Sixty Years Ago, Ripon College Students Marched With MLK in Selma
A firsthand account of a Wisconsinite who journeyed to Selma to participate in the historic march
Gary G. Yerkey
Gary G. Yerkey is an author and journalist based in Washington, D.C.A graduate of Ripon College with a B.A. in philosophy, he spent more than a decade in Europe reporting for Time-Life, ABC News, The Christian Science Monitor and other U.S. news organizations. He has also been a staff reporter for Bloomberg BNA news service covering Congress and the Executive Branch. His books include “Troublemakers: On the March for Civil Rights From Selma to Black Power.”
In 2015, he was among the “foot soldiers” of the civil rights movement who received the Congressional Gold Medal – one of the nation’s highest civilian awards – for their participation in the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march.