Black People : How was the civil rights movement a grassroots effort

[Fine1952]

know your history -- the movement was never a grass roots effort. This bogus movement was a construct of the socialist party/

 

[HODEE]

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IMO the CRM sold out to 'black capitalism'.

jamesfrmphilly
I am not up to date on all of the acronyms. What is IMO and CRM. Thanks

 

[HODEE]

Perhaps a combination of both. It's difficult to emphasize organizational discipline to youth when the Elder leadership is stoned out and getting wasted at fundraisers and community forums.

They were not all stoned I believe just settled for small concessions.

Sometimes that is all you get in a situation.
In this case I would care to believe maybe they knew any gain is a gain.

Future generations like ourselves in this time and on such a platform and arena
such as we experience today could / would complete the dream.

 

[Omowale Jabali]

They were not all stoned I believe just settled for small concessions.

Sometimes that is all you get in a situation.
In this case I would care to believe maybe they knew any gain is a gain.

Future generations like ourselves in this time and on such a platform and arena
such as we experience today could / would complete the dream.

I agree but some were stoned out. I know that up close and personal, which is why I had to leave some folks alone. As far as your initial question is concerned, Dr. King and others attempted to organize Black workers. Black students organized BSU's not only on university campuses but high schools as well. Community service groups organized pre schools and free breakfast programs. The list goes on. Today, this is what the Black church is dealing with.

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/01/24/6-reasons-young-black-people-are-leaving-the-church/6/

 

[HODEE]

know your history -- the movement was never a grass roots effort. This bogus movement was a construct of the socialist party/

The grass roots of the movement was getting from the back of the bus and train and possibly being treated with the respect we are still needing as a people. The grass root were my mother refusing to settle cleaning hotel rooms for the rest of her life. The struggle was allowing Black bus drivers people who wanted to do that an opportunity.
it was to halt the police brutality, the right to vote, the justice system needed to change, along with education and the system was challenged. Point to one thing today our generation has accomplished to better the process that can be changed. We do a lot of reading, say a few speeches and nothing changes. do offer a history without some kind of future to drive for more history. Because the next second is gone and all that is is history.

To term it all as socialist movement is like a Republican saying that the blacks are democrats and we will never support anything that involves that party. As true as that is it is not acceptable. we are in society and we are attempting to get along. So it involves be social. we pay taxes and that is a social construct. if you could provide more I would appreciate it. Labeled boxes ending with IST / ISM on them is limiting.

Please expound on the bogus aspect please. I may not know how bogus it was. I can and would like to know the truth.

populist
constructionist etc...