Byron Allen

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1,049 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 20 Jun

Byron Allen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And Martin said, he's gay?

Oh, he's gay.

And then, and then Coretta sat back.

This is late fifties.

This is probably 1950, late fifties.

And she said, yeah, Martin, he's gay.

And then she said, Martin, we're fighting for civil rights.

whose civil rights do you think we're fighting for?

You do understand we're fighting for everyone's civil rights, including gay people.

In the late 50s, that queen said that to Martin.

And she said, I want you and all your Southern Baptist buddies, men, leaders, alpha dogs,

I want you to calm down, sit down and listen to him.

And Martin loved Coretta like more than he loved himself.

He loved her.

And he said, okay.

And he sat down and he got his guys and they had Bayard come in and Bayard walked in, introduced himself.

And he laid out the strategy for the Montgomery bus boycott.

And she said, we knew if we could break the South, we could break the country.

So we picked the toughest place to break.

And he did the March on Washington.

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