As a speechwriter, Frank Watkins said his proudest moment was in 1984 when he stood on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco listening to Jackson deliver a speech he had helped write; he felt similar pride when Jackson delivered his 1988 convention speech in Atlanta, likening the Rainbow’s social movement coalition campaign to a quilt, whose beauty and integrity depend on the unity of its diverse “patches”. More

The post An Organizer for Our Time: Frank Watkins and the Rainbow Coalition appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This post was originally published on CounterPunch.org.