The silent protest
Jul. 28th, 2017 07:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
If it wasn't for today's Google doodle, I wouldn't have learned about the Silent Protest of 1917 or the massacre of East St. Louis. It's a deeply evil streak in humanity that gets people to delight in the slaughter of the defenseless. I'm full of deep gratitude and admiration for the people, like Ida B. Wells and James Weldon Johnson, who have the courage to fight against that evil. (After seeing the Google doodle, I read this article on the Silent Protest.)
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Date: 2017-07-28 05:50 pm (UTC)I think I knew about the East St. Louis massacres, but I'm not sure I'd heard of the Silent Protest Parade. (Of course: which of these stories has more agency.) I really like when the Google doodles are both beautiful and valuable. This is a good thing to know about right now.
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Date: 2017-07-29 11:51 pm (UTC)I like the idea of listening for brightness.
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