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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by homesweethomeMrL to c/politicalmemes
 
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[–] ngwoo 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Brown v Board was won in the supreme court. The Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts both only passed because they had enough votes to overcome filibusters. Without a federal government friendly to the civil rights movement the south would have been allowed to continue murdering activists with impunity.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Brown v Board, Civil Rights and Voting Rights, it all only happened because people were in the streets and the country was becoming ungovernable. Again, all elections are for is deciding who we have to struggle against. We win by forcing them to capitulate to our demands, and we do that through mass struggle.

They killed MLK and Malcom X for it, of course, and put people like Angela Davis in jail and forced Assata Shakur to flee the country, but you can hardly say they died without changing anything.