Not So Black and White: The Evolution of Civil Rights Demonstrations
Season 11 Episode 9 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Delilah Pierre talks about the evolution of civil rights demonstrations.
Tallahassee Community Action Committee’s President, Delilah Pierre shares how the civil rights demonstrations have evolved. Discover more at wfsu.org/nsbw
Local Routes is a local public television program presented by WFSU
Not So Black and White: The Evolution of Civil Rights Demonstrations
Season 11 Episode 9 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Tallahassee Community Action Committee’s President, Delilah Pierre shares how the civil rights demonstrations have evolved. Discover more at wfsu.org/nsbw
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe civil rights movement wasn't just about like, you know, the service issues of segregation.
It was about economically how black people were being repressed and oppressed not just because of segregation, but because segregation created a system that made black people second class citizens.
So fighting against segregation, fighting for integration was fighting for a country that no longer economically repressed black people.
That gave them the same rights, where they couldn't be arrested for any reason, where they couldn't be assaulted by white people, where they could have fairness and justice.
And that's evolved now into the struggle against police brutality, because, again, it's one of these glaring issues where we can obviously see the injustice and disparities between black and white people in our country.
Local Routes is a local public television program presented by WFSU