How the civil rights movement shaped this BCG Australia co-founder
As a student in the United States, Colin Carter was swept up by the protest politics sweeping campuses. His strong sense of social justice has not wavered.
It’s not easy to hide in the basement of the White House, but Colin Carter was determined to try.
A few hours earlier, the 27-year-old student from Perth had been part of a 100,000-strong group who marched on Washington to protest the killing of four students during a Vietnam War protest at Ohio’s Kent State University five days earlier on May 4, 1970.
James ThomsonColumnistJames Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
