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[–] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

MLK was not the entirety of the civil rights movement and his legacy was whitewashed by Reagan to distort history. MLK also understood that, "riots are the language of the unheard." Riots occurred because civil rights were not given when they asked nicely.