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minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down2·2 days agoI’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.
minus-squareDookieman12@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 days agoYeah, basically. Between MLK and Malcolm X, no matter how you wanted to resist, they had you covered. That’s why the government killed them both.
minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days agoAnd the changes MLK sought only came following the race riots after his death. I don’t want to discredit him because he was essential to the civil rights movement, but ultimately his martyrdom is what brought the change he fought for
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago1964= Civil Rights Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 1968=MLK assassination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968 There was an additional one passed on ‘68, a week after his assassination.
minus-squareTango@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.
I’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.
Yeah, basically. Between MLK and Malcolm X, no matter how you wanted to resist, they had you covered. That’s why the government killed them both.
And the changes MLK sought only came following the race riots after his death. I don’t want to discredit him because he was essential to the civil rights movement, but ultimately his martyrdom is what brought the change he fought for
1964= Civil Rights Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
1968=MLK assassination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
There was an additional one passed on ‘68, a week after his assassination.
I’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.