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(James Orange ) James Edward Orange〔( Rev James Orange Founder and Chairman ), MLK March website biography. Accessed 2008-02-17.〕 (October 29, 1942 – February 16, 2008) was a pastor〔 and a leading civil rights activist in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in America. ==Personal life== Orange was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1960s.〔 Orange, at over 6'3" tall〔〔 and over 300 pounds,〔 was physically impressive but deeply committed to non-violence. In his attempts to convert gang members in Chicago to adopt nonviolent principles, he endured nine beatings without resistance.〔(Civil Rights Leader Who Marched With King Dies ), 2008-02-17, Reuters newswire story.〕 He was also known for preaching and singing in a strong baritone voice.〔 Orange had a large family, several of whom were active in the civil rights movement. He was the third of his parents' seven children. His father worked in the large ACIPCO foundry in Birmingham, but was fired in 1957 for union activity. Orange's mother was very active in the civil rights movement and also attended the Monday night mass meetings at the Sixteenth Street church. Still, he told an interviewer on January 15, 2000, "I was afraid to go home and tell my mamma that her daughters, one 17 and the other 14, were in jail. But that's the way it was in those days, as we waged — and won — a non-violent campaign against police clubs and police dogs."〔 At the time of his death in February, 2008, at Atlanta's Crawford Long Hospital,〔 Orange was recovering from gallbladder surgery.〔(The Rev. James Orange, 65, 'gentle giant' civil rights activist ), 2008-02-17, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.〕〔 Orange had had a triple heart bypass operation about six years before his death, and his health had declined over the years, despite his robust physique.〔(Activist, Rev. James Orange, 1943-2008 ) 2008-02-17, Atlanta Progressive News. Accessed 2008-02-17.〕 Orange's wife of 39 years, Cleophas,〔 known as Cleo,〔(Civil Rights Figure James Orange Dies ), 2008-02-17, Associated Press report in the New York Times.〕 survived him, as did three daughters and a son.〔〔 His youngest daughter, Pamela Aquica Orange, died on March 11, 2007. His daughter Jamida Orange spoke to the press on behalf of the family at the time of his death.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Orange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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