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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The Civil Rights Movement wasn't non-violent. It was one of the most violent periods in our country's history. There were many factions, of which Dr. King and his followers were only one. Dr. King's methods were not even non-violent. The idea was to take an optic-friendly but disruptive stance that would in fact provoke violence from the state.[/quote]

Not sure I agree with this.  Non-violence was the norm in Birmingham until Bull Connor stepped in with the fire hoses.  Very peaceful before that.  The police chief was determined to keep it peaceful Bull Connor was actually not the police chief.  He was the "public safety commissioner."  I think that was his title.  He was the police chief's boss.  The police chief was keeping it peaceful.

16th St Church was the worst, though.
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Yes, I'm sure the Black people of Birmingham felt oh so safe 🙄 What you mean to say is that things were peaceful for White people until Bull Connor reacted with a level of aggression against literal children that they could no longer ignore. That was entirely the point. Protest has to provoke a strong enough response from the state to shake your average white moderate out of their willful blissful ignorance. White people showing up to a glorified parade with picnic baskets strollers and pu$$y hats then going home to continue ignoring the kidnapping of their black and brown neighbors is not activism.[/quote]

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