https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/where_the_civil_rights_movement_went_wrong.html
Many young leaders seeking to imitate Dr. King’s career know about only the protests and marches, not comprehending that that was just a minor part of the actual movement that won civil rights. King’s immediate successors inherited only his talent for public relations and staged media events. Outright con artists like Jesse Jackson turned “civil rights” into a profitable shakedown racket for themselves, with many others following, Al Sharpton among them.
Today, America doesn’t have any liberal black leaders as fearless and effective as Roy Wilkins — somebody who could speak up on the real problems of drug crime and bad schools in the inner city. It does have a president like Eisenhower, who understands that sometimes, federal troops have to keep the peace when the locals won’t — though, sadly, the current crop of four-star bureaucrats don’t agree with that. And America doesn’t have any congressional Republican leaders who can see beyond the details of the next appropriations bill.
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Frank Friday