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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 hours agoThat was literally what MLK and Gandhi did.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 hours agoThat’s crazy. What happened to them anyway?
minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·4 hours agoI’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.
minus-squareDookieman12@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·4 hours 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-up13·3 hours 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-up1·10 minutes 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-squareTango@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoI’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoA bunch of European monarchies also voluntarily granted power to democratic institutions.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoGhandi wasn’t actually a pacifist, though, it was just a tactic that happened to be expedient at the time
minus-squareForever Seeking @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 hours agoGandhi’s method wasn’t the only method for India’s fight for independence.
That was literally what MLK and Gandhi did.
That’s crazy. What happened to them anyway?
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.
I’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.
A bunch of European monarchies also voluntarily granted power to democratic institutions.
Ghandi wasn’t actually a pacifist, though, it was just a tactic that happened to be expedient at the time
Gandhi’s method wasn’t the only method for India’s fight for independence.