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How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 10

Black businesses have always been targets of terror. Black people had few defeneses for it earlier and as terror has evolved, Black leaders and organizations have failed to keep up with it. 
 
#civilrightsmovement #blackbusiness #blackpolitics #silverrights 

How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 9

The civil rights movement helped white businesses more than Black businesses. Black entrepreneurs did a lot to fund the movement but they got little back in return. 
 
#atlanta #atlantalifeinsurance #mlk #martinlutherking #civilrightsmovement #civilrights #blackbusiness #blackentrepreneurship #blackinsurancecompany #blackwallstreet
 
 

Bonus: Should We Criticize Civil Rights Leaders?

Is it fair to critique or criticize movement leaders? They literally put their lives on the line for future generations, should they be off limits? Let's talk about it. 
 
#civilrightsmovement #mlk #blackhistory #reparations #america #civilrights 

How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 8

Hosea Williams helped organize a boycott of white businesses that cost them $1 million in the first month alone. But what happened to the million dollars? This episode examines that question and why our boycotts today are weak. 
 
#hoseawilliams #civilrightsmovement #mlk #boycott #wealthgap #reparations #ados

Negro Fireside Chat 9/13/24

Let's chat about S.B. Fuller, the Black SUPER conservative who suggested to Dr. King that Negroes in Montgomery buy the busline. 

How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 7

The Montgomery Bus Boycott launched the movement but also some bad habits. S.B. Fuller, once thought to be the richest Black man in America, urged Dr. King to buy the bus line but King had no interest. That was a mistake and a bad precedent in strategy that would doom the civil rights movement and Black people to this day. 
#MLK #Montgomerybusboycott #civilrightsmovement #SBFuller #RosaParks #civilrights #ados #reparations 

Negro Fireside Chat 9/5/24

This chat dives in a little bit deeper on the activities of civil rights organizations, specific to economics. 

How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 6

The wealth gap persists despite advances in civil rights. Why? Civil rights organizations didn't have a unified, comprehensive plan for economic development. Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, on the other hand, did have a plan and it was working...but Christian civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young, just didn't cooperate with Black Muslims in any meaningful way.  
#noi #nationofislam #elijahmuhammad #mlk #martinlutherking #wealthgap #reparations #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #blackhistory

Negro Fireside Chat 8/28/24

Negro Fireside Chat is a new feature where we share more intimately. I'll clean up things I've said, tell a cool story or two or something in the middle.

How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 5

Dr. King is admired for speaking out against the Vietnam War but he probably shouldn't have. Bayard Rustin wanted civil rights leaders to stay focused on urgent domestic priorities like poverty and jobs; he had a point. Black leaders today are still pursuing political issues based on a faulty calculus and that has consequences. 
 
#mlk #vietnamwar #bayardrustin #civilrightsmovement #silverrights #civilrights #antiwar #antiwarmovement #martinlutherking #lgbtrights