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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·12 hours agoThat was literally what MLK and Gandhi did.
minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down2·12 hours agoI’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.
minus-squareDookieman12@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·12 hours agoYeah, 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.
minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·11 hours agoAnd 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
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours ago1964= 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.
minus-squareTango@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 hours agoI’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoThat’s crazy. What happened to them anyway?
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoThey contributed to winning the fight and made history.
minus-squareForever Seeking @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 hours agoGandhi’s method wasn’t the only method for India’s fight for independence.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoNo, just the one that worked.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 hours agoA bunch of European monarchies also voluntarily granted power to democratic institutions.
minus-squareSuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoGhandi wasn’t actually a pacifist, though, it was just a tactic that happened to be expedient at the time
That was literally what MLK and Gandhi did.
I’m pretty sure MLK only worked because the Black Panthers were doing a good/bad cop thing.
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.
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
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.
I’m pretty sure the Black Panthers only worked because MLK was doing a good/bad cop thing.
That’s crazy. What happened to them anyway?
They contributed to winning the fight and made history.
Gandhi’s method wasn’t the only method for India’s fight for independence.
No, just the one that worked.
A bunch of European monarchies also voluntarily granted power to democratic institutions.
Ghandi wasn’t actually a pacifist, though, it was just a tactic that happened to be expedient at the time