She was a longtime volunteer worker for the N.A.A.C.P., stamping envelopes, answering phones and typing letters -- a silent warrior for the movement and its leaders, E.D. Nixon, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and eventually the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Silent, that is, until that evening of December 1955, an evening that "her entire life up to that point had prepared her for," Ms. Bassett said.
Maintaining its intensity, Delta remained motionless for half a day until, that evening when it began a slow southward drift at 6 mph (9 km/h).
It wasn't until that evening that Baker went to his campaign headquarters, where he addressed campaign volunteers, telling them, "It's now in God's hands". Cox surged to an early lead, but as the night wore on, Baker closed the gap, prompting him to drive from Irvine to the Doubletree Hotel in Orange, where Republicans from around the state had gathered for a post-election party.
The two sides met until just before dawn on Monday, recessed until that evening and went for a second all-night session that ended after dawn on Tuesday.
I had invited Matthew de Grood to my home, and until that evening, these words would be meaningless to most, routine interactions that would otherwise recede into memory, but something very different happened.
I would much prefer to have a meaningful conversation over the phone, even if I have to wait until that evening.
