From Selma to…….Ferguson
Frank Jackman comment:
A lot of people have praised the film Selma since its opening last weekend and rightly so. The question which I ask, and which a lot of other people I know have asked, is in light of what has happened over the past fifty years to the black population of this country (cop brutality, political indifference even with a black man as president, incarcerations, “war” on drugs, unemployment, poor schools, segregated housing, north and south, increased barrier to voting, to name just the most obvious) what the hell is going on. No question in some areas (increase of the black middle class, blacks winning elections, slightly more social interaction between races, etc.) there have been some improvement but is the legacy that those who “went south” black and white and put their lives heroically on the line as this film graphically points out their actions produced. More later as we come closer to the 50th anniversary dates.
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http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/01/12/selma-movie-civil-rights-movement-lbj
The new movie “Selma,” out this weekend. Its depiction, and your reaction, to civil rights on the march, from Selma to Montgomery.
Fifty years ago this spring, it was billy clubs and blood and high stakes politics – moral reckoning – in Selma, Alabama. The heart of the civil rights movement. A high-wire act between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lyndon Johnson. Brutal repression. Readiness to be clubbed for a cause. High strategy in the streets. The new movie “Selma” brings that story back, powerfully, into the midst of Ferguson and “I Can’t Breathe.” At a time when we know, a half century on, this isn’t over. This hour On Point: we’re traveling back with Selma, the movie, and bringing it right up to date.
Mary Frances Berry, professor of American social thought and history and the University of Pennsylvania. Author of the new book, “We Are Who We Say We Are: A Black Family’s Search for Home Across the Atlantic World,” and many others. Former chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. (@DrMFBerry)
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Author of the new book, “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress and the Battle for the Great Society.” (@julianzelizer)
Dante Barry, director of the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice. (@DanteBarry)
CNN: The real story behind ‘Selma’ – “Sometimes ordinary
Frank Jackman comment:
A lot of people have praised the film Selma since its opening last weekend and rightly so. The question which I ask, and which a lot of other people I know have asked, is in light of what has happened over the past fifty years to the black population of this country (cop brutality, political indifference even with a black man as president, incarcerations, “war” on drugs, unemployment, poor schools, segregated housing, north and south, increased barrier to voting, to name just the most obvious) what the hell is going on. No question in some areas (increase of the black middle class, blacks winning elections, slightly more social interaction between races, etc.) there have been some improvement but is the legacy that those who “went south” black and white and put their lives heroically on the line as this film graphically points out their actions produced. More later as we come closer to the 50th anniversary dates.
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http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/01/12/selma-movie-civil-rights-movement-lbj
From Marches To Movies, The 'Selma' Story Today
The new movie “Selma,” out this weekend. Its depiction, and your reaction, to civil rights on the march, from Selma to Montgomery.
The cast of the new film”Selma,” based on the historic 1965 march in support of voting rights in Selma, AL. (Paramount Pictures)
– Tom Ashbrook
Guests
Wesley Morris, staff writer at Grantland. (@wesley_morris)Mary Frances Berry, professor of American social thought and history and the University of Pennsylvania. Author of the new book, “We Are Who We Say We Are: A Black Family’s Search for Home Across the Atlantic World,” and many others. Former chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. (@DrMFBerry)
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Author of the new book, “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress and the Battle for the Great Society.” (@julianzelizer)
Dante Barry, director of the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice. (@DanteBarry)
From Tom’s Reading List
Grantland: The Dream Act: The Powerful, Profound ‘Selma’ — “Movies have become very good at assembling armies. Good software and skilled technicians are often all you need. The ensuing chaos of battle tends to resemble a cartoon of war. What’s human grows indistinguishable from what’s not, and making a distinction between the two sides seems beside the point. Whether the battle is any fun becomes a more pressing concern than its outcome.”CNN: The real story behind ‘Selma’ – “Sometimes ordinary
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