Former MLK Lieutenant, Diane Nash, says, ‘I Refused to March Because George W. Bush Marched’

In an exclusive with Roland Martin’s NewsOne Now during the fiftieth anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” MLK lieutentant Diane Nash tells why she refused to march across the bridge with former President George W. Bush —in her mind, he was a man who condoned violence.

Nash, who was in King’s inner circle during some of his most significant campaigns, including Selma, minced no words.

“I refused to march because George Bush marched,” Nash told NewsOne Now’s Roland Martin on Saturday. President Bush was the only other ex president in attendance who took part in the events of the weekend.

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SOURCE: Angela Bronner Helm
NewsOne