A LITTLE SLICE OF JOHN LEWIS

3./21/10 | Self

[Nextrush]

John Lewis was quite a student organizer-protestor in the Civil Rights Movement.

He got beat up quite a few times.

A one time he actually worked with a younger Robert K. (B-1 Bob) Dornan on voter registration in the South.

But his militancy of speech could sometimes stir up controversy.

In August of 1963, Lewis was to speak before Martin Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial in the now famous event.

The day before the march, according to author Taylor Branch in his biographical epic on Martin Luther King (Parting The Waters: America In The King Years `1954-1963)Page 874:

"Trouble over the speech began on Tuesday afternoon, the day before the march. A Catholic prelate took the Lewis draft to Washington's Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle, who was scheduled to deliver the opening invocation at the march. O'Boye found Lewis' remarks incendiary, and his complaints soon spread to Burke Marshall, Walter Reuther (UAW President), and to other white clergymen who had agreed to participate......Lewis stoutly defended his speech against censorship by the elders, who argued in rejoinder that its content-particularly the statement that the civil rights bill (what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964) came "too little, too late" and was unworthy of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) support-was incompatible with the general purpose of the march.."

Some of the other controversial content that Lewis intended to speak that day included stuff like this according to Branch. (pages 873-874)

"We will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did. We shall pursue our own 'scorched earth' policy and burn Jim Crow to the ground--noviolently. We shall crack the South into a thousand pieces and put them back together in the image of democracy."

[MuttTheHoople]

More Democrats called John Lewis a ****** yesterday than anybody from the Tea Party.

[autumnraine]

John Lewis represents in Atlanta what has continued the race issues for the past 40 years. (don’t get me started on the “all black” colleges though, you’d get threatened for just walking in the vicinity back in the 80’s. I think it’s gotten better now though) They will never EVER let it go because it is their power to whip up fear in blacks.

When I was 16 years old, I had a job in downtown Atlanta. Now in Atlanta there are very few parking places by the sidewalk and every lane right up to the sidewalk is a ‘lane’ meant for traffic. There was someone challenging the current mayor and one of the thousands of local “Reverends” decided to park his car right in front of campaign headquarters. Unfortunately, since he didn’t have flashers or anything on, I thought he was driving in the lane when coming around the corner and then once I realized that the car was PARKED, couldn’t get over because of another vehicle. Therefore I slammed into the backend of his car.

The police came and gave him a ticket for impeading traffic and he was howling the whole time. Also started yelling how it was automatically my fault since I hit him in the rear.

So court day came and this “Reverend” was in court with his ticket (I got called as witness by the officer because he-Rev.- was pleading not guilty for the ticket) and eventually went into how it was a racist conspiracy since the cop was white and I was white and he was black.

Luckily the black judge, with a northern accent (LOL), rolled his eyes and said very firmly “YOU PARKED YOUR CAR IN A LANE OF TRAFFIC! Meant for MOVING VEHICLES! Skin color has nothing to do with making a dumb decision on YOUR PART!”

Being only 16, I was terrified of the whole ordeal, but I found my voice in it.

Sorry for going off on a story there, but it was my first experience with A) Being called a racist and B) Seeing those good “fighters” as they had been portrayed on my Atlanta news all my life for what they truly were.

[fso301]

With wall to wall cameras in and around the capitol building yesterday, isn’t it odd how not a single one recorded anyone saying these things? isn’t it odd that not a single microphone caught the words?

[SterlingSilver]

WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM FOR THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT...

Yesterday, a number of democrats made the following accusations against the tea party protesters at the Capital building

DEMS: PROTESTS GET UGLY, RACIST

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/20/2234644.aspx

Here’s what that said:

African-American Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), a protege of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who helped organize the March on Washington, went to the House floor today to tell Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) that a Tea Party protester called him a “n-——.”

Another Democratic source confirms to NBC News that openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) was called a “f—” by somebody in the Tea Party crowd.

Rep. Emanaul Cleaver (D-MO), another African-American member, was apparently spit on by a Tea Party protester.

THE BS FLAG HAS BEEN THROWN ON THIS FABRICATION...

COMPLETED REFUTED BY AN ACTUAL VIDEO OF THE MOMENT IN QUESTION...

(I guess they keep forgetting that today’s technology is not their friend when they want to make up falsehoods)

Here's the video, see for yourself....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SCs6pSE8_I&feature=player_embedded

The tea party is so strong, so right and so alive with the truth, that these progressive communists must do what every communist regime in history has done to suppress their opposition - lie, misrepresent and falsely accuse to discredit their obvious common sense opposition to this bankrupt ideology.

Checking in with CNN and MSNBC, etc., etc.,this morning to see the lies of the day, the anchors have been playing up this falsehood like nothing else happened yesterday.

Makes me sick...

[Nextrush]

Lewis wanted to provoke the crowd and create a “Bull Connor” moment that would make him and the other black congressman look like victims.

Back in 1963, Martin Luther King’s greatest success came at Birmingham because of Connor’s rough tactics as recorded by the news media.

King’s protests in Albany, Georgia in 192 and Chicago in 1966 failed because the authorities there took a low key, non-confrontational approach to the civil right protestors.

[chilltherats]

Great story and oh so typical.

They’re all a bunch of race-baiting whores and liars.

[snuffy smiff]

Please tell me that was Hosea...

[csmusaret]

Whenever I hear the civil rights struggle being discussed in the media I often wonder where the balance is. Any 35 year old listening today believes that colored water fountains and segregated schools were a part of daily life in all 48 States. Fact is those policies were confined mostly to the former slave states. My father was born in 1923 and never attended a segregated class in his life. I would like, just once, to hear a TV pundit explain those facts. A little context is good in every discussion.

[TigersEye]

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., won't press charges after being spat on by ...protestor (I call BS)

Tea party protesters use racial epithet against Georgia's John Lewis

ABC: Anti-ObamaCare Protest ‘Turned Very Ugly’ with ‘Racial and Homophobic Slurs’

All of these accusations have proven to be unfounded. No video or audio exists to support them and no charges were filed by Emanuel Cleaver.

Fox News is about to report these lies. I just e-mailed them and challenged them to provide evidence. If anyone is up e-mail them at Friends@foxnews.com

Congressman Tim Ryan D-OH uses a homosexual slur against Tea Partiers on the floor of the House.

Congressman Ryan Denounces Protestor Behavior

Congressman Tim Ryan D-OH uses a homosexual slur against Tea Partiers on the floor of the House.

Congressman Ryan Denounces Protestor Behavior

[autumnraine]

Not saying nothing.... :)

[autumnraine]

Although I will state that with my dealings with the DMV in issues over the years, I made a good friend in the Dept. She said when they went over to computer records in the mid 80’s, Hosea was the ONLY PERSON in Georgia to have his kept in paper form because they didn’t want to take a chance of his violations being lost. He was a very bad driver apparently. And that’s all I’m saying... again. :)

[MinuteGal]

Thanks for providing the link to Friends@fox.com.

I immediately emailed them.

Folks, inundate them with emails if you're frustrated you can't be at a rally today. We can all do OUR BIT from home.

Freeping for the truth is what we're here for, correct?

Hit the Friends addy now!

Leni

[PghBaldy]

Here’s what this “giant” said about McCain-Palin: “George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights.” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103507/posts

[PghBaldy]

Chris Wallace just said “it was an ugly scene,” after Carl Cameron maentioned the accusations...

[mass55th]

I’m surprised they didn’t accuse anyone of waving a noose in their face. Maybe that phony claim is next on their agenda. The Dems never play fair. If they can’t win legally, they’ll lie, cheat and steal to get what they want.

[TigersEye]

CBC members were holding up recording devices as they went. Where is the evidence? Fox News is less reliable than a super market tabloid.

[TigersEye]

I just e-mailed them again with a link to one video and chewed them out for repeating a story with no evidence. I will bring this up again and again when Fox News is mentioned on FR.

[Nextrush]

Just more evidence that the Congressional Black Caucus members were trolling the patriots to provoke them.

They were seeking to create video images to make them look good and the Tea Party look bad.

[MinuteGal]

Good work, Tiger. Freepers, use the link at # 10 above and let the Friends (!) know how you feel about false charges against our front-line, in-the-trenches patriots fighting the good fight in DC this weekend.

Contribute your one small step.....right this minute! Fight back!

Save our Republic!

Leni