Rev. James Bevel.... ~~snip~~ Bevel was a leading figure in the civil rights movement and was with King when he was assassinated 40 years ago. He also is credited with helping to conceive and organize the Million Man March.