Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

CBS News: Alabama Governor George Wallace on Face The Nation (1965)

Source:The New Democrat  Governor George Wallace trying to make the case that police brutality was just as common in the North as it was in Alabama. What he didn’t show however was demonstrators being beat up and beaten simply for … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Video: John Green: The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History

It would be impossible to write out and cover the entire 1960s decade in one blog post. For one I wasn’t born in the decade and didn’t live in the decade at any point. I was born in 1975 which … Continue reading

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KKD: Civil Rights at The 1960 Republican National Convention

Source:KKD– President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican, Texas) at the 1960 Republican National Convention. Source:The Daily Times “Now that the 2008 Republican National Convention has concluded, I thought I would go back into my old film clips & kinescopes to give … Continue reading

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Democracy Now: Gloria Richardson Looks Back at the Rift Between Malcolm X & Martin L. King

  Source:FreeState Now I believe the main difference between Malcolm X and Dr. King had to do with different approaches. Dr. King’s approach was slower because it involved more people, more negotiating and was completely non-violent. But at the end … Continue reading

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Sullen Toys: Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream Speech, August 28, 1963

Source: FreeState MD Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech, is the crown jewel of the American civil rights movement. Because it laid out exactly what the vision of the movement is. That it is about jobs, justice and equal … Continue reading

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The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur- Bill O’Reilly: ‘The Truth About Martin Luther King Jr.’

Source:The Young Turks– Bill giving The O’Reilly Finger to Dr. Martin L. King. Source:Free State MD “Bill O’Reilly used the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have A Dream speech to attack African Americans and claim that MLK … Continue reading

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Minister Malcolm X: On The March On Washington (1963)

Source:FRS FreeState In this speech, you can definitely see the difference in methods and strategy between Malcolm X and Dr. King. Dr. King understood that for African-Americans to get their freedom and equal rights under law, they would have to … Continue reading

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Martin Luther King & Malcolm X Striking Similarities

Source:Real Life Journal I have a lot of respect for both Dr. Martin L. King and Minster Malcolm X. But where they are different relates to what part of the civil rights movement that they represent. Dr. King, was the … Continue reading

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Research Channel: Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice

Source:Free State MD Martin L. King was a true Social Democrat. Not a Marxist, or a Communist, but someone who believed in using government to redistribute wealth from the wealthy and use that money through government to provide for low-income … Continue reading

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Global African Code: Video: Malcolm X: American-Afrikan Identity Politics- 1964 NY News Conference

Global African Code: Video: Malcolm X: American-Afrikan Identity Politics- 1964 NY News Conference This is part of the brilliance of Malcolm X which was his downright honesty and ability to tell the truth. That you can’t talk about racism around … Continue reading

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