It is perplexing to us, therefore, to hear prominent voices accusing today’s young activists of using terms that harm the Movement and democratic political advancement.
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Let’s remember: SNCC conducted its “disruptive” activities with the support of only a minority of people in the white community, who were often viewed by the larger white community as communists and hatefully called n****r lovers.
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With its sit-ins; voter registration drives that focused on sharecroppers not formally educated to assume leadership positions; opposition to literacy tests; and insistence on one person, one vote, we sought to upend the established political order.
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Both Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson thought our “trouble-making” interfered with their political agendas and they used the instruments of government to sabotage us. What was in motion, however, stayed in motion.
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Indeed, the political minority of the 1960s has proven to be the political majority in 2020. This multi-racial, multi-ethnic majority represents a bright future for America.
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This majority, which received over 77 million votes, is now opposed by the former majority, which received approximately 72 million votes. The question going forward is: whose interest will prevail?
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The road ahead will be long and difficult for all of us. We will need to have many discussions as to the way forward.
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We will undertake many successful campaigns that will be necessary, but not necessarily sufficient, and we will have to endure undeserved hostility, even, at times, from those inside the Black community.
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Nevertheless, fueled by the strength and creativity of today’s activists, we’re moving forward on a path to make lives better for the Black community and this will consequentially benefit the majority of people in the United States.
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We applaud and praise this rising generation of leaders, activists and this movement.
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