Polls from the 60s: MLK died with a 63% disapproval rating, demostrations over 70%
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I watched the documentary about John Carlos and Tommie Smith and how they made their lives miserable after that Olympics. Cacs won't tell you the backstory and what they subjected people because deception is their past time.
its our responsibility to teach our kids our real history because these people love to throw out MLK name to try to keep black folks docile.
i think his ideologies were partially flawd but he was a threat to the dominant society
i think his ideologies were partially flawd but he was a threat to the dominant society
"Dr King wouldve..."
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Of course ppl lying
Just like they gonna do to Kaep
GTFOH dummyOf course ppl lying
Just like they gonna do to Kaep
Now I wanted to say something about the fact that we have lived over these last two or three summers with agony and we have seen our cities going up in flames. And I would be the first to say that I am still committed to militant, powerful, massive, non-violence as the most potent weapon in grappling with the problem from a direct action point of view. I'm absolutely convinced that a riot merely intensifies the fears of the white community while relieving the guilt. And I feel that we must always work with an effective, powerful weapon and method that brings about tangible results.
But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riotsIt would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.
But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riotsIt would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.
IllmaticDelta
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i cant even lie i 
when i read this
same exact shyt 60 years later
Back in the day: What critics said about King's speech in 1963
Fifty years later, the March on Washington is considered one of the great moments in American history, celebrated by millions of people across the nation and even the world.
But that wasn’t the universal view at the time. Some of the major political leaders of the day spoke out in opposition to Martin Luther King Jr’s dream and the demands of civil rights activists.
Many prominent Democrats made the argument that African-Americans should be happy with what they had, rather than asking for more.
“The Negroes in this country own more refrigerators, and more automobiles, than they do in any other country,” South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond told NBC News in the hours after the event. “They are better fed, they are better clothed, they have better houses here than in any other country in the world.”
“No one is deprived of freedom that I know about,” he added.
Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana claimed that the push for equality violated the rights of business owners.
“Now what I as a Southerner plan to fight for is the right of a man to choose the neighbors among whom he will live, the right to decide who he’s going to trade with, who he’s going to do business with, who he’s going to associate with,” Long said.
“Between ‘63 and ‘68, the dream speech is barely mentioned,” he said. “It’s only after King’s assassination when America thinks, ‘How can we remember this man?’”
“At that time in the American conservative movement there was widespread opposition to the civil rights bill which became the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” Garrow said.
Even through the 1980’s, opposition to Dr. King remained.
“That opposition carries on, even Reagan in 1983, when he was asked–Ronald Reagan–was asked, ‘Do you still think King was a communist?’ he said, ‘We’ll have to wait 35 years to find out,’ meaning the opening of FBI files,” Younge explained. “So the suspicion and animosity towards King and his legacy carries on well into the 80’s.”
when i read thissame exact shyt 60 years later
Back in the day: What critics said about King's speech in 1963
Fifty years later, the March on Washington is considered one of the great moments in American history, celebrated by millions of people across the nation and even the world.
But that wasn’t the universal view at the time. Some of the major political leaders of the day spoke out in opposition to Martin Luther King Jr’s dream and the demands of civil rights activists.
Many prominent Democrats made the argument that African-Americans should be happy with what they had, rather than asking for more.
“The Negroes in this country own more refrigerators, and more automobiles, than they do in any other country,” South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond told NBC News in the hours after the event. “They are better fed, they are better clothed, they have better houses here than in any other country in the world.”
“No one is deprived of freedom that I know about,” he added.
Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana claimed that the push for equality violated the rights of business owners.
“Now what I as a Southerner plan to fight for is the right of a man to choose the neighbors among whom he will live, the right to decide who he’s going to trade with, who he’s going to do business with, who he’s going to associate with,” Long said.
“Between ‘63 and ‘68, the dream speech is barely mentioned,” he said. “It’s only after King’s assassination when America thinks, ‘How can we remember this man?’”
“At that time in the American conservative movement there was widespread opposition to the civil rights bill which became the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” Garrow said.
Even through the 1980’s, opposition to Dr. King remained.
“That opposition carries on, even Reagan in 1983, when he was asked–Ronald Reagan–was asked, ‘Do you still think King was a communist?’ he said, ‘We’ll have to wait 35 years to find out,’ meaning the opening of FBI files,” Younge explained. “So the suspicion and animosity towards King and his legacy carries on well into the 80’s.”
Ricky Fontaine
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a lot of black church folk didn't like Martin Luther King either, said he was being "disruptive".
A lot of em still alive today too. But let those same people tell it now they were always "down for the cause."
a lot of black church folk didn't like Martin Luther King either, said he was being "disruptive".
A lot of em still alive today too. But let those same people tell it now they were always "down for the cause."
R.E.N. Spells Ren
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History books tend to do this....distort the reality of the times.
One of my favorite books from high school was Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States". It tried to give you a better context of what the world was really like during some of these important times in U.S. History. I remember him talking about the American revolution and how we're taught that everybody was fed up with British rule and wanted to be out from under the yolk of King. But Zinn says in reality, about a third of the people wanted to revolt, a third wanted to remain in the British empire, and a third didn't give a fukk.
One of my favorite books from high school was Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States". It tried to give you a better context of what the world was really like during some of these important times in U.S. History. I remember him talking about the American revolution and how we're taught that everybody was fed up with British rule and wanted to be out from under the yolk of King. But Zinn says in reality, about a third of the people wanted to revolt, a third wanted to remain in the British empire, and a third didn't give a fukk.
Fillerguy
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In his last year's he got off the racial equity and started going after Americas global and domestic policy. Military industrial complex, welfare, poverty, basic income, materialism etc. That when he became a pariah. Even his own follows started to stop fukking with him. They thought he was doing too much. Ppl only hear about Martin what they want to hear.
Tell that to the Coli.He was a Christian socialist who abhorred militarism, racism and materialism. Of course they killed him.
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Exactly. Breh John Carlos wife was so stressed she committed suicide.