Atlanta Magazine
An excerpt from C.T. Vivian’s posthumous memoir, Itâs in the Action
The new book, out this month, chronicles Vivian's life during the 1950s and â60s and his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Civil and human rights leader Rev. Cordy Tindell âC.T.â Vivian used a mantra anytime he became involved with nonviolent efforts towards change: Always connect the issue to what people value.
For his posthumous memoir,
Itâs in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior, Vivian, who Martin Luther King, Jr. called âthe greatest preacher to ever live,â revisits his seven decades of activism and the life lessons resulting from those strategies toward advancing equality for all people.