When “Buster” Soaries awakes at 3:00 in the morning, unable to sleep, he says he is usually “trying to figure out new ways to convince people to....
In the decade following Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, a young DeForest Soaries emerged as a prominent leader in the civil rights movement.
By 1976, many believed he was next in line to be the leader who would advance Dr.
King’s vision of the beloved community — where love and trust triumph over fear and hatred.
More than 50 years later, much has changed. But Buster’s commitment to finding solutions to the urgent problem of injustice remains the same.
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After decades of tireless work, frustrating setbacks, and steady progress, Buster Soaries is more confident than ever that, together, we can heal America.
Buster came of age in the days when Dr. King articulated his dream.
Though only a teenager, the energy and excitement he saw in the freedom fighters of the 1960s inspired him to take a stand. He knew that justice was worth living for.
Buster rose as a leader in the movement. But he eventually decided to take a different path – the original path of Dr.
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