I'm thinking of protests, in particular protests following the practice of nonviolent resistance and non-violent leadership of protests. Some of us in Asheville recently gathered honoring a leader and friend whose local leadership as a teenager in nonviolent civil rights protests long ago in our hometown influenced all our lives.

In early October we celebrated a special native son, the late James E. Ferguson, II, Esquire, (1942-2025), and his life in a remembrance service, then shared a meal and more memories at St. James AME Church. Starting in his-our hometown Asheville, Ferguson was a great civil rights leader working throughout his life statewide, nationally, and internationally.

At the memorial gathering, sponsored by The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Association of Asheville and B

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