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Show -2a-maroon turtleneck shirt? His hair was long, but not as long as the students - as he had worn it since the 1930's. He wore also a moustache? which he had cut off briefly only twice since he was nineteen? His hair? which was still full and curly, was white? but his moustache and eyebrows were still dark? Behind hint? a group began singingthhe song made famous by Martin Luther King"? We Shall Overcome? Finally? the entire parade was in motion. Monitors walked alongside? keepingtthe lines straight and the march orderly. Despite himself? the Professor began to feel a certain elation at the numbers? the discipline, and the enthusiasm of the demonstration? Even as they passed some of the state offices? banks,' and business establishments? he could look behind and see no end to the procession? By the time they reached the capitol grounds? the long line extended the full distance between where they had begun at the parking lot and where the march was to end? in the little park before the golden-domed statehouse? They wound through the entrance? then circled to form lines facing the sttoe steps that led up to the tall front doors? closed and imposingly silent'? The crowd was iiow silent? too? except for the low hum of distant voices behind them, as more and more lines marched into the grounds? The Professor was pleased to find himself fcn the front row? with an unobstructed view1? though a little off to one side? He and his friend craned to see if they recognized any |
