https://znetwork.org/author/matthew-f-nichter/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:46:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/matthew-f-nichter/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-civil-rights-movement-was-filled-to-the-brim-with-leftists/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-civil-rights-movement-was-filled-to-the-brim-with-leftists/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:46:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252709 “The [thing] nobody wants to say . . . or doesn’t know to say,” said Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, an executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the mid-1960s, “is that the people around [Martin Luther King Jr], and Dr. King himself — we were all left-wingers.” Walker knew of what he [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-civil-rights-movement-was-filled-to-the-brim-with-leftists/feed/ 0