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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The movie is about those who put themselves on the FRONT LINE. We tend to make "white people" the Savior of Blacks when that is not historically accurate. No body did more for the civil right movement than BLACK PEOPLE themselves. It wasn't some white SAVIOR it was our community facing our fears and challenging the establishment. It had nothing to do with some mythical white figure coming in to save us. Black are tired of that FALSE narrative...as they SHOULD BE. Give credit to those who deserve it.

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That gives no one license to invent history.  It's a false choice to say that crediting LBJ takes anything away from King and others.  But without LBJ, civil rights would have taken much longer.  After all, JFK did basically Jack...Kennedy for civil rights when he was president.[/quote]

WRONG!!! It annoys me that white people think this. Legislation had NOTHING to do with the success and freedom of blacks in the SOUTH....it was KING going to town after town inspiring the people to stand up for themselves and take the "beating" for freedom that they have been avoiding for generations. Blacks were scared to fight, scared to March, scared to do anything. King made blacks in the south face there fears and confront them. Once they confronted their fears of the "white man" and stared to demand equality and stand up for rights the ball started rolling in southern blacks favor. It had little to do with LBJ. It the mentality and mindset of the southern blacks that need to be changed..and King did just that.[/quote]

Pity that King isn't here to educate you on the realities of systemic change making. In any case, please quit smoking.[/quote]

not the prior poster but I think it's fair to say that while you could have you could make an argument the Brown vs Board of Education ended schoolsegregation effectively it could (and often did ) go on for years afterwards if not for the courage and efforts of children like Ruby Bridges in the Little Rock Nine. I think it's fair to say that legislation and protests both needed to bring about change[/quote]

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