[Marxism] Social movements don't die in the DP

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect  


Charles wrote:
>For the people in the movement, their goals were substantially 
>achieved - ending legal Jim Crow.

And the biggest allies, one gathers, were the Kennedy brothers--a 
source of inspiration for every Democratic Party aspirant for the 
office of the president in the past 40 years or so.

^^^^^
CB: No, actually it would be LBJ, who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 
the Democratic Congress.  This segregationist Senator said, amazingly "And we 
_shall_ overcome".  Also, told Senator Russell, we'll just have to lose the 
South. They also passed a Constitutional Amendment against the poll tax. That 
takes super majorities of the Congress and state legislatures.

On RFK, though see



 A GAMBLE FOR AMERICA
 
African American residents of all ages fill 12th Street at Taylor to welcome 
Democratic presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy to âGround Zeroâ ( of where 
the riots had started just a year before in 1967) as a cameraman (left 
foreground) records the scene. DETROIT NEWS PHOTO/COURTESY WALTER P. REUTHER 
LIBRARY, WAYNE STATE UNIV. 
When and why Bobby Kennedy visited 12th Street

By Paul Lee 
Special to the Michigan Citizen

The following article is adapted from a forthcoming book by Paul Lee, Bobby 
Kennedy @ Detroitâs âGround Zero,â May 15, 1968. â Ed.

The Democratic National Convention at Denver, Col., this week featured a rare 
speech by Caroline Kennedy, the last living member of the immediate family of 
President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline; a video tribute to her 
uncle, ailing Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, by documentary 
producer Ken Burns; and a surprise, triumphant appearance by the âLiberal 
Lion of the Senate,â himself.
[more] 
 
http://www.michigancitizen.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=106&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=6426&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he=.com
 
 



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