Sanitation worker Ben Jones, 71 years old at the time this photo was taken in 2008, holds a replica placard of the words made famous by strikers in Memphis who demanded better wages and respect. He used to tell his wife, "I might be back and I might not," as tensions peaked in 1968. Photo Credit Carl Juste/Miami Herald Staff.
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The dignity conveyed by this photo is something that's sorely lacking in the Gay Rights movement. At least, that's how I feel. I may have disagreed with certain aspects of the Black Power movement, but its activists never embarrassed me. I can't say that about some of the Gay "activism" I've seen.
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