Samuel Hart, a former US ambassador, plans to participate in Gaza Flotilla http://english.irib.ir/voj/news/top-stories/item/79913-samuel-hart-a-former-us-ambassador-plans-to-participate-in-gaza-flotilla

Samuel Hart grew up in Mississippi in the 1930s and '40s, when racial segregation was the law of the land. By the time the civil rights movement began making significant strides, Hart had left Mississippi, first to serve as an Army officer, then to join the diplomatic corps in 1958.Which is one of the reasons the retired ambassador decided at age 77 to participate in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla II, which will attempt to carry humanitarian aid past an Israeli blockade to 1.5 million residents of Gaza."I wasn't at Selma," said Hart, a Jacksonville resident since 1994. "I wasn't at the March on Washington. ... I see great similarities between this and the civil rights movement. I am pleased to be a part of it."