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34. Fascinating to read those articles. And to think it is not that long ago that people actually

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 03:59 AM

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were fighting against African Americans having the right to vote. One thing I noticed in one of the articles, which gave LBJ some support in making a decision regarding sending in Federal troops, was the fact that the news media, according to the article, played the brutal scenes from Selma over and over again on TV which resulted in the public becoming disgusted with the actions of the police.

Today, how many media outlets showed the brutality of the Oakland Police on Oct 25th towards the protesters? I don't remember seeing any of it on the MSM. I guess they've learned that they need to conrol the media and censor the news or the public might actually learn the truth.

Our media today is nothing more than a propaganda machine. Back then at least, they did apparently do their jobs as journalists and it made a difference. It's a good thing they did not have the media we have today, or African Americans would still not be able to vote.

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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 OP

Wow those newspaper clippings sound alot like some of the posts on this site over the past few days. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #1

Check this one out decrying the dangers of demonstrations. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #2

It really is something. If Dr. King were alive today, he would be 83 years old. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #14

Wow, that sounds like a lot of posts I've seen on DU. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #27

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Feb 2012 #3

Article on how King's peaceful protests spark violence... Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #4

Well that certainly was a hate filled screen. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #46

Much appreciated but there are some on whom the point will always be lost. JackRiddler Feb 2012 #5

PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!! Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2012 #6

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

What kind of a message was that?! EFerrari Feb 2012 #7

According to one letter writer, King was "undermining our society of law and order." Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #8

Lol, are those people posting on DU do you think? sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #29

If DU existed back then, I have no doubt that MLK would be scolded Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #9

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

Liberal intertubes ala 1966. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #12

Why is it that the anti Occupy people never post on socialist_n_TN Feb 2012 #15

There was a specific goal and a specific message loyalsister Feb 2012 #16

Occupy Oakland had a specific goal and a specific message. Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #17

And a specific leader? loyalsister Feb 2012 #19

The civil rights movement was active before MLK was born. He had Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #20

Yes he focused on those things in his speeches loyalsister Feb 2012 #21

No. He did not merely focus on them in speeches. He also led and participated Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #22

Whenever I hear anyone say 'but they have no message', I think of sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #33

Goals and Vision Group notundecided Feb 2012 #41

?? Are you at all familiar with this movement? Millions of people around the globe, sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #30

This was IIRC about a year into King's "rent strike" campaign. Robb Feb 2012 #18

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

That's rather missing the point, I think. Robb Feb 2012 #42

Politicians did nothing about foreclosures. Millions of people are and have lost their homes sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #49

None of which, notably, disputes my point. Robb Feb 2012 #51

People tend to forget (or never knew) King was a radical socialist. Puregonzo1188 Feb 2012 #24

I don't think it's an accident that people aren't taught Union Scribe Feb 2012 #25

+1000 ellisonz Feb 2012 #32

quite right, it's not an accident. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #37

Kick Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #26

Recommended me b zola Feb 2012 #38

K&R TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #39

excellent thread. kr inna Feb 2012 #43

Very good. Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #44

LOL! lunatica Feb 2012 #45

Those angry letters sound like a few DUers.... Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #47

Cue the "MLK is hurting progressives" in 3, 2, 1. nt raouldukelives Feb 2012 #48

K&R woo me with science Feb 2012 #50