Picture: Mr. Cornelius (head of table), along with FAA Staff and friends, bow their heads while Rev. Schenck thanks God for providing lunch and the time to visit with Mr. Cornelius. On Monday, July 28, I was able to meet a prominent civil rights leader, Samuel Cornelius. Mr. Cornelius has worked for five different presidents and was influential in the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. He also was heavily involved in the campaign to make “Martin Luther King Junior Day” a national holiday. During lunch at the Faith and Action ministry center, Mr. Cornelius told us stories about his involvement in both of these efforts. Throughout his career in politics he has been a life-long republican, even when most of his friends in the civil rights movement moved to the democrat party. This brought him plenty of criticism, but he stayed true to his political convictions.
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