by Al Simpson
During the early civil rights era, from 1955 through to the early 1960s, the attempts at desegregation of accommodations were portrayed as nonviolent protests. It was heavily stressed that all such protesters – the persons who acted to desegregate lunch counters, libraries, amusement parks, stores, etc. – were trained in nonviolent protest, and they would not strike back if hit or threatened or react to taunts. Hotheads were weeded out. This was done because nonviolence was politically acceptable to white liberals, on whom various civil rights organizations depended for donations. Continue reading “THE REAL LESSON OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: ARMED RESISTANCE TO RACIST VIOLENCE WORKS”
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