I was an adult and paying attention to MLK from his rise to his assassination. The one perspective that younger people are not taught about MLK is that he was in serious decline in popularity before his death.
The movement had been taken over by the black radical organizations...SNCC and Panthers. They didn't want integration. They wanted separatism.
They portrayed MLK as an Uncle Tom.

As soon as he was shot his value rose and the radicals went into decline. Early death has a way of saving people from what would have become mediocre careers. Hollywood is full of those people.

Marilyn Monroe was not a great actress. George Floyd was not going to medical school.

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Posted by Geauxgurt

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Posted on 6/18/21 at 2:56 pm to Zach

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The one perspective that younger people are not taught about MLK is that he was in serious decline in popularity before his death.
The movement had been taken over by the black radical organizations...SNCC and Panthers. They didn't want integration. They wanted separatism.
They portrayed MLK as an Uncle Tom.

Sadly this is what happened with Malcolm X. In the beginning of his rise, he preached of separation and a black America. In the end, after exposure to others (mainly his pilgrimage to Mecca), he returned back entirely changed and focused on moving away from racial segregation to unity and seeing a person in their behavior rather than skin color. They killed him too, because he no longer fit their narrative of black supremacy.

In the end, it frustrates me to no end seeing these morons quoting Malcolm for their sick agenda and then basically spitting on what he believed in. Sad times.

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