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minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months 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-up5·3 months 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-up4·3 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968 There was an additional one passed on ‘68, a week after his assassination.
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.