Black Americans Express Their 1960s Rage. Have Things Changed? How Do You See It?
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As my subscribers know, I have been collecting meaningful documentary material for most of my career. In the late 1980s, I produced a television series on the 1960s back then I was an independent documentary filmmaker working for the networks etc. This compilation was put together by me from footage that I collected back then and although I did not shoot these scenes, I worked for the producers that did. These black Americans are angry. And expressing it articulately. Does it sound like today? In some ways yes. With the murder of George Floyd, people have gone into the streets again and some of what I present here could sound like it was recorded in the present.
Some subscribers asked why I use the word rage in my title. Yes they are angry. Yes they are seething. Yes they are disgusted and frustrated, the speakers. Looking up the definition of the word rage, I feel that some of these expressions speak to that emotion. I have interviewed so many people of all stripes on this issue and the stories that I have heard from black Americans who have suffered indignities that seem hard to believe. Somewhat disgusting. Some people have treated them as subhuman.
There is not much one can say who has not experienced what they have but I feel that by presenting this history, certainly not all that occurred back then, but a part of it, that I am helping to create a historical record which is three-dimensional if you look at the dozens of commentaries I have posted on my CZcams channel regarding civil rights, human rights, American history, family life, etc. during the 1950s, the 1960s, up into the present. I am over 80 years old and I'm still recording stories and commentaries like these.
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“What the Hell do you think we care about dying when you’re gonna deny us the right to live!?”. Powerful!!!
Wish this had more thumbs up
That line was everything
Wooooooooooooow CUT THE DAMN CHECK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Applies to these govt lockdowns too lol
That statement! My God! 💔💗
"We fought every one of your lousy wars and you give us nothing" great point
Never sacrifice yourourself for anyone or anything that doesn't give a damn about you.
This is literally what is happening to veterans today.
@@Cheder1836 I don't really think they had a choice back then. If the men were healthy and met the criteria, they had to participate in the war or face prison. And the women had to be war nurses. That's how it was in the UK anyway
@@Cheder1836 There was barely a choice back then, and for some there's not much choice now. Alot of people nowadays especially go into the military to make it out of poverty and hardship. Not because it is their dream to do so.
Black people were never on the front lines.
These words ring in my head everyday. “People who say “why Don’t you move somewhere else” are spineless. Those are words for cowards who don’t fight for what they believe in.”
Depends on whose saying it. There was a samll group of AA who left America in the 60s and moved to a small town in Israel and today they have grown to where they are the majority in that town doing just fine outside of America's system of racism and ws. Some of us vacation outside of the US to allow the body and mind to heal while others see things that inspire them to move there part time or permanently.
@@slimpickens01 that sounds good for the minority of black people who were properly educated but for the most part a lot black people we’re denied proper education and probably didn’t know better. The 3rd speaker sums it up perfectly, the reason why segregation was a thing was because of the fear that black people would be equal or better than the white man and rise up. Clear and simple they just didn’t see black people as equal to them and did everything in their power to keep them below. Even after slavery “ended” they were promised equality but only got a crumb of it
You don’t build a mansion (USA)without pay, throw your hands in the air in defeat, leave to run and try to build a townhome (“Judea”).
You know, I used to say the same thing. I want revenge, I want to fight for what’s mine etc etc. FOOLISH. Guys were 13% of the population here and somehow we expect to be treated as equal. Do I really need to say anymore. There’s a whole continent out there for us and we rather literally kill ourselves and beg for the mercy of others than go home smh 🤦🏾♂️
@@princewilliam3316 13% is inaccurate. How the hell AA been 13% since the 60s? Most don't even participate in the census.
00:17 Russ Meek
1:25 William Hadden - Pittsburgh
2:40 "Keep your word"
7:35 " Why am I so angry?"
7:48 "3 generations, what do we need to learn in the 1960's"
8:40 "Spineless Bastards"
11:32 "Property Value & Exploitation"
13:27 "Multiracial Society"
13:53 "Standard of coversation"
14:28 " Growing up I wanted to be white"- Fannie Lou Hammer
15:03 Lobbyist & Representation
15:19 The plight of the black man
15:47 Violence, Emacsculation, Freedom- See Russia 1917
17:05 Sophisticated Uprisings in Harlem 1964, Los Angeles 1965
17:32 Everybody gots a right to live
aren't you the nicest person
16:15 the price you pay for freedom is what makes you a slave again
does anyone know the name of the man at 11:32?
Thank you.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
This is real history. Voices from the past direct to the camera. No CNN, no Fox. Just people telling you their lived experience.
"Just people telling you their experience." But when they tell you their experiences today, you call it whining.
Fire X you know why that is, white republicans want the oppressed to be quiet
They don’t want them to speak
That’s why they used manipulation to make you feel wrong if you speak against injustices
@Gordon Payne boi if you don't get, stop acting like black Americans weren't selling dope
@Gordon Payne 🔥🔥💯
Fire X “you call it whining.” Certainly it’s not whining, but consider that the contrast Kepler 22 is elucidating is between verite documentary in these clips and contemporary television news. You can take the most compelling footage or speech imaginable and the minute you put a NASDAQ ticker beneath it, it loses its power,
Where is this so called "rage?" All I hear is eloquence and brutal honesty.
Rage can be eloquent, and it can be righteous. This here is both.
And sheer determination
@@nordlandskaka What is wrong with these people pretending it isn't rage? There must be an element of wanting to be some kind of white saviour. You said it perfectly.
@2013name today there is bkth systemic and indstitutionalized racism.
@@Americansikkunt They’re just average people speaking their mind. If you want revolutionary thinkers, looks to the revolutionary thinkers of the movement like Malcolm X and MLK.
"What do we care about dying if you're denying our right to live" felt that in my soul
This really made me realize I need to take my life more seriously. The amount of people that bleed, cried, and fought for the life I have now, it would be a disgrace, for me to keep living the way I've been living.
This is so true.
You are wise!! And if you dont have children now, be very serious about Not bringing children into this hell of a world.
SAME
Life is getting harder can't even think about brining a child I'm this world
Live well and honor those who came before you
Best quote. "What the hell do we care about dying if you're going to deny us the right to live." That's raw rational emotion.
Yet most would never lay our lives on the line for any cause
@@thebadguychinli4011 thousands have already done that and we're still looked upon as animals so where do we go from here?
Rock on 😎😎😎
interesting combination of words... rational emotion. How paradoxal that may be, I do agree with you, it actually made me weak for a moment.
@@brandonpreatto6893 economics boycott. That is one answer
Not gonna lie, "Is it too much to ask you to grant us human dignity?", made me tear up. That's decades of hurt in that man's voice and I cant imagine his struggle.
Jesus, that line right after it. "What the hell do you think we care about dying if you are going to deny us the right to live?"
that's facts man 60s wasnt even all that long ago makes you wonder what your grandparents and great-grandparents went through growing up man
decades? try centuries.
@Peter Piper Pain and disappoinment.
Yessim it is!
@@please.665 Black people didn't suffer even close to what Indians did
I got such respect for the man with the speech impediment, speaking publicly for his right to live despite his disability. That’s real courage.
This video should be played in school 😞 Rest In Peace to my ancestors who stand up for my rights my respect from 🇯🇲
Thank you!! My mother is Trinidadian.
Alot of Caribbean people have distain for us Yankees or dirty American without no culture. I wonder why Caribbean Brothers and Sister hate us. But the white man who kill us in the streets don't see that. We are all one. I love my Jamaica and Caribbean diaspora family!!! Sending you love From Flatbush Brooklyn N.Y. ❤💛💚
@@TheYoli182 nuff love ❤️
Or at home.if youre waiting on the u.s public school system to show this,then you have a long wait
Facts 💯 percent ✨
You have rights??
"sometimes the price for freedom is the very thing that makes you a slave again"...that kid can't be more than 18 yet is so wise beyond his years.
He so smart very bright
He is the greatest fear of this country...an educated, aware young black man.
Who is he ?
Only said in the context of black people. When spoken about whites, it is the temple from which their God flows.
That’s right. We must all live under the same laws and respect the rights of others if we want to enjoy our freedoms.
I was raised by my black grandparents, who were born in the late 40’s and personally experienced the Jim Crow era in rural Texas. It blows me away to think about how different my life has been from their own youth. It reminds me to forever be grateful for the sacrifices made by previous generations, who fought so that future generations could have a better life.
Underated
It’s when you see generations struggling for change and nothing really overall has changed much except for maybe 5% of black Americans.
And strangely they probably still vote democrats they ones who brought and fought for that racism
US native peoples did the same...little recognition; if not none
My grandfather was born in Sumter SC in 1939 and grandmother in 1944 so this comment is crazy relatable
I love that the man described the "if you don't like it here, leave" crowd as spineless.
Timestamp?
@@catyasna12 It's at 8:38.
The real kicker is that I am a tribal citizen living on my own reservation and have been told countless times by the white, non-tribal population living here alongside of us, "Why don't you all go somewhere else?" It's an Indian reservation! Why don't _they_ go somewhere else if they don't like it?
@@BigBri550they do like it tho.
@@hithere748 They like the area; they don't like that it's an Indian reservation.
“There’s a limit to a man’s patience” preach brother!!!
All we asking is for humanity we’re asking to live as an human being and your sick were ask to let us live as human being
It so sad to see the second speaker pouring his heart out while the audience isnt even acknowledging him. They wont even look at him
It's because they knew they was wrong so decided to not listen
Same as usual
@@dont.ripfuller6587 That was beautiful!!
@@babiijean11 you are beautiful
@@antiracistbaby1085 You too, Babe!! Thanks!
“Rage” implies a kind of irrationality. These people are completely reasonable. Angry, sometimes but not irrational at all. They’re explaining things very plainly
Anger doesnt mean irrational, your not irrational till you lose control of your behavior.
@@aaronfisher5989 He said rage was irrational, not anger.
u explained it lovely ^^
EXACTLY
💯💯✅
“We’re running out of patience we’re not gonna ask anymore” ✊🏾 felt that
and he takes it tell death like everyone in our race do except for some , they put our women to lead our race . and women dont kill .
Yea banzai 😎💪
You sound very young, did you 'feel' it enough to get all the young people you know, in particular in the young black American community, to register to vote and Vote Democrat for Democracy at a 50-70% ? So that the evolution of the human and civil and women's rights can continue ?
@@barbaraobach Yeah democrats care so much about human rights that you vote the same way that every big company that abuses their employees votes. Yes, you vote with Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Disney, Apple, etc because you are the party of human rights, right? LOL get real.
@@barbaraobach the democrats are the ones that opposed the civil rights movement and destroyed the black community by promoting single motherhood and giving a crutch to the black families to rely on the government only to keep you down much further. and this was not long ago.
Sir, for what it's worth, your videos are some of the best documentaries of all time. I sincerely hope there are ALWAYS younger versions of you, preserving our TRUE HISTORY. God Bless you Mr. Hoffman. You have been sitting on priceless material for decades. I am extremely grateful you were inspired to share it all and we are all better for it.
Thank you Jeff.
David Hoffman filmmaker
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History is closer than you think. In fact, we're in it.
Yes we are...
@@nicohicks Facts
Reminds me of when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's and complained that nothing historical was happening because I had watched a documentary on the 1960's. Yeah, I was the kind of kid who watched documentaries but anyway the 60's seemed so rich with history MLK, Malcolm X, JFK, etc and at the time I felt nothing was happening in my generation. It actually was, history never ever stops.
@@k.m.b969 well, I guess the upcoming 4 months will be historical, giving the combination or rather culmination of things going on. At least, that's what it feels like.
@@Vinkie absolutely
Dammit I feel like we all betrayed our ancestors because they fought so hard for us to be here today and we take it for granted..
Actually, we are going through the same thing they went through. Your children will grow through it and their children will go through the same if we don’t take what we want instead of asking these psychopaths for anything...
Facts Aaronique!!
We? Speak for yourself.....
@Yeshurun You spoke NOTHING BUT FACTS until you brought up "extinction" get up outta here with that nonsense fam 😂👎 We are a CHOSEN PEOPLE...do you know what that means family? We would've BEEN extinct decades ago had God not chose US as a peculiar people we run the whlle world it will brought back to us (the rigtheous one, not simply just because your Black) if you gone speak facts speak the WHOLE TRUTH!!! ✊👑💯❤
@Yeshurun cmon with it brotha It truly takes us to fix this problem
"If you are afraid of us then tell us what you are afraid of." Honesty is the best policy. It is better to be honest about yourself to someone than to lie and let them find out later. This man is on point.
I just went through the most 1950s 1960s situation at my job that i love so much and it hurts me deeply to see this mess is still going on in 2022
Black people still angry after 40 years. Slaves were less angry than we are. Get over it. The destruction of the black community is because of the failures of black women.
Who did you rob?
@@adriancarroll5281 What did you say???
@@ayo2975 Who did you rob?
@@adriancarroll5281 Yeah...What does that mean?
the more you look at the past, the more you see the present.
Yes
TERRIFYING
I was thinking the same thing! Reflecting on the here and now.. Smh
RIGHT????
Powerful.
That third guys speech should be required school curriculum
facts
in history class maybe. things are equal now
Eman19O nah bro things arnt equal,im from the deep south backwoods and i used to think the same way till my brother got with his current gf who is black and we got jumped by some racists at a corner store a mile down the highway for being with black people and i started to notice that people approach me far differently when im with my in laws than if im with my brother.its better than it was but that dont mean rasicm was somehow solved.btw not trying to argue i just wanted to share my experience for you to consider.have a good day
Do you know who the third guy is
@@96bars18 go to bitchute and see all the videos of the whites being physically harmed just for being white
“How can u tell me that it’s too much to ask to be a human being!”
Now this is a damn shame💯
As an African from the continent. I am in tears to see how my race brothers and sisters were subjected to such a inhuman away from outside Africa and inside Africa we suffered too.. we a still here no one will brake us . God bless us Emin
Stop embarrassing us please. You’re doing this because you won’t have been hot on the market. If not, my guess is likely cheap. Like mirror cheap. Stfu and enjoy the internet.
We all shall rise someday, all black people. We are fighters
Since you brought up the point you're right even when the white man hasn't had contacts with a group of you people you still are somehow oppressed you still are somehow impoverished and ignorant it's not whites that are holding you down it's your own culture.
Hang in there my brothers and sisters, we are almost there.
@@jaxthewolf4572 we are rising now. Please pay attention
This is not rage! These words were spoke intelligently and it breaks my heart that 50 years later the words are still relevant
It is rage - look it up! Rage: A burning desire; a passion; fury; anger. Why does using that word bother you?? To be enraged does not mean one is therefore speaking in a manner unintelligent.
Everyone brilliantly articulated their feelings and experiences and I do mean everyone! Blessings to my ancestors!
It is rage. Righteous, justified, and eloquently articulated rage.
@@bluebird5173 this
@@Elsagwene I'm not African American, but yes. They had every right to feel that way, and still do in many cases.
The “STICK TO YOUR WORD” part!!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯
Ask native Americans how that worked out.....
Tupac used the same scenario.
Exactly
Be a man & stick to your word...period
@@AD-iw4vy right??
This is exactly the perspective that we let settle in, creating thousands of socialist/communists
We were warned by Mc Carthy. We demonized him.
To be honest, lots of early celebrities and leaders did dally with communism. But they moved on from that.
"All we want, is what's ours".... That punched me in my chest. The third gentleman said it, don't know his name though 🙏
“What the hell you think we care about dying if your gonna deny us the right to live”
These reels have the strongest words spoken I’ve ever heard in my 50 years of life
I never felt we should explain the situation to racists. They already know the damage. They've been at it long enough to know.
Fucking exactly
Amen
true
What if a majority of while people are not racist?
@F Thomas The system that was put in place perpetuates racial antagonism. It's principles are based on exploitation. The conditions that allow it to continue would have to be transformed to a permanent system of justice, and a system must be judged by it's principles, not it's adherence. The revolútionary leap to systematic justice will change it all together. Unfortunately for our situation it can't be reformed away. We've ran the gamut of that "experiment" in the last century and here we are with the same problems that were created outside of our will and intent, but have not been solved as we have attempted to do in full measure within this system. It's for us to make that revolútionary leap to true liberation and independence. Then it wouldn't matter how hateful another race is of us, from that point forward they will no longer possess the wherewithal to carry out racist actions against us. They'll just be people smouldering in race hate without the means to affect us anymore. That's liberation.
"we fought in every one of your damn lousy wars baby and you gave us nothing"
Problem was.....they weren’t our wars neither. 😔
I see Lindbergh is still an influential figure.
And they were forced into fighting such wars with threats of jail time.
Buster Heini Europe my friend, Swizterland, Sweden, finland, netherland are the safest and most open minded countries in the world. I live in france but at the border of swizterland, and i never experienced racism here, and i dont know 1 friend of mine who have exoerienced racism here.
And even in France, UK and Germany its cool, there are racist but its not that bad. But Eastern europe, spain and especialy italia are very racist like America.
Melanin Magdalene Only if you were a draft dodger. That goes for white or black.
You were where you needed to be my friend! This is the best documentary channel on CZcams. You are a true journalist.
Such eloquent, inspirational people. Thank you for sharing this footage.
You can’t beg a devil for sympathy he has no heart
Keep those positive thoughts
And devil have no colour. Music: Pablo Gad = Satan Form.
True they wont ever change still the same shit today..
@ who is they? If you talk about my Coment then find my full one on main comment section then, through on me what ever you want, i don't mind, get it from your heart, chest or what ever... And cause cause disagree with few thinks is not mean is agenst you... I Purple and tired of stiupid never-ending conflict..
I gotta give you a like fam’...wish I was the first
man i don’t know who that young guy is the 3 rd one!!but that was a powerful speech!!!!
Fo real huh!!! He made you feel what he was feeling...whew!!!....I’m a have to go check it out again...
Hypnotizing. I was carried away for a minute
BRUH...
AGREED.
Why our leader never talked about him but we was always feed I have a dream but listen to what these brothers are saying WOW
This is so very raw and real live events that took place 60 plus years ago. So touching that I've got to share this video with my grandchildren for educational purposes. So they can see and hear the effects and experiences from past. Thank u for showing us this informational video and I certainly will be looking forward to viewing more of the same. Awesome job Thank U 👏🏽❤️
Enjoyed this important social commentary. Thank you very much.
If you are currently watching this in history class, you have a very good teacher. Please thank them. Half the country wants to pretend this isn't American History. This is part of the central story of American History, and we're still living it. You can't change what you don't know.
Stop being gay
@@alexperez6919 ur definitely 10
@Reinhard Rockwell if you're really sad that the Confederates lost the war why don't you just move to oh wait, no one wants you.
@Reinhard Rockwell can you smell burnt toast? Call 911 if you smell burnt toast.
@Reinhard Rockwell Get help. Also get your weird domination fetishes out of here, freak.
This not RAGE it's simply the TRUTH.....
Please sign:
www.change.org/STAND-UP-Reject-Trump-Coup
If it was rage , it's perfectly LOGICAL response to over a century worth of oppression.
@@nicholassaint5149 Why are you trying to impeach a president even though your beloved Joe Biden is official president now? Oh yeah that’s right, it’s because you Democrats cheated the election so you want to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t fight back.
Deuteronomy 28
delavalled come again? lol
I've been watching your videos for about a month now and find them very educational and enjoyable. You just upped the ante with this one. I'm now officially subscribed. Thank you so much for this gift.
i stand with my black brothers and sisters. allll the things that happened must not go down in vain. we the Latino community will be there for you to make sure of that.
Love brother. I really do appreciate the support, you have ours as well
Oh please you so called Latinos never stood for us and hate us just like everybody else kick rocks wit your fake sympathy bs
Much love brother we all we got gotta stick together
“We don’t want tokenism!” Something we’re still fighting for today.
The brothers name was Akmed Lorence
Which is what the white social justice warriors seem to disagree with. They want to replace certain people with POC simply because they are not white
bruh for real
"arabs are all terrorists and muslims"
"oh you dont like being treated bad, well here's 50 video games about things that didnt happen and while we're at it get every arabic actor this side of egypt to play every role in every movie"
its not like that for my people yet but i imagine its just as bad for other BIPoC people, i wouldnt be mad if every commercial had arabic people but i also would still think its weird and forced, and honestly it really isnt that much better than overt or covert racism, its just moving the frown to a smile and not changing any of the meaning behind it, its still racism but just in the opposite direction when all BIPoCs want is to be treated the same as everyone else in every context
@@DQBlizzard_ that's not tokenism. Maybe accept that people other than white men exist and we would like to see ourself in media
@@gusgrizzel8397 8:39 is addressed to you, you basically saying "get back to Africa" but less aggressively. Tell that to those who are born in Africa, not those born in America
That 3rd guy, man he gives me chills. He speaks in a way that hints to some horrors that he's seen, and somehow he still manages to speak so intelligently and I daresay kindly in his rage.
That fellow's dissertation was the
Absolute best part of this video...
He explains things perfectly... Wow
Absolutely 💯
There's a 2Pac interview that echoes one portion of it very closely, about the tiredness of "asking" for generations
I want know his name !!!!the third guy and I definitely need the script of his speech …We don’t want tokenism.He is Dope
@@emiltoutou1 i think it's william haden?
So powerful!! I appreciate all these videos sir!! Thank you!!
I wish we had more articulate individuals like these strong, wise men.
“You are making a Samson out of us and we’re gonna pull down the pillars” literal chills
they did too
@@cattycorner8 They're definitely still trying. They were successful in getting the Government to stop openly establishing white supremcy, but every step towards dismantling it has been so incredibly small.
@@RedRabbitEntertainment YOu think Affirmative Action is an incredibly small step forward?
@@cattycorner8 Considering it's barely enforced, yeah.
@@RedRabbitEntertainment affirmative action has helped more white women than anyone else
“Most people say, if you don’t like it here... get out.” 8:39
The fact that we still hear this today in 2021 is just depressing...
@@donaldrex0495 yeah we should invite them into our country, fuck you and your xenophobia.
@@donaldrex0495 And this is about American-African people who are not foreigners.
@@donaldrex0495 A country is not your house. A country is a collection of different houses all with different ideals.
So your analogy is just simply dishonest.
"Would you let a stranger move in NEXT door to you and live the way they want to live?"
Is the correct way to say it.. And the answer is, yes, yes you would let them.
@@donaldrex0495 Yes, I understand you entirely. It is an extension of your original thought process and still, in my opinion, entirely wrong and illogical.
Plenty of "pure americans" have entirely different world views to you... But you wouldn't get out just because somebody like them gets elected, you'd say, if you don't like it here - let's improve it.
But no, when race is involved, there is no extension or olive branch or hope, there is only your miserable view of "do what I say, be like me, or gtfo"
which you don't apply to yourself, or anybody else who doesn't fit your profiling.
Furthermore, when did anybody express that they were ungrateful for being in america? All I saw was people wanted to be treated equally, as they were brought here and used as slaves and were still feeling that effect?
Additionally. It's a public forum, if you don't want others to respond, don't post your views in a public place.
Plus, it's 2021, it's not hard to get an 'opportunity' to live anywhere in the world. It isn't a thing you can say that has value lol.
For somebody so "American" You seem to have a massive problem with freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and an absolute problem with people wanting to live differently than you? Are you sure you're American? You sound like a fascist =)
Also to further your analogy;
"Somebody moved in next door to me and said the house was full of damp"
- LOVE IT OR GET OUT!
"meanwhile, you and your 5 other friends live in lovely houses and get to complain/improve it as much as you want"
If you're allowed to complain, so is everybody else, we don't live in a world where people give up their rights as human beings just to be part of your 'club'.
Cuz We got lost in the sauce
Thank you Mr. Hoffman, this is so important. The change still needs to come.
Absolutely amazing footage. The second speaker sent chills down my spine
"A time period when every American seemed angry and the nation seemed fractured". Oh soo it's like today?
Facts yet some are STILL blind to it
We are all just fucking connected man
Today is nothing like back then, stop war mongering
Except they had a actual reason back then
@@taigaseji truth, now it's worse in south africa and Zimbabwe for whites than it is in america for blacks, blacks can do anything in america that a white person can
2:30 - "What the hell do you think we care about dying if you're gonna deny us the right to live" - William Haden
A very deep truth 👏👏👏✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Facts
Ok go ahead no one's stopping you
This is a really amazing video. I hope future generations continue to watch it.
This is a very powerful and perceptive video. I had a black friend who died in Vietnam. I didn’t have to go because I was able to go to college and got a 2S deferment. He had to go to work to help put food on his family's table.
I think about him and that injustice to this day…
Speakers in order:
1. Russel Meek 1968 social activist and teacher
2.William bouie Haden, a civil rights leader in Pittsburgh.
3. Akmed Lorence. The young black man that remarkably sounds a bit like Mike Tyson is Akmed Lorence, 1968 Vietnam war veteran activist. Of the "no Vietnamese ever called me "The N-word" fame
4. Man not yet identified
5. Angela Yvonne Davis? (identified by @Vernon Andrews, God bless you***but I'll place this as a tentative identification let's confirm. The lady in the clip has a distinctive American drawl, whereas the clips I can see of Angela Davis she has a British Accent and slower clearer distinct enunciation of words. Angela Davis also has a distinct gap in her upper front teeth - very prized in my African culture btw a mark of beauty - whereas this speaker doesn't but will leave this here as we confirm). Amazing amazing woman. Started out in the Student non violent coordinating committee, then Black panthers, then Che-Lumumba club, In 1970 she was the third woman in history to be placed on the F.B.I’s “10 most-wanted fugitives” list. Was acquitted of all charges. Ran twice for vice president of the United States in 1980 and 1984,
still active in the movement to improve prison conditions and dismantle the prisons-industrial complex. Davis continues to be an activist and lecturer as Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
She's among several prominent black women activists that initially were members of the black panther party: Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver, Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, Charlotte Hill O’Neal, Chaka Khan, Tarika Matilaba, Judy Hart, and Barbara Easley. There was something on the air in the late 60's and early 70's.
6. Preston Lay Junior
7. Flyod McKissik - CORE national director
Congress of racial equality (CORE)
Floyd Bixler McKissick was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. The first African-American student at the University of North Carolina School of Law
8). Unidentified man
9). Unidentified eloquent young man
10) Fannie Lou Hamer, amazing lady - thanks @Rashida Saafir for this one - She led civil rights in the South, co-founded a polity party and in the end opted for economic empowerment forming a large cooperative company the freedom farm Cooperative. Entire volumes can be written on any portion of her life, pick any few years.
11) Last two singers duet
“Everybody’s Got a Right to Live,” originated during the original 1968 Campaign:
Jimmy Collier and Rev. Frederick Douglass “Kirk” Kirkpatrick (1933‒1987)
The woman is Fannie Lou Hamer civil rights activist
YES! Thank you! These people were so amazing! So beautifully courageous and righteous. I've just been tearing up,. In awe. In sadness. In anger at today. It's heavy on the soul. Thanks they deserve to be known.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this!!!!!! That second speaker really really reached out to me, and I NEEDED to know his name so I can look him up.
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"what the hell do you think we care about dying if you're gone deny us the right to live" that's powerful
As a Hispanic and black I have as a light skin….I’m proud I’m a part of all my brothers and sisters to all my ancestors who fought to get to where we are now..sometimes I wish we all had that bravery to stand up again so all I’m saying is thank you…thank you for the days you had to keep fighting and see a brother or sister fall for there rights and voices to be heard..thank you
The young man with the speech impediment was powerful, and touched my soul.
Deuteronomy 28
Compared to the way our youth speak today... he spoke eloquently.
Names of the speakers are very important for research , dates also , still great content .
Which one??? Are you talking about the one @2:40? He sounded just fine to me. Spoke very clearly only with the accent of that time.
@@RoseTorn411 they meant the dude with glasses
“What the hell do you think we care about dying if you gonna deny us the right to live” That was powerful.
Sir, Thanks for producing this powerful video.
I wanna give the man with a stammer a big hug, I can’t believe we are still having this conversation, actually everyone on here is so brave and compelling. You can see the honesty without hyperbole, it’s not hitting everything but wow something is really wrong…..still
I'm genuinely upset I can only give this video one thumb up
Exactly what i was thinking...thats interestimg
Seems like not much has changed
I give this video 2 thumbs up because what these people are saying should resonate all over the diaspora. It's still happening today.
An Islamic name? After 13 centuries of slavery and in the majority of males full castration in Muslim countries? Islam? Really?
@Abraham isaac Jacob Yisrael Even during the last ten or fifteen years in Algeria and Libya, numerous times hundreds of black migrants were rounded up, executed, thrown in pits and buried. This may have occurred during wars, but the specific motivation of those acts was entirely racial. 3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Vhk5IoYP6o/T012F3eelYI/AAAAAAAAGAI/dLkv2OTP96s/s1600/Re%CC%81mi+Ochlik+-+Libia,+ago+25-2011.jpeg
There is no way for a black person to express themselves without being classified as "angry" or "Black rage"
Dam sure agree baby girl
We are not black we're indigenous
Nonsense
I think these wonderful people expressed themselves eloquently, no "black rage," just human rage. Expressing yourself can still include being coherent. Anyone who screams without trying to coherently express themselves, regardless of race, is going to be disregarded. If that is unfortunate then it's unfortunate but i think it's the truth.
@Peggy Wislon Well said! I agree that trying to reason with the unreasonable is a fruitless endeavor, and that after that noble effort feels, or is, wasted then there is no other choice but to speak in a way that they, the unreasonable, would understand, through screaming and/or impassioned pleas like some of the fine folks in this clip. I don't know if the majority of US citizens are unreasonable though, just too comfortable with the way things are or they have a differing view on how things should be improved. I don't know and hope that we all, as neighbors and as fellow Americans, can figure out a way to respect each other without a need to resort to shouting or screaming. Maybe an impossibility but I still hope it can happen and will do what i must to make that a reality.
The man shouting about human dignity.... So powerful so moving. I felt that this was really deep.
Very insightful video. Thank you! 👍
"What the hell do you think we care about dying, if you gonna deny us the right to live" holy shit that mans way with words is powerful
I woke up depressed about my life. Watching these people speak up and pave the way for a generation gave me an inspiration
We all have a purpose I pray is all well with you
Never be depressed, just keep pressing. That is what our ancestors did. There is strength within that melanin, utilize it. Stay strong.
@@pierbowen3001 🙏🏾
Don't be weak, thats not us.
Depressed about what??? You aren't and never have experienced what these black man have endured in your life. We have too many opportunities today to be depressed. Chin up!
thank you for this wonderful content. "Every body had a right to live"
David Hoffman
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But I just want you to know how grateful I am. To witness the work you've created for people is fascinating. It seems as though you've recorded these pieces, not only because it was your job to do in life, but because of the love you had inside from your heart. Thank you.
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Learn your history or it will repeat ...that’s why they don’t touch on black history in school
@Dave Allen if that's the case, how come history about black people is not taught in school? You're trying to take attention away from the fact that black people have contributed to every single part of American history.
Dave Allen but American history is black history
Dave Allen Your just looking to be offended stop it. In fact it’s black history because whites tell white history in schools now, it’s just not called that. Which whites discredit every race on earth.
I cant writing comments here as i read the comment :)
Dave Allen lmfaooo you’re a joke. You have to be trolling. This is the dumbest sh!t I’ve read today.
Imagine having to ask for HUMAN DIGNITY 🤦🏾♀️
I've had to do it recently.
see how you used the word imagine, your generation has to imagine coz you got it good you have no idea how good you have it compared to these guys so stop acting like its the 50's and 60's
@@jemimahkendall6579 your ancestors are showing. Stop telling us what to do and how to think y’all don’t own us anymore✌🏼
@@jemimahkendall6579 yk that we’re still fighting the same thing we did in the 1950s and 1960s right?
I don't have to imagine it. I've lived it my entire life.
Raw and real conversation! Black people during the 1960s and beyond understood racism and reality!
Thank you for this, amazing, powerful watch
I'm African American and I still want what "they" want.
And, I love America too... is that too much to ask? Hell no it's not.
Stop asking they don't want you
@@elizabeththomas6288 that's because as a hole "we" can't pull ourselves together and trust one another. And on top of that "we" have NO identifiable leader among the black community. So basically politicians on both sides enjoy watching "us" destroy ourselves and one another... especially killing black on black. Let's stop the madness.
Kan ahch
@Archos Copelin okay true, I am American... and, I know I'm "copper color". So tell me what do "we" call ourselves if we are not African Americans so when I describe myself in writing how should I say I'm; Black, negro or colored or what???
@Archos Copelin okay cool.
"Ya found a path to the goddamn moon, but ya couldnt find a path 1 mile down the street!" Roasted XD
My favorite part
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They never step foot on the moon. Stanley Kubrick movie....
@@bazooie Banger, mandem dropped bars. lol jokes aside aint that something that the comments are turned off... No discussion here folks, move on!
Thank you for showing this
This truly is remarkable. My soul is with those speaking in this video.
This is powerful and resonates today. I do not like that the title of this being "...black rage..." More like black frustration.
rage can be interpreted in many different ways. you could have rage and still be rational
@@musicismypassion7686 tbf the definition is "uncontrolled anger"
black truths
This does not resonate today. Get up for your lazy as
@@lalotz just a curious question. if your neighbour was being mobbed by the local community and you took part of it and in the end he decided that he had enough and murdered your family, Who would you blame, him, yourselves or the police?
"We're asking to be allowed to live like human beings. And, God, you tell us that this is too much to ask. You're sick, you're definitely sick! How can you tell me that it's too much to be a human being?!?!"
God has not told you that lie. You believe in and worship the white jesus our ancestors were programed to and obviously you too.
@@bridgettjohnson7437 Lol why would Jesus be white if he was from Nazareth? Like even the greeks to the north were still brown. Plus he was not talking about God, there was a comma before and after it meaning he said "God" as an exclaimation. Like someone saying "Oh God, that's gross"
@Carpe Diem Blasphemer
@@thisisanexample3947no, he was a regular mine just like everyone else.
@@jagmannenarbrand8373 I agree, but Greeks are definitely white.
This is beautiful, will be sharing this on this 4th of YouLie America.
I'm so glad these people came before us and fought these battles for us.
"SOMETIMES THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR FREEDOM MAKES YOU A SLAVE AGAIN "
A.k.a selling your soul👍✊
They were never fighting for freedom. They were tricked into fighting for totalitarianism just like most germans in the 30s and 40s. Nazism and marxxism are two sides of the same totalitarian coin. The only thing that differs between them is who is named oppressor and oppressed. Hitler even got the ideas for camps and secret police from marx. If you're curious about how people are tricked, read influence by cialdini. He's written many books, but I wish he would do one about the mechanics involved in ideologies that result in genocide like these two have. If youre interested in how nazism and marxjsm are similar, there's a great article by the New York times which you can find by searching "marx was racist and genocidal "
The true price of freedom is death
*gahdamn*
@@pinewolfpresentsi know right
You can’t blame black people for being upset in the 60s!
We're still upset now
Or now.
I’ll take the bait. Knock knock.
These Civil rights leaders were the biggest race traitors to black folks..
@michael cooper boo bye
Very POWERFUL I LOVE THESE BROTHA S and SISTAS NOTHING HAS CHANGED BUT THE METHOD OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS , IT'S MORE UNDER COVER !!
Wow, if I was a U.S. History teacher, this would be a mandatory viewing. I would probably play it and discuss it with juniors or seniors. They are at an age when they are having to think about work, college, life outside of the nest. Half of America's history ISN'T DISCUSSED! It is mind blowing.
Sadly now, if you even attempted to teach this, you may be accused of teaching "critical race theory" smh and be sued and fired for telling a history lesson that is the truth. Smh, we have fallen so far
@@LurkerBae You dumbasses are still clinging to the idea that past racism wasn't taught. Stop the reaching. CRT is garbage because it brainwashes black folks that they are forever victims due to a mythical boogeyman. MANY black families still did well during segregation you know. Thats REAL history.
Schools were created by freemasons
@@LurkerBae, this IS critical race theory. @Jenniferevans904 is "woke", and that's exactly what they're afraid of and are trying to avoid at all cost. They don't want to teach the youth that the sins of the past are a huge part of the state of America (and the whole world) today.
It's more than 1/2 of history that isn't taught. 😢
“All we want is what’s ours”. “Nuthin from nuthin leaves nuthin”.
Thank you for making this compilation.
"It is all right to tell a man to lift himself up by his own bootstraps, it is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself up by his own bootstraps..." Martin Luther King
Thank you! Somebody finally said it
So so powerful and hard to listen to at the same time. It hurts knowing what my people went through and still go through today. It’s a powerful feeling to see and hear my elders fight for our freedom.💪🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾
this is just 62 years ago and still applies to today
"I don't have my lifetime to waste on this."
Do you know who that is speaking?
@@3AMWalksClearMyMind I think they do which illustrates the Irony. Mrs Giovanni as that young woman there had no Idea of the resistance and persistence against her plight
That was my favorite part. I've said that many times.
She was amazing.
I was so impressed by how well the man at 10:00 was in control of his speech impedement. That took work
I don't get why you would think this is a joke. I just wanted to highlight something that i found impressive. I watched this video to become more enlightened about this important issue. What you are doing is encouraging ignorance, which would not solve anything
Also, who do you think these people are talking to?
@D Gotti i am. Trust me
@@hydraelectricblue that makes sense.
@D Gotti I don't see anyone laughing. So why would you automatically assume anyone is? Seems like quite a stretch TBH. I believe OP was simply noting how the man had a speech impediment, but was clearly putting a great deal of effort into trying to clearly articulate his words without pause. And fair enough, it worked.
Thank you for sharing these gems. I swear I have heard echoes of these very same frustrations today from the youths though not as eloquent.
This is POWERFUL❤️❤️😫
TY, OUT-F***ING STANDING! These are the men and women I took my examples from while I was coming up in Galveston, Home of the THEE Juneteenth. These days, I don't get to hear enough real talk. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You,.
Chucky Lane...I was born and raised in Galveston...1955.
Stuff like this should be required to watch in school or even just by parents.
As a black women that had to sit through roots smh in class; full of white kids.. I agree
My dad had me watch things like this as he raised me. As a biracial person, I feel so blessed that he did.
I agree.
@Amelia Jones the UK were one of the biggest culprits of the slave trade...the accolades are ta needed. One thing the UK should for sure be doing is giving back historical items from African countries.
Blacks should have to watch this
Some amazing speeches here. Even more amazing that they had become so necessary.
I love this! The eloquence, the patriotism, the humanity, the regalness if this is what you call rage you're extremely ignorant!
Frustration from a people that simply wanted to be treated fairly. The sad thing is some of our youth today don’t respect the historical trauma of our elders. Notice how well spoken these young men are, yet still America saw them as less than. Imagine our country today, if the playing field were equal from the start. BM and BW have always wanted to live that American Dream, white picket fences, and apple pie..well maybe peach cobbler. Our ancestors were decent people, but hate and planned destruction of our communities lead to the dysfunction we see today.
Mr, Hoffman, thank you sir, for sharing another important video essay.
"Equal from the start?" LOL Yeah, it would be nice to live a fairy tale instead of living the ugly reality of this world. It sure would. I'm not black, but I sure the f&*k didn't grow up with the same kind of money and opportunity lots of other people have, including large numbers of wealthy black families and their children. What benefit will I get from sitting around whining, complaining and blaming the situation? Zero. I do benefit from recognizing the situation and accepting it for what it is. From there, just being willing to work my ass off is the key. Try to learn every day, and work your ass off. You'll climb, and your children will benefit from it. It's that simple.
@@tomjohnson3141 Who tf are you to say you are in a position comparable to black peopled? You were poor but did you have do deal with generations of trama along with sitemic racism and other forms of oppression. Do you ever wonder if you would live to be 18 or live in a community where that was a huge achievement? Did you work like hell only to get your money stolen or get caught up in a legal issue because you looked “suspicious”? You have not and will never experience what growing up the way some black people do and that would be fine if you didn’t take your provaleged mindset and throw it on to a group of people still healing from decades of centuries of trama. Telling people to get over it and work harder I sent going to fix their minds but therapy, time, and good influences will.
@@LK-em2ly LOL.... and who the f&*k are you to try and spin my comment and put words in my mouth? As far as I'm concerned, you can post up under an old Oak tree humming slave spirituals for the next 50 years. Nobody (including other black people) really give a s*+t about what you do with your life. That includes all the black lawyers, realtors, school teachers, coaches, cops, business owners, sales reps, judges, politicians, etc. i.e. the people that have CHOSEN to make something of themselves. You sit back and cry all you want, but spare others your buills&*t excuses. People need, and deserve, encouragement, support, and truth. Not some underachieving prick telling them the deck is stacked against them and and they can't make something of themselves.
@@LK-em2ly LOL.... I don't think you calling me a cracker and saying white people smell like dogs is appropriate. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Doesn't take long for a troll to derail a thread does it? I wonder why they go out of their way to show they aren't willing to sympathize or empathize with the other. Offering suggestions on how to make it as if this hasn't been debated in the community by minds far sharper and for a time far longer than they have been on this planet?