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To: hushpad

"wherever he went,riots broke out"
Right,almost always started by hard core white segregationist hoodlums who rampaged against largely peaceful demonstrators who were marching for the same BASIC AMERICAN rights you and I have always taken for granted.
Gee,to some on this board you would think if it wasn't for this King ogre then we could all go back to the wonderful world of separate drinking fountains and colored folks riding the back of the bus!


96 posted on 01/17/2005 2:31:07 PM PST by Riverman94610
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To: Riverman94610
"wherever he went,riots broke out"

Right,almost always started by hard core white segregationist hoodlums who rampaged against largely peaceful demonstrators who were marching for the same BASIC AMERICAN rights you and I have always taken for granted.

Gee,to some on this board you would think if it wasn't for this King ogre then we could all go back to the wonderful world of separate drinking fountains and colored folks riding the back of the bus!

Much of the time when King spoke in the South, racist whites rioted. When he spoke in the North (excepting for Cicero, Illinois), racist blacks rioted. Love him or hate him, he was one of the most polarizing figures in the history of American politics.

173 posted on 01/17/2005 7:47:52 PM PST by mrustow ("And when Moses saw the golden calf, he shouted out to the heavens, 'Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!'")
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