I have not yet seen the film Selma but have heard its very good albeit with significant historical inaccuracies. Many versions of this history fail to tell the full story of the radical, grassroots movement that made MLKs heroism possible. This brief introduction to Selma’s bottom-up history contains valuable lessons for todays emerging racial justice movements. As SNCC veteran and filmmaker Judy Richardson said, If we don’t learn that it was people just like us—our mothers, our uncles, our classmates, our clergy—who made and sustained the Civil Rights Movement, then we won’t know we can do it again. And then the other side wins—even before we ever begin the fight.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:55:16 +0000
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