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#OTD 60 years ago, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with MLK there to celebrate.

The political achievement was also a reminder that money talks:

Economic boycotts in cities like Birmingham and Nashville played a crucial role. During 5 weeks of boycotts, Birmingham businesses had lost millions in sales. Business owners soon mobilized, dragging along politicians, school administrators, law enforcement.

https://theconversation.com/black-economic-boycotts-of-the-civil-rights-era-still-offer-lessons-on-how-to-achieve-a-just-society-228057

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Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society

By putting financial pressure on white businesses – often in a highly organized way – Black civil rights leaders achieved social change.
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Preston MacDougall
Preston MacDougall
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#JoeBiden can achieve a legacy even greater than #LBJ by also withdrawing from his re-election bid and then leading a *unified* #DemocraticParty to VICTORY in #November.

Recall that our *first* criminal #POTUS (#Nixon ) defeated #EugeneMcCarthy in the #1968election after #LyndonJohnson divided the #Democrats in order to pass the #CivilRightsActs *and* expand the quagmire in #Vietnam. #Histodons #USpol

#histodons #November #uspol #democrats #vietnam #joebiden #potus #democraticparty #nixon #lbj #eugenemccarthy #1968election #lyndonjohnson #civilrightsacts
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Colby
Colby
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and so I keep asking, where are the liberal-led calls for boycotts? Crickets. All those companies funding Trump are patronized by libs. The NYT survives on liberal subscriptions. Wake up folks!
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