Book tells the story of civil rights efforts in Pottstown

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Book tells the story of civil rights efforts in Pottstown

POTTSTOWN — Engage in a conversation about civil rights history in America and soon enough the subject of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, lunch counter sit-ins, and bus boycotts in the South will likely arise. But if you have that conversation with Stowe native Matthew George Washington, you’re more likely to end up talking about the Pottstown Committee on Human Relations, Hemlock Row, or the Pottstown Bowling Ass…