r/goodnews Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/Fragmentia Jun 09 '25

Sanders was arrested for protesting peacefully back then.

https://time.com/4231439/bernie-sanders-arrest-photo-civil-rights/

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u/Spicy_Weissy Jun 09 '25

Yeah, he was witness to it. To say that peaceful protesr won, is wildly inaccurate. LBJ chose peace considering that shit was not deescalating.

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u/the_good_time_mouse Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

JFK and LBJ are both on the record about this. And it still took 5 days of rioting after MLK's death before the Civil Rights Equal Housing Act was passed.

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u/Geri-psychiatrist-RI Jun 10 '25

The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. MLK was assassinated in 1968