Mr. Charles Patrick Honored By April 4th Foundation

As you know, today marks the 43rd anniversary of the assasination of Dr. King. Tonight in Memphis, Mr. Charles Patrick will become the 11th recipient of the "I Am a Man" award from the April 4th Foundation, a foundation dedicated to promoting excellence in the field of economic justice and equality.
"Who is Charles Patrick?"
Glad you asked!
Mr. Patrick is a Birmingham native, who in 1954 took his son downtown to buy a Boy Scout uniform. He and a white lady argued over a parking spot and when Mr. Patrick refused to give her the parking spot, she (of course) called him a Nigger and said she was going to tell her husband, who was a police officer. Sure enough, later that day, they came to his house and arrested him- for talking back to a white woman. (BLANK STARE)
The next day while locked up, the woman's husband and his partner came to his jail cell, dragged him out and beat the living daylights out of him.. Well, what they didn't know was that Mr. Patrick wasn't the type of man to just let it go. He hired a lawyer- a white lawyer and they successfully sued the city of Birmingham for police brutality and the officers were fired! (Remember, this was in 1954).
Fearing for his life, Mr. Patrick moved his family to Los Angeles. But 25 years ago, he returned home, built a house and and at age 93, is still alive and kicking.
Standing by his side tonight as he receives this award will be his wife of 63 years, Mrs. Rutha Patrick.

This is a great story!!!

There's a book written about Mr. Patrick's life titled; "Speak Truth To Power- The Story Of Charles Patrick, A Civil Rights Pioneer"