April 16, 1963
It has only been 62 years since this happened. I'm sure many of us have living relatives who were listening to this.
9 Matching Annotations
- Last 7 days
-
minio.la.utexas.edu minio.la.utexas.eduuc9
-
-
ThroughoutAlabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters,
The literacy tests given had questions such as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap, which is impossible to determine. This was just another way to keep BIPOC from voting.
-
o put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas:An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.
My favorite law is LAW, love always wins.
-
when you a rehum iliate d day in and day out by nagging signs reading “white” and “colored”; when your first namebecomes “nigger,” your middle name becomes “boy” (however old you are) and your last namebecomes “John,”
Slowly trying to push people to unnatural bounds, hoping that they will stick out enough to be harmed or harm themselves. The antagonistic behavior of segregation and the mistreating of POC is relentless.
-
when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters;
The origin of police is slave catcher. Not much has changed in their profession over the time that they've existed.
-
have hope that Mr. Boutwell will be reasonable enough to see thefutility of massive resistance to desegregation.
When a person is a segregationist, regardless of anything they will find that they are upholding an unjust system, when brought to the light.
-
“Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a betterpath?” You are quite right in calling, for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action.
When any task need be completed, the only appropriate response is to complete said task. Why wait? Unless you have ulterior motives.
-
We began a series of workshops on nonviolence, and we repeatedly asked ourselves :“Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?” “Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?”
One must be pure of heart, mind and soul in order to receive blows and not react in any way.
-
Therehave been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any othercity in the nation.
Unsolved... who knows who could've committed these crimes but it seems that the police are indifferent. To many, indifference is viewed as complicity.
-