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#CivilRightsProtests Have Never Been Popular

“As The Washington Post noted, only 22 percent of all Americans approved of the Freedom Rides, and only 28 percent approved of the sit-ins. The #VastMajority of Americans—60 percent—had “unfavorable” feelings about the March on Washington. As FiveThirtyEight notes, in 1966, 63 percent of Americans had a negative opinion of Martin Luther King.” #ccmovement

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/colin-kaepernick/541845/

Civil-Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.

The Atlantic