 going on um the reverend john d hunter was a minister who became president of selma's chapter of the naacp in 1950. son philip hunter said he often invited attorneys to selma to take on cases others would shy away from my father was a non-violent person but he didn't take any stuff he didn't participate in a lot of the marches because he probably would have struck out or retaliated versus just taking a hit that was a hard thing you know i mean we need to remember the fact that it take took such courage