2008 Obama Endorsed by Black Militant
posted by on February 27 at 13:42 PM
We march today for jobs and freedom, but we have nothing to be proud of, for hundreds and thousands of our brothers are not here—for they have no money for their transportation, for they are receiving starvation wages…or no wages at all. In good conscience, we cannot support the administration’s civil rights bill.—23-year-old John Lewis gives the hot sidebar to MLK’s speech during the famous March on Washington on August 28, 1963.This bill will not protect young children and old women from police dogs and fire hoses when engaging in peaceful demonstrations. This bill will not protect the citizens of Danville, Virginia who must live in constant fear in a police state. This bill will not protect the hundreds of people who have been arrested on trumped-up charges like those in Americus, Georgia, where four young men are in jail, facing a death penalty, for engaging in peaceful protest.
The revolution is a serious one. Mr. Kennedy is trying to take the revolution out of the streets and put it in the courts. Listen Mr. Kennedy, the black masses are on the march for jobs and for freedom, and we must say to the politicians that there won’t be a cooling-off period.
What did you expect him to do? Endorse the Golwater Girl?
So, Lewis was opposed to the Civil Rights Bill, and favored violent revolution instead. How did that work out?
Um, dude, Obama was 2 then.
Seriously, if I get Jack Benny to endorse Hils, does that mean she's got a sense of humor? No.
@2,
Lewis wasn't a revolutionary, Fnarf. He was King's sidekick, and was a conservative in the radicalized youth movement.
@3,
Who's Jack Benny?
@4, Jack Benny is as irrelevant as Hillary's attempt to use the SNL skit against Obama last night.
Word to Hillary: DROP OUT NOW, while you have a little bit of dignity left. God knows Bill blew his all over the place for you...
Actually, Rep. Lewis doesn't support violent action, he simply refused to stop practicing active civil disobedience. He apparently thought this civil rights legislation inadequate because of the lack of protection for those participating in peaceful protests.
Lewis is one of the only nonviolent activists currently in Congress. In fact, last year Lewis was given an award by the Quaker public interest lobby for his work.
I'm just reacting to the quote, which says "we cannot support the administration's civil rights bill" and "the revolution is a serious one".
@7,
well, indeed, the revolution was a serious one.
@4 - well, Jack Benny is who you are now, but back then. I think - based on watching old TV and movie things.
Only funnier and a lot smarter.
And Hils used the wrong SNL skit. She should have taken Tina Fey's advice.
Yay! Harassing and threatening national heroes until they do what we want works!
Fnarf @ 2
Fnarf, did you actually read the quote? Where does it say anything about "violent revolution"? It doesn't, so your post is just a pathetic attempt at irony that instead comes off as pissy and ignorant.
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