tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post2198184655464873393..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: 1960s: Mavis Staples: Keep Your Eyes on the PrizeLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-28517695548523584082010-01-16T09:54:15.226-06:002010-01-16T09:54:15.226-06:00This man's belief in peace and the welfare of ...This man's belief in peace and the welfare of mankind crossed all boundaries. I don't know if we'll ever see such a strong and influential mover again.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17495214295415238902010-01-15T22:28:31.219-06:002010-01-15T22:28:31.219-06:00Leslie,
of course please feel free to post it.
Wha...Leslie,<br />of course please feel free to post it.<br />What never ceases to amaze me, is how knowledgeable Dr King was. He detailed exactly what was going on in Vietnam.The history, our complicity and support of the French-things which many of us now know 40 years later with the help of the internet.He knew these things way back in the day.<br /><br />I don't mean to minimize his struggle Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-3372732824074260452010-01-15T22:24:57.615-06:002010-01-15T22:24:57.615-06:00Holte: What gets me is that despite the fact that ...Holte: What gets me is that despite the fact that a bomb killed four little girls in a church and three civil rights volunteers were killed, the activists could continue with a non-violent approach.<br /><br />I liked Oh Freedom, Turn, and We Shall Overcome and some others I can't think of right now.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-65787932526811462602010-01-15T22:15:57.244-06:002010-01-15T22:15:57.244-06:00Sue: Maybe it's just this particular recording...Sue: Maybe it's just this particular recording I'm not crazy about. Odetta was really the one who popularized it. I just couldn't find anything else that had such powerful graphics.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-28523767674791357172010-01-15T22:08:50.328-06:002010-01-15T22:08:50.328-06:00That's a hell of a good song, but I ended up l...That's a hell of a good song, but I ended up looking and barely listening. I remember those images from when I was a kid. Courageous people it's amazing what passive resistance can do.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-36424863046927462572010-01-15T21:56:48.915-06:002010-01-15T21:56:48.915-06:00Sue, you're so right. I think we're seeing...Sue, you're so right. I think we're seeing a resurrection of white supremacy as we blog. I'm not ashamed to confess that I break into tears anytime I see these videos.<br /><br />Oso: Thanks for the link. The sad thing is he looks a little teary-eyed just as he starts talking. But that could have been sweat from the Memphis humidity, which is atrocious. If you don't mind, I'd Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-6471612515185309262010-01-15T21:25:51.963-06:002010-01-15T21:25:51.963-06:00Leslie,
powerful post.So many gave their freedom u...Leslie,<br />powerful post.So many gave their freedom up,their lives up to battle for the freedoms of others. I'm pasting a link to another speech of Dr Kings.It was his final speech, he was murdered the following day and his words are almost prophetic. It moves me to tears to watch it:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8&feature=relatedOsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-87824441222861778182010-01-15T20:09:42.785-06:002010-01-15T20:09:42.785-06:00I love the song Leslie. I'm sickened, ashamed,...I love the song Leslie. I'm sickened, ashamed, embarrassed, our race could treat another race so horrifically. The white man treating the black man as if he was a wild animal, not fit to live in the same country, breathe the same air. We are all Gods children yet the white supremacy lives on. It's sad. This subject has always touched me deeply.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.com