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At one point King was struck in the head by a fist-size rock. Shaken, he sank to one knee and remained dazed for several moments as the crowd chanted, “Kill him, kill him.” Then he rose and marched on. Timuel Black was just steps behind King when the rock struck him. As Black recounts, “I said to myself, ‘If one of them bricks hit me, the nonviolence movement is over.’ ” Chicago, August, 1966

If such questions still exist...

Might wanna take a look at this:

https://www.lincolnshrine.org/exhibits/election-of-1860/

My Dad was a college track coach in the 1960s.When they went to meets in Kansas, restaurants refused to serve the black athletes. The other coach was a prick and would go in with all the white athletes and have dinner, my Dad would sometimes be able to get food out the back door and they ate in the Checker busses, other times he would go to a grocery store to buy food.
My bedroom was next to my folk's, and I can't count the times my Dad would be outraged about the bigotry and talk with my Mom about what happened. He didn't care what anyone's skin color was, if a young man had athletic ability, wanted a college education and wanted to aim for being a national champion, he had a scholarship for them. Actually just had to want to aim for athletic excellence, be the best he could be. My Dad did coach a lot of national champions. A scholarship often meant a deferral from the draft- that was a huge deal.
There was an active KuKluxKlan chapter in our town in Colorado in the 60s too. The only real racists I encountered regularly were my Democrat teachers in school. I developed a hatred for democrats because of them and the crap they pumped out in class.
Outstanding meme (again) Mr. Thompson. Upvoted.

Thanks for sharing your story. The racial caste system was nationwide. Why are Southerners always pointed out? Media scapegoat.

Absolutely, I always look at who is denying the truth. The more they accuse others, the more guilt they bear. I met a lady who grew up in Memphis a few years ago. She said the saddest day in her life was when MLK was killed. She lived in a typical integrated neighborhood where all the kids played baseball or kid games together until the sun went down, like everywhere else, but at the end of that day, every parent was fearful of riots or violence and wouldn't let their kids play in the streets. All their best friendships withered away and it was the first time she ever saw racism.
I was going to say keep on rocking in the free world, but I remembered that line came from someone we don't need around anyhow.

The Left uses racism to control the narrative. They must keep it alive.

If anyone goes off the plantation, their whole scheme fails. They can't look at an individual, they look entirely at skin color, apply their stereotype and practice perfect racism. Too prejudiced to see their own faults.

Don't like the rep, folks?
Don't do it then.

Because math.

Can't do the math without facts. Just repeating rhetoric.

Correct, you can't.

Here, allow me put it in a way so you can ask someone who can understand the complexities of extending past the midway mark:

The mid '60s are at what percentage point on the 100-year scale? Approximately, give or take a couple?

Please parse your sentences. Makes no sense.

The only racists I know are democrats, they see teh color of someone's skin first and can't go any deeper into a person's character. Because if they walk like an ass, if they stink like an ass and they act like an ass, they are a democrat.

Gosh I love this site, I just want to give everybody a big hug and a smooch.

As you knife them in the back with a smug, self righteous, uninformed smile? Asking for a Mod.

Because southern states were slave states. Duh!

The Oregon territory didn't allow black folks at all, not even slaves.

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/maxville/

The problem with whataboutisms, class, is what again?

Not sure you understand what "whataboutism" is, Modda. Maybe look it up.

And nearly 2/3 through the 20th Century they had to be forced by the United States government to stop and lynching people.

What the hell are you talking about? You are just pulling sh*t out of your a** again. You did not research lynching. Making up facts.

Even Google Translate couldn't make sense of that comment.