Lessons of Derry civil rights march relevant still, conference hears
THE MARKING of the 40th anniversary of the Derry civil rights march of October 5th, 1968, should help provide lessons for the modern era, a Belfast conference has heard.
Michael Farrell, a lawyer, author, rights campaigner and student activist in 1968 told a special seminar at Queen's University the anniversary should not be marked by triumphalism or a reopening of old wounds.