How a Lunch Counter Sit-In Became an Iconic Civil Rights Moment SFA
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Shirtless
No, blacks and whites did not live in separate worlds. Blacks and whites intermingled, but it had to be in circumstances in which blacks were clearly subordinate to whites. The white Southerners would not mix with them on a basis of equality, and they certainly would not have tolerated a society in which blacks controlled whites (as they feared would happen if blacks were given the right to vote in majority-black counties, a real circumstance in much of the rural South. As for the signs pointing out white and colored, it was no different than men and women on restrooms is today.
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No, blacks and whites did not live in separate worlds. Blacks and whites intermingled, but it had to be in circumstances in which blacks were clearly subordinate to whites. The white Southerners would not mix with them on a basis of equality, and they certainly would not have tolerated a society in which blacks controlled whites (as they feared would happen if blacks were given the right to vote in majority-black counties, a real circumstance in much of the rural South. As for the signs pointing out white and colored, it was no different than men and women on restrooms is today.
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SyntheticSyllables
At some point, maybe during my lifetime, people must realize that the power is in the streets and an undeniable, unbeatable combinationto achieve whatever human, civil, ethical, or moral right we need served is the unified front of (All) particularly black people and white people. Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, Fred Hampton, and the valiant and courageous students who participated in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, who assembled on Berkeley and other college campuses, Schwerner/Chaney/Goodman realized this. The young have always spearheaded the battles.
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At some point, maybe during my lifetime, people must realize that the power is in the streets and an undeniable, unbeatable combinationto achieve whatever human, civil, ethical, or moral right we need served is the unified front of (All) particularly black people and white people. Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, Fred Hampton, and the valiant and courageous students who participated in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, who assembled on Berkeley and other college campuses, Schwerner/Chaney/Goodman realized this. The young have always spearheaded the battles.
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Santino
I have to be honest on this and bring to light with what at the time 1958-59 people in our little Texas town who were referred to simply as Negroes I was about 4 or 5 years old but I was afraid of them. What stuck to me most thinking back now was how unlike everyone else in public they were very quiet and to my recollection didn't talk to anyone almost as if they were always in a rush to get somewhere. As I was growing up it became painful to realize why that was so.
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I have to be honest on this and bring to light with what at the time 1958-59 people in our little Texas town who were referred to simply as Negroes I was about 4 or 5 years old but I was afraid of them. What stuck to me most thinking back now was how unlike everyone else in public they were very quiet and to my recollection didn't talk to anyone almost as if they were always in a rush to get somewhere. As I was growing up it became painful to realize why that was so.
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Unpopular
Sadly, black folks today are worse character wise and mental strength wise than they were back then. Even during segregation the black father was a true alpha who kept his family together. Because of these hard times, it has been passed on and told that you are oppressed. We are moving ever so close to racial equality. but now more than ever. when times are easier and the laws are equal. people find a way to create a divide. Keep fighting!
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Sadly, black folks today are worse character wise and mental strength wise than they were back then. Even during segregation the black father was a true alpha who kept his family together. Because of these hard times, it has been passed on and told that you are oppressed. We are moving ever so close to racial equality. but now more than ever. when times are easier and the laws are equal. people find a way to create a divide. Keep fighting!
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disco
I agree, the old school singing brought back fond memories of my grandma singing late at night. Ms. Mulholland brings back fond memories of the freedom whites who came to the hood. I have to qualify hood because our neighborhood was integrated but blacks and whites had limited interaction. I hate to say it, but the process of civil rights and integration was fun sometimes. Maybe not so much for the activists though.
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I agree, the old school singing brought back fond memories of my grandma singing late at night. Ms. Mulholland brings back fond memories of the freedom whites who came to the hood. I have to qualify hood because our neighborhood was integrated but blacks and whites had limited interaction. I hate to say it, but the process of civil rights and integration was fun sometimes. Maybe not so much for the activists though.
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Nehemiah
I think I am the only person who dont look at these people as heroes. The USA is celebrating the abuse of black people. Theyre unknowingly saying black people who sit and take the abuse are heroic. What kind of bullcrap is that? How come the blacks who did fight back and actually put some fear into these terrorist arent celebrated?
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I think I am the only person who dont look at these people as heroes. The USA is celebrating the abuse of black people. Theyre unknowingly saying black people who sit and take the abuse are heroic. What kind of bullcrap is that? How come the blacks who did fight back and actually put some fear into these terrorist arent celebrated?
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Bill
Wow that social movement worked out so great. Now Blacks want their own places to eat and their own water fountains we white folks can't drink from. totally funny how it all came back to the way it was before the great movement. ROFLMAO
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Wow that social movement worked out so great. Now Blacks want their own places to eat and their own water fountains we white folks can't drink from. totally funny how it all came back to the way it was before the great movement. ROFLMAO
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Kam
I am sorry but it will sometime in order for me to soak in these much injustice that the white people did to the African Americans, and was allowed by U. S. Lawmakers? To me, that is sickening!
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I am sorry but it will sometime in order for me to soak in these much injustice that the white people did to the African Americans, and was allowed by U. S. Lawmakers? To me, that is sickening!
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finnmacool
the folks who had the courage to do these sit ins are such heroes, they deserve all the respect in the world. to stand up to such ignorance and oppression.
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the folks who had the courage to do these sit ins are such heroes, they deserve all the respect in the world. to stand up to such ignorance and oppression.
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Michelle
Thanks for the reminder of the bravery of ordinary people and their place in social change. In this time of backsliding, we need to remember.
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Thanks for the reminder of the bravery of ordinary people and their place in social change. In this time of backsliding, we need to remember.
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