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TexLaProgressive

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4. The Rev Dr Martin Luther King taught us the way.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:12 PM

11 hrs ago

Bloody Sunday,March 7, 1965, 600 people attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to demand their constitutional right to vote. They were met on the bridge by law enforcement who beat many of them close to death. This violence was met with brave non-violence. The witness of the 600 people who only wanted their rights and the horrific violence of the police lead to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1965.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/onthisday-bloody-sunday

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Of course you are furious. Do not let yourself get baited. [View all] applegrove 11 hrs ago OP

No they aren't Cirsium 11 hrs ago #1

THIS!!!! 100% THIS!!! Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #2

I deleted Miller and Krystol. But the baiting is real. applegrove 11 hrs ago #3

No Cirsium 10 hrs ago #5

The Rev Dr Martin Luther King taught us the way. TexLaProgressive 11 hrs ago #4

Donald Trump has NO power to cancel the midterms. Sogo 8 hrs ago #6