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unwillingness of the conservative black daily newspaper in Atlanta to support the movement's goals and aims.

At the Atlanta Inquirer, I ghostwrote a column for the leader of the Atlanta student movement, wrote a sports column (about which I knew nothing then and know little more now) and covered police and community news.

Again the power of the written word was made plain; the Inquirer offered a progressive alternative to the Atlanta World, and the reading public let us know they appreciated it. And the powerful let us know they did not.

When^After the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded and its office established in Atlanta, I became an early volunteer^.and left college behind to become a full-time worker.

I was the Publicity Director - I wrote, mimeographed, folded, stuffed, stamped and mailed press releases, co-wrote our weekly newsletter, the Student Voice, created a radio-actuality feeding system, answered reporter's^s' questions, called and begged them to report on our activities, patiently explained to them our reasons why.

In 1965 I was elected to the Georgia General Assembly, and the written word threw me out. I endorsed a statement by SNCC opposing the war in Vietnam, and after fighting through two subsequent elections and a Supreme Court case to regain my seat, served in the lower and upper houses for the next 20 years.

^{brought me to national attention/__}

In 19&&^{About 12 years ago,} I started teaching at American University, and then at Virginia, and then at Harvard again, and then at Williams, and now back at Virginia.

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