The 1960s was an experiment to see what was the best route or right approach, to bring blacks to where they needed to go.The 60s was a laboratory of ideas. It was a referendum on who was bringing about the best ideas.
People/Historians want to make it look like king led us all to freedom. King was not the totality of our struggle. The Civil Rights Movement is portrayed as a Christian Movement. Firstly, the CRM was not the starting point of the struggle during those years. It was a response to the Nation of Islam's movement which started at least 20 years before the CRM, trying to uplift blacks and give them a sense of identity.
King was burdened with the same idea that caused blacks to be slaves in the first place--Christianity. He realized he could not use Christianity to solve the problems blacks had/have because that is what was used to enslave us in the first place. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Genesis 9:20-27. King went all the way to India to get the idea of nonviolent resistance, and he wrapped it in Christianity to get blacks to accept it. He got it from Gandhi. Gandhi worked with various religious people during his movement, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, etc. King layed out the strategy for loving white people as a way to redeem them, but that was unsuccessful. It did put the movement in the eyes of the world, that forced the US government to make some changes. Its impact came through the media. It had that impact after King met with Elijah Muhammad in 1967. King also met with Malcolm X. King evolved over the years to see America for what it was. "I have been to the mountain top..."
Christians never faced the fact that the misreading of the Bible put us in slavery and is still keeping us there. Imagine if whites were enslaved and we gave them a Black image of God and had pictures of Angels that were black, and said God's son was even black. What does that teach a person? It leads to mental slavery, a feeling that you are inferior, and those portrayed in "God's" image, must be superior, because they look like God. That psychological slavery is worse. Christians don't have the courage to be rational. Christianity is part of black people's problem. If you start with the ideology that you are born sinful, how can you expect to raise someones self-esteem and character? [Adam was not "created" sinful]. The idea of salvation through Jesus' blood is an adopted concept not found in the Bible. They don't have the strength to be rational about the problems Christianity has caused. This is a challenge to the validity of Christianity. Christianity was given to blacks during slavery. What were we before then? (Do your own research). It was given during slavery, and the people you are struggling against are not going to give you what you need to defeat them, or win the struggle. If they were okay with blacks having Christianity during slavery, why were they? The fox is not going to teach the chicken how to avoid being eaten. The fox wants to eat. A great man called blacks to "Leave America". Meaning, leave everything we were given when we came to America. Meaning,leave everything we learned from America alone. Everything. Religion, food, etc..Whatever you can think of that we received. Everything.
This as I said is a challenge to the validity of Christianity. Christianity, meaning, the literal reading of the Bible. Blacks are not in love with Christianity, they are in love with Church Life. They love the singing, the piano, the organ playing, the social atmosphere, etc. The preacher takes just a very small piece of scripture to get a sermon. Blacks don't know nothing about Christianity (the literal scripture). They don't study the Bible of its symbolism. That is why it keeps blacks enslaved. They are in love with Israel and don't know why..Believe they are born sinful..that all sins are equal (leading to the justification of the major ones)...why? They have designed Church Life and think it's Christianity. Church Life is a substitute religion for blacks. Blacks can't stand Christianity! Put away the music, the singing, and the organ, and just read the Bible straight. Give them plain Christianity and see how many people go to Church. I guarantee you will lose your congregation.
During the 1960s, all the different groups brought their ideas to the table, and 1 group won on every level. They won on politics, rehabilitation (drugs, prisons, hustlers, etc..), dignity, morality, frugality, brotherhood, dignity of dress, independence, self-sufficiency, respectability, standing on principles, education. There wasn't one thing they did not win 1st place on. You do your research and you tell me who they were. Regular history wont tell you the truth, they make it a Jack and Jill, feel good story, with a hero and a foe. I will tell u King was influenced by this group and they have progressed from where they were in the 1960s.
You weren't going to get this from anywhere else, so I had to tell it.
If you read it, you have an opinion, so don't be afraid to voice it. I will tell you, think before u speak, or better yet, write.
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