Carol so as you know, on monday we ended with the freedom rides. Those freedom riders were being funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. To hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. The visual image was essential for movement, to be able to see the violence of jim crow. But it wasnt over. Bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. So check kennedy is giving his state of the union jack kennedy is giving his state of the Union Address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. It was the middle of decolonization. Africans, asians arabs, latinos, those nations are getting free. Imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. But he didnt mention the american south. In this freedom struggle. A kind of silence there. But he needed that silence, because what he was dealing with, he h
funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. to hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. the visual image was essential for movement area to be able to see the violence of jim crow. but it wasn t over. bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. jack kennedy is giving his state of the union address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. it was the middle of decolonization. africans, asians arabs, latinos, , those nations are getting free. imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. but he didn t mention the american south. in this freedom struggle. a kind of silence there. but he needed that silence, because what he was dealing with, he had just come back from the vienna summit. remember the one, his brother was trying to get the freedom riders to be quiet on? that