Revolutionary Beginnings
Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspiration for Scott Braley, and the reason for Braley's desire to see an escalation in the struggle for equal rights. “It seemed like a pretty clear choice,” Braley was quoted as saying, “To be on the immoral and historically losing side of white supremacy, or to join a vibrant struggle for liberation around the world.” It was because of MLK that Braley dropped out of school in 1967 and started organizing SDS chapters in his area full time.
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