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BLACK LIVES:
Robert Parris Moses, who passed away this week at the age of 86, is the most important civil rights activist most Americans have never heard of.....
Throughout his life, Moses shunned the limelight but, for a time during the first half of the 1960s, it came anyway. As the architect of Freedom Summer in 1964, Moses came to embody one of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) most hopeful, enduring slogans: "Come, let us build a new world together." Though historically Moses has not received the credit he deserved because he did not consciously seek the spotlight, the legacy of this giant was and is everywhere.
Speaking of forgotten civil rights heroes, lately it seems the life stories of many of them are being "uncovered" these days, but sadly, because an obituary has appeared about that person. It reminds me that for years I swam at a community pool named for fallen hero Medgar Evers, without knowing that the name was a man's name, that he was an outspoken anti-segregationist during dangerous times in Mississippi, and that he was assassinated for his beliefs and activism.
Likewise it wasn't until I took classes at Seattle's amazing Pratt Fine Arts classes, that I learned who it was named after: Edwin T. Pratt, a civil rights activist and longtime Executive Director of Seattle's Urban League, who was gunned down at the front door of his home in 1969.
Edwin T. Pratt (1930-1969) •
The Pratt Fine Arts Center | Fine Arts Center Seattle, Fine Arts Center Near Me
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Make sure you check out the Medgar Evers story.. “Ghost of Mississippi” gave a fairly accurate description in its portrayal of the events of his murder… Murdered in his driveway in front of his wife and children…Took decades and three trials to get justice … My dad would say there were the 3 M”s of the civil rights movement… Marvin , Malcolm and Medger..Thanks for the info, A.B. I wasn't familiar with Pratt but remember Evers. Btw there are two films on Evers: For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story and Ghosts of Mississippi that deals with the trial of his assassin, Byron de la Beckwith.
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MEANWHILE, the history they don't want us to know about:
Lynchings never stopped. 'Evil bastards' just stopped passing photos around like baseball cards
AND:
Gemma Chan says nothing will change 'if only Black people care about Black Lives Matter' | The Independent
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I am sure there was a Marvin during the civil rights era but I meant meant Martin lolMake sure you check out the Medgar Evers story.. “Ghost of Mississippi” gave a fairly accurate description in its portrayal of the events of his murder… Murdered in his driveway in front of his wife and children…Took decades and three trials to get justice … My dad would say there were the 3 M”s of the civil rights movement… Marvin , Malcolm and Medger..
I am sure there was a Marvin during the civil rights era but I meant meant Martin lol
Thanks for the info, A.B. I wasn't familiar with Pratt but remember Evers. Btw there are two films on Evers: For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story and Ghosts of Mississippi that deals with the trial of his assassin, Byron de la Beckwith.
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The BLM organization should report where the millions on dollars in donations have gone to help black lives. The leaders are living very posh lifestyles.
^^^ Meanwhile, as always, I need to do a better job of proofreading.
Good thing I'm not President of the United States. The things they would say about me!