Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Floyd McKissick

Born: March 9, 1922
Died: April 28, 1991 (aged 69)
Bio: Floyd Bixler McKissick became the first African-American student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Law School. In 1966 he became leader of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, taking over from James L. Farmer, Jr.






