…..Obama (Lincoln) is going to need a Frederick Douglass (Tavis?). (Media folks do tend to be self-appointing. 🙂 ) But here’s my question: who’s going to be Nat Turner, Ida B. Wells or John Brown in this climate of Black victory (or “victory”)? Talk about a thankless job…..
Ah…..truth tastes so good in the middle of an afternoon. 🙂
…..and I’d love to tell you a story about how hard it was to get, but my-home-away-from-home, Big Planet Comics in College Park, had quite a bit of them when I came by. Only one-to-a-customer, though.
Heard a piece of this the other night, and thought it was worth sharing.
Enjoyed this conversation, and this article. Clearly, some of us (think they) are becoming American. Fascinating.
Many, many activist groups and people try to compare themselves to the now-legendary activists of the (1955-1980) Civil Rights Movement. As someone who’s read a couple of CRM books (and who played a minor role in writing one), I thought this “Democracy Now!” segment served as a tutorial for those who want to legitimately make that claim in the 21st century.
A young man by the name of Tim DeChristopher walked past the “symbolic” protests and actually took direct action that:
a) disrupted, stalled or thwarted the status quo, and
b) met his very specific goal
He wasn’t engaged in the symbolic pouring of blood (or red paint) on a bomb or bomber. He wasn’t trying to “draw attention to the issue.” He wasn’t trying to “generate discussion.” He had a specific activist goal, did his research, found a way to act (courageously) and then acted, accepting some real consequences.
Now THAT’s the CRM I read about. 🙂
Drums in the Global Village 