After reading the first chapter of Art of Protest where it tries to dispel the myths of characters and certain ideals that are believed to be major parts of the Civil Rights Movement, I was surprised at my own ignorance.
Basic things like human sexuality never crossed my mind as being anywhere involved in the fight for civil rights. I had a one track mind that Martin Luther King Jr. lead the whole action (another myth I was broken hearted to learn) and community, peacefully, through the country stomping down hatred and demanding equality.
Another thing I failed to noticed was the importance of music in the movement. In journalism class we learned about advertising and using it to spread your message. Catchy tunes and singsongs get stuck in your head and eventually, if only subconsiously, you begin to either support or be prone to that advertisement's messages and goals. If only on the basic levels, songs with a message is advertising a message. And its one of the simplest ways to go about it.
I feel in a way that what I knew about the movement is all wrong now and with that knew knowledge I also feel a bit down. It's hard realizing that for the most part everything you learned is wrong, though that would still be learning. I'm glad to have more information about the women and the gay men that put in the work that you never hear about. I'm also just glad, that no matter what I acutally know about the movement, it still happened.
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it is true, kelsey. i, too, felt sad to learn that much of what i thought to be true about the civil rights movement was false. :(
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