Tag Archives: The 1960s

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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Black & Right: Malcolm X: Democrats Are Chumps

. Source:FRS FreeState The reason why there were so many Democratic members of Congress in the 1960s was because of the Dixiecrats the Southern Caucus in Congress who were famous for blocking civil rights legislation in the Senate and the … Continue reading

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Mitch: Chicago 1968: The Democratic Convention

. Source:FreeState MD 1968 is when the Democratic Party changed and no longer became a Northeastern progressive party with a Southern coalition. Made up of people who basically make up the Religious-Right and Neoconservative wing of the Republican Party today. … Continue reading

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Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson: The Sixties With Christopher Hitchens & William F. Buckley (1998)

. Source:The FreeState The 1960s is a generation that I would’ve liked to experienced as an adult, but I come from one generation up, so that’s not possible. But it was really a revolutionary decade both politically and culturally with … Continue reading

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RBG Street Scholar: James Baldwin & Dick Gregory- ‘Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)’

Source:RBG Street Scholar– about James Baldwin’s 1969 documentary. Source:The Daily Times “RBG-James Baldwin and Dick Gregory Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)” From RBG Street Scholar James Baldwin message seems to be about individual empowerment and individual freedom, that African-Americans should empower themselves and … Continue reading

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The Open Mind With Richard Heffner: Race Relations in Crisis (June 12, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal Without Malcolm X and Martin L. King we probably never get the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. At least not until someone in the African-American community stepped up and demanded their freedom and … Continue reading

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Marilyn Monroe: Happy Birthday, Mr. President (1962)

Source:The Daily Press President Kennedy had the line of the night, at least from what I heard saying that after hearing Marilyn Monroe sing Happy Birthday to him, he could now retire from politics. I mean after hearing a goddess … Continue reading

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Conel Rad: Video: The Choice 1964: Barry Goldwater Campaign Film

. This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress There’s a book that was written in 2005 or 2006 essentially called the The Choice, a Glorious Defeat For Conservatives. I’m paraphrasing, but that’s pretty close where the author argues … Continue reading

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