David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

were seen with King, they would be
fired by their white bosses. In April, one
of King’s aides spoke before seven
hundred people at a church service and
could persuade only nine of them to
march with him. The next day, Andrew
Young—another of King’s men—tried
again, and this time found only seven
volunteers. The local conservative black
paper called Project C “wasteful and
worthless.” The reporters and
photographers assembled there to record
the spectacle of black-on-white
confrontation were getting restless.
Connor made the occasional arrest but
mostly just sat and watched. Walker was
in constant contact with King as King