Civil rights activists and Martin Luther King Jr’s family spoke at the event in Washington DC.

    • Flying Squid
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      31 year ago

      Unfortunately too small to read, but I remember the quote now.

      First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        11 year ago

        Downright eerie how perfectly accurate that 60 year old speech is in describing the 2023 Dem leadership! 😬

        • Flying Squid
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          1 year ago

          It’s dated due to the references, but Phil Ochs had a great song about the moderate left too called Love Me, I’m a Liberal.

          Sure, once I was young and impulsive

          I wore every conceivable pin

          Even went to socialist meetings

          Learned all the old union hymns

          Ah, but I’ve grown older and wiser

          And that’s why I’m turning you in

          So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            21 year ago

            Such a great song! One of my all time favourites in political music ❤️