Who are the current leaders of Civil Rights movement in US?
A [Michael Jay Friedman]: I believe the movement is much more diffuse than in Dr. King’s day, or Thurgood Marshall’s. This is a necessary consequence of African Americans being part of the political mainstream. It was necessary to have special organizations, movements, and the like when blacks couldn’t vote. Today there are still groups like the NAACP, and regional leaders. But today also the elected and appointed government officials — African Americans, and others who depend on African American votes — carry out Dr. King’s work every day. This ”normalcy” is a true yardstick of the movement’s success. Q [Demetri]: How many people died trying to promote Civil Rights? A [Michael Jay Friedman]: Another hard question. I can’t give a specific figure, but the real answer depends on how one interprets the question. I choose to believe that we should count those who died in failed slave rebellions, on the battlefields of the Civil War, etc. But if you are referring to the King-led Civil R
