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In reply to the discussion: Marissa Johnson: a generation of activists who believe in disruption [View all]Stellar
(5,644 posts)59. I heard this morning on the news, Roslyn Brock chair, NAACP...
said that Julian Bond understood the mantle of this next generation of activist. He was quite young when he started, I think she said between 19 - 22 yrs old.
He was pleased with the advocacy that you see across the nation. This uprising of the youth across the nation and raising their voices in the public square. He wanted the young folks to have a purpose and a mission in mind and that there was an end game. That the success of the NAACP movement was their ability to agitate, motivate, demonstrate and legislate, but at the end of the movement they had to have a result.
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Marissa Johnson: a generation of activists who believe in disruption [View all]
ismnotwasm
Aug 2015
OP
I like this part of his post: "and let's all work to help wake up white folks..." n/t
JTFrog
Aug 2015
#56
I have no problem with the tactic. What I question is, why direct it at Sen Sanders.
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#10
A few dozen BLM members were arrested for protesting the DOJ last Monday
Chathamization
Aug 2015
#50
I am guessing their tactics, liked or unliked, are working: their message is getting attention
YOHABLO
Aug 2015
#12