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In reply to the discussion: Martin Luther King, Jr. (with compatriots) take over a private building in Chicago in 1965. [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)2. Check this one out decrying the dangers of demonstrations.
http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/danger-demonstrations#
And this one Walter Winchell calling King's supporters "Haters".
http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/american-talking-back#
And this one Walter Winchell calling King's supporters "Haters".
http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/american-talking-back#
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (with compatriots) take over a private building in Chicago in 1965. [View all]
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
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Wow those newspaper clippings sound alot like some of the posts on this site over the past few days.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#1
It really is something. If Dr. King were alive today, he would be 83 years old.
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#14
Yes it is. But when people do not take the time to learn, we get the kind of nonsense we
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#28
According to one letter writer, King was "undermining our society of law and order."
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#8
William F. Buckley's heirs are probably too ashamed to reprint his screeds on MLK.
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#10
I've got a few of those bookmarked on my home computer. What a cretin Buckley was.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#13
Fascinating to read those articles. And to think it is not that long ago that people actually
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#34
It was Catherina who tipped me off to the negativity of print journalism to
Starry Messenger
Feb 2012
#40
In which a letter writer that King's plan to occupy Washington DC is the wrong tactic...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#11
No. He did not merely focus on them in speeches. He also led and participated
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#22
?? Are you at all familiar with this movement? Millions of people around the globe,
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#30
Cool! And Occupy Chicago had a teach-in about MLK's campaign against slums...
Luminous Animal
Feb 2012
#23
Another thing it appears many people here are not aware of, the 'teach-ins' that take place
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#35
People could look a little deeper at what the occupiers were trying to do taking over the
limpyhobbler
Feb 2012
#36
Check out Argentina, where they did the same thing. This is not a new tactic at all, and in
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#31
Politicians did nothing about foreclosures. Millions of people are and have lost their homes
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#49