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gollygee

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1. Another quote, also from MLK

Reply to Kurska (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 11:14 AM

Apr 2015

"I contend that the cry of "black power" is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard."

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Another quote, also from MLK gollygee Apr 2015 #1

Genuine question, do you think riots advance civil rights? Kurska Apr 2015 #6

No idea gollygee Apr 2015 #8

So you can't say whether you think they are productive or not for civil rights. Kurska Apr 2015 #9

I said that I'm not a sociologist or a historian gollygee Apr 2015 #10