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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it striking that some people are obsessing about whether the portrayal of a few days' worth of MLK's and LBJ's relationship was 100% accurate vs. the entire story of massive disenfranchisement, the organization to protest, the violence that met them, and the political aftermath. [/quote]

Hell fucking yes.

I also still think that this movie has a lot of value to impart to students particularly in explaining how much courage it took to be a non violent protester. often the students want to ask "why didn't they fight back?" [/quote]

Today's thug culture is about as far from King's non-violent resistance as you can get.[/quote]

What does thug culture have to do with this thread?  Clearly, you are a Fox News devotee.[/quote]

PP said the reaction of today's kids is why protesters didn't act violently in response.[/quote]

DC has just recently gone through almost nightly protests against police brutality. Those protests were dominated by young black people. They had a much closer resemblance to King's type of non-violent protest than to any "thug culture". 
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