The following book excerpt outlines tactics that were used to destroy the unity between Black activist groups in the 1960s and 1970s. These divide and conquer tactics seem very similar to tactics that were likely implemented in the 1990s among hip hop artists. “SNCC IN DECLINE AFTER 8 YEARS IN LEAD PACE-SETTER IN CIVIL RIGHTS […]
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“Colonized people must be controlled. Poor people must be controlled. We must never think of revolution. The ‘Christian’ church and the Jewish synagogue must teach s that love and patience are good. But if this doesn’t work- then assassination, the ultimate control.” -James Forman Tweet
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James Forman and Lorraine Hansberry attended the same high school, Englewood High School in Chicago. In his autobiography, James Forman discusses how he would often engage in school debates that Lorraine Hansberry also participated in. He recounts: “Every Friday in division [a class where the sophomores and juniors were combined for twenty minutes a day], […]
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“Like all schools for ghetto children, [it] did not have a curriculum suited to the needs of its students. It offered no courses to give students an awareness of their black experience and culture, to hold their interest.” -James Forman Tweet
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