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DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Dadifer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.

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  • Dookieman12@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, basically. Between MLK and Malcolm X, no matter how you wanted to resist, they had you covered. That’s why the government killed them both.

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  • WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And the changes MLK sought only came following the race riots after his death. I don’t want to discredit him because he was essential to the civil rights movement, but ultimately his martyrdom is what brought the change he fought for

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    • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      1964= Civil Rights Act

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

      1968=MLK assassination

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

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      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968

        There was an additional one passed on ‘68, a week after his assassination.

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  • Tango@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.

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• SignalFound@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gandhi’s method wasn’t the only method for India’s fight for independence.

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  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, just the one that worked.

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    • shawn1122@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s what the oppressors / occupiers wrote at least.

      The reality is there were violent and nonviolent factions in both scenarios. The state oppressor is not going to platform those that commit violence against it so history is written to suppress that form of dissent and uplift nonviolence.

      Not to take away from the brilliance MLK or Gandhi.

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• socsa@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A bunch of European monarchies also voluntarily granted power to democratic institutions.

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s crazy, what happened to them?

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  • stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They contributed to winning the fight and made history.

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• SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ghandi wasn’t actually a pacifist, though, it was just a tactic that happened to be expedient at the time

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