May 20, 1970 (vol. 80, iss. 11) • Page Image 1
…500 ben Georgia march g 0 By The Associated Press Rejecting a request from Gov. Lester Maddox that a protest march be canceled, a slow-moving caravan of predominantly black demonstrators led by a mule-drawn wagon began a 120-mile walk to Atlanta yesterday. And by last night a chanting, singing crowd of about 500 blacks arrived in Fort Valley, completing the first leg of the journey. About 250 persons had started marching with Hoesa Williams...…