As I watch "Thurgood" on HBO, as performed by Laurence Fishburn several ironies are showing through. While Thurgood Marshall was a man of his time - those who try and make today's world like the world of 1949 are no different than the White conservative who seeks to clean up the past so that their ancestors don't suffer from indictment. The only difference is that they seek to avoid INDICTMENT per their Establishment Power - TODAY - by misappropriating the threats that our community faces today.
| Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice Clarence Thomas | |
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| The Forces That Tried To Derail The Black Man's Judicial Career By Promoting Evidence Of Womanizing | Racist White Southern Senators Who Could Not Accept The Sight Of A Black Man With Power | Racist White Snarling Fox Liberals And Their Black Progressive-Fundamentalist Joint-Venture Partners Who Could Not Accept The Thought Of A Black Man Who Has An Ideology Other Than That Of A Leftist |
| Evidence | Book Excerpt: Marshall is portrayed as an outspoken critic of black militancy and nonviolent demonstrations. Williams mentions, but does not dwell on, Marshall's history of heavy drinking, womanizing and sexual harassment. But his private contacts with J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, even while that organization was working to discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, receives critical attention. This relationship "could have cost him his credibility among civil rights activists had it become known," writes Williams. Likewise, it would appear that his extra-legal activities and charges of incompetence and Communist connections would, if publicized, have kept him from the Supreme Court, as he himself admitted. Nevertheless, this work will stand as an accessible and fitting tribute to a champion of individual rights and "the architect of American race relations." | See Various Articles From:
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Justice Thurgood Marshall says in the play "I don't see why anyone needs a firearm in a civilized society". Had I been of age during his time I would have pointed Justice Marshall to Bishop Henry McNeal Turner who's life experience during his day proved to the contrary.
"Negroes Get Your Guns" said Bishop Henry McNeal Turner



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