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hunter

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15. Many Civil Rights leaders of the 'sixties could be quite abrasive.

Reply to gulliver (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:38 PM

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Even within their own communities some people wished they'd just "shut up."

Unfortunately, quietly and politely demanding one's civil rights isn't always effective.

In these United States the white majority believed they were superior to everyone else. Did that settle the question?

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