Black Americans Express Their 1960s Rage. Have Things Changed? How Do You See It?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2020
  • As my subscribers know, I have been collecting meaningful documentary material for most of my career. In the late 1980s, I produced a television series on the 1960s back then I was an independent documentary filmmaker working for the networks etc. This compilation was put together by me from footage that I collected back then and although I did not shoot these scenes, I worked for the producers that did. These black Americans are angry. And expressing it articulately. Does it sound like today? In some ways yes. With the murder of George Floyd, people have gone into the streets again and some of what I present here could sound like it was recorded in the present.
    Some subscribers asked why I use the word rage in my title. Yes they are angry. Yes they are seething. Yes they are disgusted and frustrated, the speakers. Looking up the definition of the word rage, I feel that some of these expressions speak to that emotion. I have interviewed so many people of all stripes on this issue and the stories that I have heard from black Americans who have suffered indignities that seem hard to believe. Somewhat disgusting. Some people have treated them as subhuman.
    There is not much one can say who has not experienced what they have but I feel that by presenting this history, certainly not all that occurred back then, but a part of it, that I am helping to create a historical record which is three-dimensional if you look at the dozens of commentaries I have posted on my TH-cam channel regarding civil rights, human rights, American history, family life, etc. during the 1950s, the 1960s, up into the present. I am over 80 years old and I'm still recording stories and commentaries like these.
    If you found this video of interest, please consider supporting my efforts by clicking the Super Thanks below the video screen. Your support will allow me to continue to present videos like this from my archive.
    Thank you
    David Hoffman filmmaker
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  • @euanmactaggart9336
    @euanmactaggart9336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14473

    “What the Hell do you think we care about dying when you’re gonna deny us the right to live!?”. Powerful!!!

    • @monicablair5828
      @monicablair5828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Wish this had more thumbs up

    • @yoitstonytone7790
      @yoitstonytone7790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      That line was everything

    • @kingsolomon2571
      @kingsolomon2571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Wooooooooooooow CUT THE DAMN CHECK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @soadgrl88
      @soadgrl88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Applies to these govt lockdowns too lol

    • @dr.100purrscent5
      @dr.100purrscent5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      That statement! My God! 💔💗

  • @boblarry649
    @boblarry649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5030

    "We fought every one of your lousy wars and you give us nothing" great point

    • @Cheder1836
      @Cheder1836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +284

      Never sacrifice yourourself for anyone or anything that doesn't give a damn about you.

    • @annechief4165
      @annechief4165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      This is literally what is happening to veterans today.

    • @sensimania
      @sensimania 2 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@Cheder1836 I don't really think they had a choice back then. If the men were healthy and met the criteria, they had to participate in the war or face prison. And the women had to be war nurses. That's how it was in the UK anyway

    • @christaljonan8701
      @christaljonan8701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@Cheder1836 There was barely a choice back then, and for some there's not much choice now. Alot of people nowadays especially go into the military to make it out of poverty and hardship. Not because it is their dream to do so.

    • @nathanjohn7138
      @nathanjohn7138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Black people were never on the front lines.

  • @evanarroyo1384
    @evanarroyo1384 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    These words ring in my head everyday. “People who say “why Don’t you move somewhere else” are spineless. Those are words for cowards who don’t fight for what they believe in.”

    • @slimpickens01
      @slimpickens01 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Depends on whose saying it. There was a samll group of AA who left America in the 60s and moved to a small town in Israel and today they have grown to where they are the majority in that town doing just fine outside of America's system of racism and ws. Some of us vacation outside of the US to allow the body and mind to heal while others see things that inspire them to move there part time or permanently.

    • @CamoKKing
      @CamoKKing ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@slimpickens01 that sounds good for the minority of black people who were properly educated but for the most part a lot black people we’re denied proper education and probably didn’t know better. The 3rd speaker sums it up perfectly, the reason why segregation was a thing was because of the fear that black people would be equal or better than the white man and rise up. Clear and simple they just didn’t see black people as equal to them and did everything in their power to keep them below. Even after slavery “ended” they were promised equality but only got a crumb of it

    • @stk57thst
      @stk57thst ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You don’t build a mansion (USA)without pay, throw your hands in the air in defeat, leave to run and try to build a townhome (“Judea”).

    • @princewilliam3316
      @princewilliam3316 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know, I used to say the same thing. I want revenge, I want to fight for what’s mine etc etc. FOOLISH. Guys were 13% of the population here and somehow we expect to be treated as equal. Do I really need to say anymore. There’s a whole continent out there for us and we rather literally kill ourselves and beg for the mercy of others than go home smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @slimpickens01
      @slimpickens01 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@princewilliam3316 13% is inaccurate. How the hell AA been 13% since the 60s? Most don't even participate in the census.

  • @jude3180
    @jude3180 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    This really made me realize I need to take my life more seriously. The amount of people that bleed, cried, and fought for the life I have now, it would be a disgrace, for me to keep living the way I've been living.

    • @user-fo9hs9ep8g
      @user-fo9hs9ep8g ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is so true.

    • @deirdremorris9234
      @deirdremorris9234 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are wise!! And if you dont have children now, be very serious about Not bringing children into this hell of a world.

    • @LurkerBae
      @LurkerBae ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAME

    • @mockingbxrd
      @mockingbxrd ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Life is getting harder can't even think about brining a child I'm this world

    • @Hecameup
      @Hecameup ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Live well and honor those who came before you

  • @raybrown8412
    @raybrown8412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7443

    Where is this so called "rage?" All I hear is eloquence and brutal honesty.

    • @nordlandskaka
      @nordlandskaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +635

      Rage can be eloquent, and it can be righteous. This here is both.

    • @benjackson7872
      @benjackson7872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      And sheer determination

    • @jodawgsup
      @jodawgsup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @@nordlandskaka What is wrong with these people pretending it isn't rage? There must be an element of wanting to be some kind of white saviour. You said it perfectly.

    • @MrJulianatl1
      @MrJulianatl1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @2013name today there is bkth systemic and indstitutionalized racism.

    • @gusg6197
      @gusg6197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@Americansikkunt They’re just average people speaking their mind. If you want revolutionary thinkers, looks to the revolutionary thinkers of the movement like Malcolm X and MLK.

  • @jayhill1242
    @jayhill1242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1633

    Best quote. "What the hell do we care about dying if you're going to deny us the right to live." That's raw rational emotion.

    • @thebadguychinli4011
      @thebadguychinli4011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yet most would never lay our lives on the line for any cause

    • @brandonpreatto6893
      @brandonpreatto6893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@thebadguychinli4011 thousands have already done that and we're still looked upon as animals so where do we go from here?

    • @queengoddess8552
      @queengoddess8552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rock on 😎😎😎

    • @Snuggy47
      @Snuggy47 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      interesting combination of words... rational emotion. How paradoxal that may be, I do agree with you, it actually made me weak for a moment.

    • @Kolistwaky9161
      @Kolistwaky9161 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brandonpreatto6893 economics boycott. That is one answer

  • @tWoFrEsHmClOvIn
    @tWoFrEsHmClOvIn ปีที่แล้ว +117

    "What do we care about dying if you're denying our right to live" felt that in my soul

  • @KingGhidorah5464
    @KingGhidorah5464 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I got such respect for the man with the speech impediment, speaking publicly for his right to live despite his disability. That’s real courage.

  • @Keplerb-od1lr
    @Keplerb-od1lr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7334

    This is real history. Voices from the past direct to the camera. No CNN, no Fox. Just people telling you their lived experience.

    • @adrianboight4222
      @adrianboight4222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      "Just people telling you their experience." But when they tell you their experiences today, you call it whining.

    • @dereckside8724
      @dereckside8724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Fire X you know why that is, white republicans want the oppressed to be quiet
      They don’t want them to speak
      That’s why they used manipulation to make you feel wrong if you speak against injustices

    • @T-Rizzle808
      @T-Rizzle808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Gordon Payne boi if you don't get, stop acting like black Americans weren't selling dope

    • @Yung_Mugen
      @Yung_Mugen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Gordon Payne 🔥🔥💯

    • @spb7883
      @spb7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fire X “you call it whining.” Certainly it’s not whining, but consider that the contrast Kepler 22 is elucidating is between verite documentary in these clips and contemporary television news. You can take the most compelling footage or speech imaginable and the minute you put a NASDAQ ticker beneath it, it loses its power,

  • @jasonmclaughlin2510
    @jasonmclaughlin2510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3388

    Not gonna lie, "Is it too much to ask you to grant us human dignity?", made me tear up. That's decades of hurt in that man's voice and I cant imagine his struggle.

    • @jasonmclaughlin2510
      @jasonmclaughlin2510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Jesus, that line right after it. "What the hell do you think we care about dying if you are going to deny us the right to live?"

    • @KON853
      @KON853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      that's facts man 60s wasnt even all that long ago makes you wonder what your grandparents and great-grandparents went through growing up man

    • @AK-nc4ul
      @AK-nc4ul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      decades? try centuries.

    • @please.665
      @please.665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Peter Piper Pain and disappoinment.
      Yessim it is!

    • @vipr1142
      @vipr1142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@please.665 Black people didn't suffer even close to what Indians did

  • @pamelabeckton882
    @pamelabeckton882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    “There’s a limit to a man’s patience” preach brother!!!

    • @pamelabeckton882
      @pamelabeckton882 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      All we asking is for humanity we’re asking to live as an human being and your sick were ask to let us live as human being

  • @gobot4455
    @gobot4455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I love that the man described the "if you don't like it here, leave" crowd as spineless.

    • @catyasna12
      @catyasna12 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Timestamp?

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@catyasna12 It's at 8:38.
      The real kicker is that I am a tribal citizen living on my own reservation and have been told countless times by the white, non-tribal population living here alongside of us, "Why don't you all go somewhere else?" It's an Indian reservation! Why don't _they_ go somewhere else if they don't like it?

  • @michaelsin1968
    @michaelsin1968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1353

    "sometimes the price for freedom is the very thing that makes you a slave again"...that kid can't be more than 18 yet is so wise beyond his years.

    • @JohnSmith-zd3ou
      @JohnSmith-zd3ou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He so smart very bright

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      He is the greatest fear of this country...an educated, aware young black man.

    • @aaronaiysen7534
      @aaronaiysen7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Who is he ?

    • @TheDoorspook11c
      @TheDoorspook11c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only said in the context of black people. When spoken about whites, it is the temple from which their God flows.

    • @jwbland8375
      @jwbland8375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s right. We must all live under the same laws and respect the rights of others if we want to enjoy our freedoms.

  • @babiijean11
    @babiijean11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2164

    It so sad to see the second speaker pouring his heart out while the audience isnt even acknowledging him. They wont even look at him

    • @shisuitheoneuchihatexting7062
      @shisuitheoneuchihatexting7062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +318

      It's because they knew they was wrong so decided to not listen

    • @SnakeOmni
      @SnakeOmni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Same as usual

    • @babiijean11
      @babiijean11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@dont.ripfuller6587 That was beautiful!!

    • @antiracistbaby1085
      @antiracistbaby1085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@babiijean11 you are beautiful

    • @babiijean11
      @babiijean11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@antiracistbaby1085 You too, Babe!! Thanks!

  • @RxxhPickneyEnt.
    @RxxhPickneyEnt. ปีที่แล้ว +98

    This video should be played in school 😞 Rest In Peace to my ancestors who stand up for my rights my respect from 🇯🇲

    • @TheYoli182
      @TheYoli182 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!! My mother is Trinidadian.
      Alot of Caribbean people have distain for us Yankees or dirty American without no culture. I wonder why Caribbean Brothers and Sister hate us. But the white man who kill us in the streets don't see that. We are all one. I love my Jamaica and Caribbean diaspora family!!! Sending you love From Flatbush Brooklyn N.Y. ❤💛💚

    • @RxxhPickneyEnt.
      @RxxhPickneyEnt. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheYoli182 nuff love ❤️

    • @pateheckerwood
      @pateheckerwood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or at home.if youre waiting on the u.s public school system to show this,then you have a long wait

  • @caramellips125
    @caramellips125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    00:17 Russ Meek
    1:25 William Hadden - Pittsburgh
    2:40 "Keep your word"
    7:35 " Why am I so angry?"
    7:48 "3 generations, what do we need to learn in the 1960's"
    8:40 "Spineless Bastards"
    11:32 "Property Value & Exploitation"
    13:27 "Multiracial Society"
    13:53 "Standard of coversation"
    14:28 " Growing up I wanted to be white"- Fannie Lou Hammer
    15:03 Lobbyist & Representation
    15:19 The plight of the black man
    15:47 Violence, Emacsculation, Freedom- See Russia 1917
    17:05 Sophisticated Uprisings in Harlem 1964, Los Angeles 1965
    17:32 Everybody gots a right to live

    • @trismagistis3392
      @trismagistis3392 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      aren't you the nicest person

    • @obbiegriffin3158
      @obbiegriffin3158 ปีที่แล้ว

      16:15 the price you pay for freedom is what makes you a slave again

    • @EpickaNESSiskool
      @EpickaNESSiskool ปีที่แล้ว +4

      does anyone know the name of the man at 11:32?

    • @imcoach6978
      @imcoach6978 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you.

    • @egyptkiss07
      @egyptkiss07 ปีที่แล้ว

      THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

  • @vonnababeimyamansfantasy8436
    @vonnababeimyamansfantasy8436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2153

    There is no way for a black person to express themselves without being classified as "angry" or "Black rage"

    • @geraldjohnson3216
      @geraldjohnson3216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dam sure agree baby girl

    • @ral963hz3
      @ral963hz3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      We are not black we're indigenous

    • @busternutt2874
      @busternutt2874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Nonsense

    • @nosferatuesday5678
      @nosferatuesday5678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I think these wonderful people expressed themselves eloquently, no "black rage," just human rage. Expressing yourself can still include being coherent. Anyone who screams without trying to coherently express themselves, regardless of race, is going to be disregarded. If that is unfortunate then it's unfortunate but i think it's the truth.

    • @nosferatuesday5678
      @nosferatuesday5678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Peggy Wislon Well said! I agree that trying to reason with the unreasonable is a fruitless endeavor, and that after that noble effort feels, or is, wasted then there is no other choice but to speak in a way that they, the unreasonable, would understand, through screaming and/or impassioned pleas like some of the fine folks in this clip. I don't know if the majority of US citizens are unreasonable though, just too comfortable with the way things are or they have a differing view on how things should be improved. I don't know and hope that we all, as neighbors and as fellow Americans, can figure out a way to respect each other without a need to resort to shouting or screaming. Maybe an impossibility but I still hope it can happen and will do what i must to make that a reality.

  • @Katsyay
    @Katsyay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3411

    I was raised by my black grandparents, who were born in the late 40’s and personally experienced the Jim Crow era in rural Texas. It blows me away to think about how different my life has been from their own youth. It reminds me to forever be grateful for the sacrifices made by previous generations, who fought so that future generations could have a better life.

    • @schucky-vk3sg
      @schucky-vk3sg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Underated

    • @pdudde6042
      @pdudde6042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It’s when you see generations struggling for change and nothing really overall has changed much except for maybe 5% of black Americans.

    • @danimotherofchickens479
      @danimotherofchickens479 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And strangely they probably still vote democrats they ones who brought and fought for that racism

    • @gabrielswazo3952
      @gabrielswazo3952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      US native peoples did the same...little recognition; if not none

    • @tnlgaming9381
      @tnlgaming9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My grandfather was born in Sumter SC in 1939 and grandmother in 1944 so this comment is crazy relatable

  • @pamelabeckton882
    @pamelabeckton882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    “We’re running out of patience we’re not gonna ask anymore” ✊🏾 felt that

    • @delusionsama
      @delusionsama ปีที่แล้ว

      and he takes it tell death like everyone in our race do except for some , they put our women to lead our race . and women dont kill .

    • @alferdhicks3063
      @alferdhicks3063 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea banzai 😎💪

    • @barbaraobach
      @barbaraobach ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You sound very young, did you 'feel' it enough to get all the young people you know, in particular in the young black American community, to register to vote and Vote Democrat for Democracy at a 50-70% ? So that the evolution of the human and civil and women's rights can continue ?

    • @MrTheclevercat
      @MrTheclevercat ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barbaraobach Yeah democrats care so much about human rights that you vote the same way that every big company that abuses their employees votes. Yes, you vote with Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Disney, Apple, etc because you are the party of human rights, right? LOL get real.

    • @Josh729J
      @Josh729J ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barbaraobach the democrats are the ones that opposed the civil rights movement and destroyed the black community by promoting single motherhood and giving a crutch to the black families to rely on the government only to keep you down much further. and this was not long ago.

  • @jeffepstein6911
    @jeffepstein6911 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Sir, for what it's worth, your videos are some of the best documentaries of all time. I sincerely hope there are ALWAYS younger versions of you, preserving our TRUE HISTORY. God Bless you Mr. Hoffman. You have been sitting on priceless material for decades. I am extremely grateful you were inspired to share it all and we are all better for it.

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you Jeff.
      David Hoffman filmmaker

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Jeff for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
      David Hoffman filmmaker

  • @my_stomach_hurt1876
    @my_stomach_hurt1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4884

    “Rage” implies a kind of irrationality. These people are completely reasonable. Angry, sometimes but not irrational at all. They’re explaining things very plainly

    • @aaronfisher5989
      @aaronfisher5989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Anger doesnt mean irrational, your not irrational till you lose control of your behavior.

    • @MrWardHazard
      @MrWardHazard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      @@aaronfisher5989 He said rage was irrational, not anger.

    • @Awwterpaws
      @Awwterpaws 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      u explained it lovely ^^

    • @Shandra601
      @Shandra601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      EXACTLY

    • @wanjirukarago9308
      @wanjirukarago9308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      💯💯✅

  • @Vinkie
    @Vinkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4829

    History is closer than you think. In fact, we're in it.

    • @nicohicks
      @nicohicks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Yes we are...

    • @richardminfield6767
      @richardminfield6767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@nicohicks Facts

    • @k.m.b969
      @k.m.b969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Reminds me of when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's and complained that nothing historical was happening because I had watched a documentary on the 1960's. Yeah, I was the kind of kid who watched documentaries but anyway the 60's seemed so rich with history MLK, Malcolm X, JFK, etc and at the time I felt nothing was happening in my generation. It actually was, history never ever stops.

    • @Vinkie
      @Vinkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@k.m.b969 well, I guess the upcoming 4 months will be historical, giving the combination or rather culmination of things going on. At least, that's what it feels like.

    • @k.m.b969
      @k.m.b969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Vinkie absolutely

  • @Tarsibu
    @Tarsibu ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "If you are afraid of us then tell us what you are afraid of." Honesty is the best policy. It is better to be honest about yourself to someone than to lie and let them find out later. This man is on point.

  • @faizaannassir2568
    @faizaannassir2568 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    As an African from the continent. I am in tears to see how my race brothers and sisters were subjected to such a inhuman away from outside Africa and inside Africa we suffered too.. we a still here no one will brake us . God bless us Emin

    • @OPFCartoons
      @OPFCartoons ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop embarrassing us please. You’re doing this because you won’t have been hot on the market. If not, my guess is likely cheap. Like mirror cheap. Stfu and enjoy the internet.

    • @jaxthewolf4572
      @jaxthewolf4572 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We all shall rise someday, all black people. We are fighters

    • @michaelfriscia8166
      @michaelfriscia8166 ปีที่แล้ว

      Since you brought up the point you're right even when the white man hasn't had contacts with a group of you people you still are somehow oppressed you still are somehow impoverished and ignorant it's not whites that are holding you down it's your own culture.

    • @brendaturner9473
      @brendaturner9473 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hang in there my brothers and sisters, we are almost there.

    • @brendaturner9473
      @brendaturner9473 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaxthewolf4572 we are rising now. Please pay attention

  • @aaroniquedemeritte5218
    @aaroniquedemeritte5218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2969

    Dammit I feel like we all betrayed our ancestors because they fought so hard for us to be here today and we take it for granted..

    • @AhabyahofZion
      @AhabyahofZion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      Actually, we are going through the same thing they went through. Your children will grow through it and their children will go through the same if we don’t take what we want instead of asking these psychopaths for anything...

    • @adg_87
      @adg_87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Facts Aaronique!!

    • @SP7000SP
      @SP7000SP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      We? Speak for yourself.....

    • @MultiKingdarius
      @MultiKingdarius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @Yeshurun You spoke NOTHING BUT FACTS until you brought up "extinction" get up outta here with that nonsense fam 😂👎 We are a CHOSEN PEOPLE...do you know what that means family? We would've BEEN extinct decades ago had God not chose US as a peculiar people we run the whlle world it will brought back to us (the rigtheous one, not simply just because your Black) if you gone speak facts speak the WHOLE TRUTH!!! ✊👑💯❤

    • @lilnarm_smoothblaze
      @lilnarm_smoothblaze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Yeshurun cmon with it brotha It truly takes us to fix this problem

  • @potentially__9445
    @potentially__9445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +955

    The “STICK TO YOUR WORD” part!!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯

    • @XxREXKW0ND0xX31
      @XxREXKW0ND0xX31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Ask native Americans how that worked out.....

    • @whitekennard5269
      @whitekennard5269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tupac used the same scenario.

    • @capitolfedgroup8311
      @capitolfedgroup8311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @zannesmarie728
      @zannesmarie728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Be a man & stick to your word...period

    • @stephj9378
      @stephj9378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AD-iw4vy right??
      This is exactly the perspective that we let settle in, creating thousands of socialist/communists
      We were warned by Mc Carthy. We demonized him.
      To be honest, lots of early celebrities and leaders did dally with communism. But they moved on from that.

  • @lamontdickerson6006
    @lamontdickerson6006 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I just went through the most 1950s 1960s situation at my job that i love so much and it hurts me deeply to see this mess is still going on in 2022

    • @mutsuzawa
      @mutsuzawa ปีที่แล้ว

      Black people still angry after 40 years. Slaves were less angry than we are. Get over it. The destruction of the black community is because of the failures of black women.

    • @adriancarroll5281
      @adriancarroll5281 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who did you rob?

    • @ayo2975
      @ayo2975 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@adriancarroll5281 What did you say???

    • @adriancarroll5281
      @adriancarroll5281 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ayo2975 Who did you rob?

    • @ayo2975
      @ayo2975 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adriancarroll5281 Yeah...What does that mean?

  • @timoteooo94
    @timoteooo94 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “How can u tell me that it’s too much to ask to be a human being!”
    Now this is a damn shame💯

  • @youngmerc7717
    @youngmerc7717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1835

    “Most people say, if you don’t like it here... get out.” 8:39
    The fact that we still hear this today in 2021 is just depressing...

    • @sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope
      @sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@donaldrex0495 yeah we should invite them into our country, fuck you and your xenophobia.

    • @i.r.6397
      @i.r.6397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@donaldrex0495 And this is about American-African people who are not foreigners.

    • @TravelWithBradley
      @TravelWithBradley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@donaldrex0495 A country is not your house. A country is a collection of different houses all with different ideals.
      So your analogy is just simply dishonest.
      "Would you let a stranger move in NEXT door to you and live the way they want to live?"
      Is the correct way to say it.. And the answer is, yes, yes you would let them.

    • @TravelWithBradley
      @TravelWithBradley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@donaldrex0495 Yes, I understand you entirely. It is an extension of your original thought process and still, in my opinion, entirely wrong and illogical.
      Plenty of "pure americans" have entirely different world views to you... But you wouldn't get out just because somebody like them gets elected, you'd say, if you don't like it here - let's improve it.
      But no, when race is involved, there is no extension or olive branch or hope, there is only your miserable view of "do what I say, be like me, or gtfo"
      which you don't apply to yourself, or anybody else who doesn't fit your profiling.
      Furthermore, when did anybody express that they were ungrateful for being in america? All I saw was people wanted to be treated equally, as they were brought here and used as slaves and were still feeling that effect?
      Additionally. It's a public forum, if you don't want others to respond, don't post your views in a public place.
      Plus, it's 2021, it's not hard to get an 'opportunity' to live anywhere in the world. It isn't a thing you can say that has value lol.
      For somebody so "American" You seem to have a massive problem with freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and an absolute problem with people wanting to live differently than you? Are you sure you're American? You sound like a fascist =)
      Also to further your analogy;
      "Somebody moved in next door to me and said the house was full of damp"
      - LOVE IT OR GET OUT!
      "meanwhile, you and your 5 other friends live in lovely houses and get to complain/improve it as much as you want"
      If you're allowed to complain, so is everybody else, we don't live in a world where people give up their rights as human beings just to be part of your 'club'.

    • @wizeguy1402
      @wizeguy1402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cuz We got lost in the sauce

  • @christopherstark2474
    @christopherstark2474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    That third guys speech should be required school curriculum

    • @jeo-ot4qy
      @jeo-ot4qy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      facts

    • @Eman1900O
      @Eman1900O 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      in history class maybe. things are equal now

    • @96bars18
      @96bars18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Eman19O nah bro things arnt equal,im from the deep south backwoods and i used to think the same way till my brother got with his current gf who is black and we got jumped by some racists at a corner store a mile down the highway for being with black people and i started to notice that people approach me far differently when im with my in laws than if im with my brother.its better than it was but that dont mean rasicm was somehow solved.btw not trying to argue i just wanted to share my experience for you to consider.have a good day

    • @twdfl
      @twdfl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Do you know who the third guy is

    • @Eman1900O
      @Eman1900O 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@96bars18 go to bitchute and see all the videos of the whites being physically harmed just for being white

  • @djgynee
    @djgynee ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “What the hell you think we care about dying if your gonna deny us the right to live”
    These reels have the strongest words spoken I’ve ever heard in my 50 years of life

  • @DJHobbs-nr7co
    @DJHobbs-nr7co ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "All we want, is what's ours".... That punched me in my chest. The third gentleman said it, don't know his name though 🙏

  • @NkrumahTure
    @NkrumahTure 3 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    I never felt we should explain the situation to racists. They already know the damage. They've been at it long enough to know.

    • @trejones3075
      @trejones3075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Fucking exactly

    • @blasianluvschocolate397
      @blasianluvschocolate397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Amen

    • @deejay5102
      @deejay5102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      true

    • @PolishBehemoth
      @PolishBehemoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What if a majority of while people are not racist?

    • @NkrumahTure
      @NkrumahTure 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @F Thomas The system that was put in place perpetuates racial antagonism. It's principles are based on exploitation. The conditions that allow it to continue would have to be transformed to a permanent system of justice, and a system must be judged by it's principles, not it's adherence. The revolútionary leap to systematic justice will change it all together. Unfortunately for our situation it can't be reformed away. We've ran the gamut of that "experiment" in the last century and here we are with the same problems that were created outside of our will and intent, but have not been solved as we have attempted to do in full measure within this system. It's for us to make that revolútionary leap to true liberation and independence. Then it wouldn't matter how hateful another race is of us, from that point forward they will no longer possess the wherewithal to carry out racist actions against us. They'll just be people smouldering in race hate without the means to affect us anymore. That's liberation.

  • @blackknight7072
    @blackknight7072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2184

    the more you look at the past, the more you see the present.

  • @gentleben1590
    @gentleben1590 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish we had more articulate individuals like these strong, wise men.

  • @itsoffsafety925
    @itsoffsafety925 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "what the hell do you think we care about dying if you're gone deny us the right to live" that's powerful

  • @YouTubeSpareTime
    @YouTubeSpareTime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    "we fought in every one of your damn lousy wars baby and you gave us nothing"

    • @marionmacdonald4824
      @marionmacdonald4824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Problem was.....they weren’t our wars neither. 😔

    • @YouTubeSpareTime
      @YouTubeSpareTime 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see Lindbergh is still an influential figure.

    • @MelaninMagdalene
      @MelaninMagdalene 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And they were forced into fighting such wars with threats of jail time.

    • @Anthonydu01630
      @Anthonydu01630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Buster Heini Europe my friend, Swizterland, Sweden, finland, netherland are the safest and most open minded countries in the world. I live in france but at the border of swizterland, and i never experienced racism here, and i dont know 1 friend of mine who have exoerienced racism here.
      And even in France, UK and Germany its cool, there are racist but its not that bad. But Eastern europe, spain and especialy italia are very racist like America.

    • @Mark-yb1sp
      @Mark-yb1sp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Melanin Magdalene Only if you were a draft dodger. That goes for white or black.

  • @81elpedro
    @81elpedro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1061

    man i don’t know who that young guy is the 3 rd one!!but that was a powerful speech!!!!

    • @victorenriquez2642
      @victorenriquez2642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Fo real huh!!! He made you feel what he was feeling...whew!!!....I’m a have to go check it out again...

    • @mwanikimwaniki6801
      @mwanikimwaniki6801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Hypnotizing. I was carried away for a minute

    • @lamarrlewis9658
      @lamarrlewis9658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      BRUH...

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      AGREED.

    • @ardelworsley2666
      @ardelworsley2666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Why our leader never talked about him but we was always feed I have a dream but listen to what these brothers are saying WOW

  • @CAM0244
    @CAM0244 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is so very raw and real live events that took place 60 plus years ago. So touching that I've got to share this video with my grandchildren for educational purposes. So they can see and hear the effects and experiences from past. Thank u for showing us this informational video and I certainly will be looking forward to viewing more of the same. Awesome job Thank U 👏🏽❤️

  • @GODSLAYEROFFICIAL_
    @GODSLAYEROFFICIAL_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As a Hispanic and black I have as a light skin….I’m proud I’m a part of all my brothers and sisters to all my ancestors who fought to get to where we are now..sometimes I wish we all had that bravery to stand up again so all I’m saying is thank you…thank you for the days you had to keep fighting and see a brother or sister fall for there rights and voices to be heard..thank you

  • @theoghambrick1765
    @theoghambrick1765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    This not RAGE it's simply the TRUTH.....

    • @nicholassaint5149
      @nicholassaint5149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please sign:
      www.change.org/STAND-UP-Reject-Trump-Coup

    • @kath1017
      @kath1017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If it was rage , it's perfectly LOGICAL response to over a century worth of oppression.

    • @jorgealbertoop7952
      @jorgealbertoop7952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholassaint5149 Why are you trying to impeach a president even though your beloved Joe Biden is official president now? Oh yeah that’s right, it’s because you Democrats cheated the election so you want to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t fight back.

    • @jamesrhodes6073
      @jamesrhodes6073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Deuteronomy 28

    • @dominicfaison5889
      @dominicfaison5889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      delavalled come again? lol

  • @lydiab6072
    @lydiab6072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +873

    This is not rage! These words were spoke intelligently and it breaks my heart that 50 years later the words are still relevant

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It is rage - look it up! Rage: A burning desire; a passion; fury; anger. Why does using that word bother you?? To be enraged does not mean one is therefore speaking in a manner unintelligent.

    • @00ceven
      @00ceven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Everyone brilliantly articulated their feelings and experiences and I do mean everyone! Blessings to my ancestors!

    • @bluebird5173
      @bluebird5173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It is rage. Righteous, justified, and eloquently articulated rage.

    • @aaronprimus1300
      @aaronprimus1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bluebird5173 this

    • @bluebird5173
      @bluebird5173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ceci01 I'm not African American, but yes. They had every right to feel that way, and still do in many cases.

  • @cosmicpowwow
    @cosmicpowwow ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i stand with my black brothers and sisters. allll the things that happened must not go down in vain. we the Latino community will be there for you to make sure of that.

    • @TovenLB
      @TovenLB ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love brother. I really do appreciate the support, you have ours as well

    • @firstladychosen186
      @firstladychosen186 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh please you so called Latinos never stood for us and hate us just like everybody else kick rocks wit your fake sympathy bs

    • @No_Risks_No_Rewards91
      @No_Risks_No_Rewards91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Much love brother we all we got gotta stick together

  • @notgoingdownwithoutafight1606
    @notgoingdownwithoutafight1606 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You were where you needed to be my friend! This is the best documentary channel on TH-cam. You are a true journalist.

  • @marcoobin4571
    @marcoobin4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    2:30 - "What the hell do you think we care about dying if you're gonna deny us the right to live" - William Haden

  • @TheBlackBossalini305
    @TheBlackBossalini305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2192

    “We don’t want tokenism!” Something we’re still fighting for today.

    • @mamoun35
      @mamoun35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      The brothers name was Akmed Lorence

    • @DQBlizzard_
      @DQBlizzard_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Which is what the white social justice warriors seem to disagree with. They want to replace certain people with POC simply because they are not white

    • @averyterribleperson5292
      @averyterribleperson5292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      bruh for real
      "arabs are all terrorists and muslims"
      "oh you dont like being treated bad, well here's 50 video games about things that didnt happen and while we're at it get every arabic actor this side of egypt to play every role in every movie"
      its not like that for my people yet but i imagine its just as bad for other BIPoC people, i wouldnt be mad if every commercial had arabic people but i also would still think its weird and forced, and honestly it really isnt that much better than overt or covert racism, its just moving the frown to a smile and not changing any of the meaning behind it, its still racism but just in the opposite direction when all BIPoCs want is to be treated the same as everyone else in every context

    • @SolUFO
      @SolUFO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@DQBlizzard_ that's not tokenism. Maybe accept that people other than white men exist and we would like to see ourself in media

    • @filazkeita2272
      @filazkeita2272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@gusgrizzel8397 8:39 is addressed to you, you basically saying "get back to Africa" but less aggressively. Tell that to those who are born in Africa, not those born in America

  • @jenniferevans904
    @jenniferevans904 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wow, if I was a U.S. History teacher, this would be a mandatory viewing. I would probably play it and discuss it with juniors or seniors. They are at an age when they are having to think about work, college, life outside of the nest. Half of America's history ISN'T DISCUSSED! It is mind blowing.

    • @LurkerBae
      @LurkerBae ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sadly now, if you even attempted to teach this, you may be accused of teaching "critical race theory" smh and be sued and fired for telling a history lesson that is the truth. Smh, we have fallen so far

    • @fredleinweber2819
      @fredleinweber2819 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LurkerBae You dumbasses are still clinging to the idea that past racism wasn't taught. Stop the reaching. CRT is garbage because it brainwashes black folks that they are forever victims due to a mythical boogeyman. MANY black families still did well during segregation you know. Thats REAL history.

    • @JesusChristloves7777
      @JesusChristloves7777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Schools were created by freemasons

    • @LYBism
      @LYBism หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LurkerBae, this IS critical race theory. @Jenniferevans904 is "woke", and that's exactly what they're afraid of and are trying to avoid at all cost. They don't want to teach the youth that the sins of the past are a huge part of the state of America (and the whole world) today.

  • @orlandoennis1047
    @orlandoennis1047 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is just 62 years ago and still applies to today

  • @judahbenisrael782
    @judahbenisrael782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1670

    You can’t beg a devil for sympathy he has no heart

    • @dougtaylor2803
      @dougtaylor2803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Keep those positive thoughts

    • @leolevi1559
      @leolevi1559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And devil have no colour. Music: Pablo Gad = Satan Form.

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      True they wont ever change still the same shit today..

    • @leolevi1559
      @leolevi1559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @ who is they? If you talk about my Coment then find my full one on main comment section then, through on me what ever you want, i don't mind, get it from your heart, chest or what ever... And cause cause disagree with few thinks is not mean is agenst you... I Purple and tired of stiupid never-ending conflict..

    • @berbymarvelt4970
      @berbymarvelt4970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I gotta give you a like fam’...wish I was the first

  • @imreadydoctor
    @imreadydoctor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    That 3rd guy, man he gives me chills. He speaks in a way that hints to some horrors that he's seen, and somehow he still manages to speak so intelligently and I daresay kindly in his rage.

    • @stevenbeoethy4049
      @stevenbeoethy4049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That fellow's dissertation was the
      Absolute best part of this video...
      He explains things perfectly... Wow

    • @axelfoley1812
      @axelfoley1812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely 💯

    • @synesthesia.aesthetic
      @synesthesia.aesthetic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      There's a 2Pac interview that echoes one portion of it very closely, about the tiredness of "asking" for generations

    • @emiltoutou1
      @emiltoutou1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I want know his name !!!!the third guy and I definitely need the script of his speech …We don’t want tokenism.He is Dope

    • @ohskibroski
      @ohskibroski 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emiltoutou1 i think it's william haden?

  • @DimitriSmith1290
    @DimitriSmith1290 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such eloquent, inspirational people. Thank you for sharing this footage.

  • @delesa08
    @delesa08 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been watching your videos for about a month now and find them very educational and enjoyable. You just upped the ante with this one. I'm now officially subscribed. Thank you so much for this gift.

  • @brandonaumiller3997
    @brandonaumiller3997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    “You are making a Samson out of us and we’re gonna pull down the pillars” literal chills

    • @cattycorner8
      @cattycorner8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      they did too

    • @RedRabbitEntertainment
      @RedRabbitEntertainment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cattycorner8 They're definitely still trying. They were successful in getting the Government to stop openly establishing white supremcy, but every step towards dismantling it has been so incredibly small.

    • @cattycorner8
      @cattycorner8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RedRabbitEntertainment YOu think Affirmative Action is an incredibly small step forward?

    • @RedRabbitEntertainment
      @RedRabbitEntertainment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@cattycorner8 Considering it's barely enforced, yeah.

    • @Tmac_305
      @Tmac_305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RedRabbitEntertainment affirmative action has helped more white women than anyone else

  • @suchafknladyyy
    @suchafknladyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    Imagine having to ask for HUMAN DIGNITY 🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @ebonyjohnson1580
      @ebonyjohnson1580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've had to do it recently.

    • @jemimahkendall6579
      @jemimahkendall6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      see how you used the word imagine, your generation has to imagine coz you got it good you have no idea how good you have it compared to these guys so stop acting like its the 50's and 60's

    • @kailzl1211
      @kailzl1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@jemimahkendall6579 your ancestors are showing. Stop telling us what to do and how to think y’all don’t own us anymore✌🏼

    • @alarey4450
      @alarey4450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@jemimahkendall6579 yk that we’re still fighting the same thing we did in the 1950s and 1960s right?

    • @Sunshine-zm1fx
      @Sunshine-zm1fx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I don't have to imagine it. I've lived it my entire life.

  • @MrTwenty20video
    @MrTwenty20video ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed this important social commentary. Thank you very much.

  • @judahoakes1832
    @judahoakes1832 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely amazing footage. The second speaker sent chills down my spine

  • @swannykiid
    @swannykiid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "What the hell do you think we care about dying, if you gonna deny us the right to live" holy shit that mans way with words is powerful

  • @stevepick9527
    @stevepick9527 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is a very powerful and perceptive video. I had a black friend who died in Vietnam. I didn’t have to go because I was able to go to college and got a 2S deferment. He had to go to work to help put food on his family's table.
    I think about him and that injustice to this day…

  • @ragauerk9310
    @ragauerk9310 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Mr. Hoffman, this is so important. The change still needs to come.

  • @dewaynerobinson1079
    @dewaynerobinson1079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    The young man with the speech impediment was powerful, and touched my soul.

    • @jamesrhodes6073
      @jamesrhodes6073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Deuteronomy 28

    • @simmiewilliams5970
      @simmiewilliams5970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Compared to the way our youth speak today... he spoke eloquently.

    • @erikkopsala3564
      @erikkopsala3564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Names of the speakers are very important for research , dates also , still great content .

    • @RoseTorn411
      @RoseTorn411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Which one??? Are you talking about the one @2:40? He sounded just fine to me. Spoke very clearly only with the accent of that time.

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RoseTorn411 they meant the dude with glasses

  • @kissesfrmneara
    @kissesfrmneara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    “What the hell do you think we care about dying if you gonna deny us the right to live” That was powerful.

  • @michellem8077
    @michellem8077 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The man shouting about human dignity.... So powerful so moving. I felt that this was really deep.

  • @goatth1ng627
    @goatth1ng627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So so powerful and hard to listen to at the same time. It hurts knowing what my people went through and still go through today. It’s a powerful feeling to see and hear my elders fight for our freedom.💪🏾👊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾

  • @raphaelkaume
    @raphaelkaume 3 ปีที่แล้ว +808

    Speakers in order:
    1. Russel Meek 1968 social activist and teacher
    2.William bouie Haden, a civil rights leader in Pittsburgh.
    3. Akmed Lorence. The young black man that remarkably sounds a bit like Mike Tyson is Akmed Lorence, 1968 Vietnam war veteran activist. Of the "no Vietnamese ever called me "The N-word" fame
    4. Man not yet identified
    5. Angela Yvonne Davis? (identified by @Vernon Andrews, God bless you***but I'll place this as a tentative identification let's confirm. The lady in the clip has a distinctive American drawl, whereas the clips I can see of Angela Davis she has a British Accent and slower clearer distinct enunciation of words. Angela Davis also has a distinct gap in her upper front teeth - very prized in my African culture btw a mark of beauty - whereas this speaker doesn't but will leave this here as we confirm). Amazing amazing woman. Started out in the Student non violent coordinating committee, then Black panthers, then Che-Lumumba club, In 1970 she was the third woman in history to be placed on the F.B.I’s “10 most-wanted fugitives” list. Was acquitted of all charges. Ran twice for vice president of the United States in 1980 and 1984,
    still active in the movement to improve prison conditions and dismantle the prisons-industrial complex. Davis continues to be an activist and lecturer as Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
    She's among several prominent black women activists that initially were members of the black panther party: Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver, Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, Charlotte Hill O’Neal, Chaka Khan, Tarika Matilaba, Judy Hart, and Barbara Easley. There was something on the air in the late 60's and early 70's.
    6. Preston Lay Junior
    7. Flyod McKissik - CORE national director
    Congress of racial equality (CORE)
    Floyd Bixler McKissick was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. The first African-American student at the University of North Carolina School of Law
    8). Unidentified man
    9). Unidentified eloquent young man
    10) Fannie Lou Hamer, amazing lady - thanks @Rashida Saafir for this one - She led civil rights in the South, co-founded a polity party and in the end opted for economic empowerment forming a large cooperative company the freedom farm Cooperative. Entire volumes can be written on any portion of her life, pick any few years.
    11) Last two singers duet
    “Everybody’s Got a Right to Live,” originated during the original 1968 Campaign:
    Jimmy Collier and Rev. Frederick Douglass “Kirk” Kirkpatrick (1933‒1987)

    • @RS-bl1uz
      @RS-bl1uz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The woman is Fannie Lou Hamer civil rights activist

    • @raphaelkaume
      @raphaelkaume 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      YES! Thank you! These people were so amazing! So beautifully courageous and righteous. I've just been tearing up,. In awe. In sadness. In anger at today. It's heavy on the soul. Thanks they deserve to be known.

    • @carameltones1
      @carameltones1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you so much!

    • @99PercentOffFreeHugs
      @99PercentOffFreeHugs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you so much for this!!!!!! That second speaker really really reached out to me, and I NEEDED to know his name so I can look him up.

    • @shakespeare1280
      @shakespeare1280 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

  • @Chasing_Cloudz
    @Chasing_Cloudz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2407

    I'm genuinely upset I can only give this video one thumb up

    • @omko73
      @omko73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Exactly what i was thinking...thats interestimg

    • @keybler539
      @keybler539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Seems like not much has changed

    • @ascott319
      @ascott319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I give this video 2 thumbs up because what these people are saying should resonate all over the diaspora. It's still happening today.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      An Islamic name? After 13 centuries of slavery and in the majority of males full castration in Muslim countries? Islam? Really?

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Abraham isaac Jacob Yisrael Even during the last ten or fifteen years in Algeria and Libya, numerous times hundreds of black migrants were rounded up, executed, thrown in pits and buried. This may have occurred during wars, but the specific motivation of those acts was entirely racial. 3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Vhk5IoYP6o/T012F3eelYI/AAAAAAAAGAI/dLkv2OTP96s/s1600/Re%CC%81mi+Ochlik+-+Libia,+ago+25-2011.jpeg

  • @franklinfarwell1984
    @franklinfarwell1984 ปีที่แล้ว

    So powerful!! I appreciate all these videos sir!! Thank you!!

  • @franckkongolomukeba7413
    @franckkongolomukeba7413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    All I see is those who had courage to said Enough sweet talk without actions, now we need to ACTIONS

  • @grimshawr
    @grimshawr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1909

    If you are currently watching this in history class, you have a very good teacher. Please thank them. Half the country wants to pretend this isn't American History. This is part of the central story of American History, and we're still living it. You can't change what you don't know.

    • @alexperez6919
      @alexperez6919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Stop being gay

    • @jaiden4916
      @jaiden4916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@alexperez6919 ur definitely 10

    • @grimshawr
      @grimshawr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @Reinhard Rockwell if you're really sad that the Confederates lost the war why don't you just move to oh wait, no one wants you.

    • @grimshawr
      @grimshawr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @Reinhard Rockwell can you smell burnt toast? Call 911 if you smell burnt toast.

    • @SnakeOmni
      @SnakeOmni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Reinhard Rockwell Get help. Also get your weird domination fetishes out of here, freak.

  • @thacerot4395
    @thacerot4395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    "A time period when every American seemed angry and the nation seemed fractured". Oh soo it's like today?

    • @booblanco2214
      @booblanco2214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Facts yet some are STILL blind to it

    • @432hzcentral9
      @432hzcentral9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We are all just fucking connected man

    • @yourtrappedinmygenjutsu
      @yourtrappedinmygenjutsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Today is nothing like back then, stop war mongering

    • @taigaseji
      @taigaseji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Except they had a actual reason back then

    • @jmcc8718
      @jmcc8718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@taigaseji truth, now it's worse in south africa and Zimbabwe for whites than it is in america for blacks, blacks can do anything in america that a white person can

  • @rasheedwright6525
    @rasheedwright6525 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not rage here just all TRUTH‼️

  • @zzboah
    @zzboah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    another observation watching this is how great people spoke in this time, it seems the minds are sharper and the tongues wiser than the general public now

    • @multiply67
      @multiply67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fluoride and microplastics did their job. Hood culture and public schools.

    • @TDS927
      @TDS927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯💯💯💯💯

  • @jspin6871
    @jspin6871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Fantastic stuff David. Wow! "When he said " You told us we were free, so SHOW us that we're free!" Choked me up. Thank you so much!❤️

    • @leonetrist
      @leonetrist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All we need is Love!♥️

    • @jackiegarroutte8970
      @jackiegarroutte8970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @J Spin....me too!!❤

    • @jspin6871
      @jspin6871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jackiegarroutte8970 Oh, man! He was so eloquent. I loved the whole video... Especially the song!

    • @dougtaylor2803
      @dougtaylor2803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leonetrist Try telling your landlord that.

    • @dougtaylor2803
      @dougtaylor2803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is shocking how many saps there are in forums like this. Freedom does not mean everything you want is free!

  • @bizzybeegee6015
    @bizzybeegee6015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    I woke up depressed about my life. Watching these people speak up and pave the way for a generation gave me an inspiration

    • @monicawoods4165
      @monicawoods4165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We all have a purpose I pray is all well with you

    • @pierbowen3001
      @pierbowen3001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Never be depressed, just keep pressing. That is what our ancestors did. There is strength within that melanin, utilize it. Stay strong.

    • @Jaylapov
      @Jaylapov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pierbowen3001 🙏🏾

    • @Tmac_305
      @Tmac_305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't be weak, thats not us.

    • @missvida6251
      @missvida6251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Depressed about what??? You aren't and never have experienced what these black man have endured in your life. We have too many opportunities today to be depressed. Chin up!

  • @stephenstephenson3942
    @stephenstephenson3942 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've watched this twice. We are still in this same state today as back then.

  • @karaeiman6830
    @karaeiman6830 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like what the speaker in 12:46 said " NOTHING from NOTHING leaves NOTHING", and that's powerful.

  • @chas7surf
    @chas7surf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    TY, OUT-F***ING STANDING! These are the men and women I took my examples from while I was coming up in Galveston, Home of the THEE Juneteenth. These days, I don't get to hear enough real talk. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You,.

    • @darrellwilliams7996
      @darrellwilliams7996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chucky Lane...I was born and raised in Galveston...1955.

  • @adotinthecosmos
    @adotinthecosmos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    I was so impressed by how well the man at 10:00 was in control of his speech impedement. That took work

    • @adotinthecosmos
      @adotinthecosmos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I don't get why you would think this is a joke. I just wanted to highlight something that i found impressive. I watched this video to become more enlightened about this important issue. What you are doing is encouraging ignorance, which would not solve anything

    • @adotinthecosmos
      @adotinthecosmos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Also, who do you think these people are talking to?

    • @adotinthecosmos
      @adotinthecosmos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @D Gotti i am. Trust me

    • @adotinthecosmos
      @adotinthecosmos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hydraelectricblue that makes sense.

    • @zxvadcsfbh
      @zxvadcsfbh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @D Gotti I don't see anyone laughing. So why would you automatically assume anyone is? Seems like quite a stretch TBH. I believe OP was simply noting how the man had a speech impediment, but was clearly putting a great deal of effort into trying to clearly articulate his words without pause. And fair enough, it worked.

  • @benburnett2706
    @benburnett2706 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wanna give the man with a stammer a big hug, I can’t believe we are still having this conversation, actually everyone on here is so brave and compelling. You can see the honesty without hyperbole, it’s not hitting everything but wow something is really wrong…..still

  • @cmuwarrior83
    @cmuwarrior83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    David Hoffman
    I don't know how or better yet why your archives connected with me in my presence. But I've watched quite a few of your videos by now. Maybe more than I planned, even lol.
    But I just want you to know how grateful I am. To witness the work you've created for people is fascinating. It seems as though you've recorded these pieces, not only because it was your job to do in life, but because of the love you had inside from your heart. Thank you.

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Please become a member of the David Hoffman TH-cam Community.
      David Hoffman filmmaker

  • @ebonyblackianna8858
    @ebonyblackianna8858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    "SOMETIMES THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR FREEDOM MAKES YOU A SLAVE AGAIN "

    • @JAHDCypha
      @JAHDCypha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A.k.a selling your soul👍✊

    • @indoororchidsandtropicals358
      @indoororchidsandtropicals358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They were never fighting for freedom. They were tricked into fighting for totalitarianism just like most germans in the 30s and 40s. Nazism and marxxism are two sides of the same totalitarian coin. The only thing that differs between them is who is named oppressor and oppressed. Hitler even got the ideas for camps and secret police from marx. If you're curious about how people are tricked, read influence by cialdini. He's written many books, but I wish he would do one about the mechanics involved in ideologies that result in genocide like these two have. If youre interested in how nazism and marxjsm are similar, there's a great article by the New York times which you can find by searching "marx was racist and genocidal "

    • @azahrmalik2259
      @azahrmalik2259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The true price of freedom is death

    • @pinewolfpresents
      @pinewolfpresents 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *gahdamn*

    • @azahrmalik2259
      @azahrmalik2259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pinewolfpresentsi know right

  • @kemartini
    @kemartini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    “What the hell do you think we care about dying if you’re going to deny us the right of living”, I felt that.

  • @tellemanndergaertner
    @tellemanndergaertner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a really amazing video. I hope future generations continue to watch it.

  • @RalphLBaer
    @RalphLBaer ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rage? Nah. This is pure passion.

  • @Elemental_Buttahfly_II
    @Elemental_Buttahfly_II 2 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    "There's a limit to a man's patience." That day is here.

    • @Big_Footless
      @Big_Footless 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Keep that rage alive, my friend. This world needs it.

    • @SnakeOmni
      @SnakeOmni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Day is Here.

    • @SnakeOmni
      @SnakeOmni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Boomer Ok.

    • @Elemental_Buttahfly_II
      @Elemental_Buttahfly_II 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Boomer Have several seats with that bs

    • @SnakeOmni
      @SnakeOmni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Boomer This is the kind of nonsense you will believe if you don't read books kids, don't grow up to be like this.

  • @williamwatts1281
    @williamwatts1281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2426

    Stuff like this should be required to watch in school or even just by parents.

    • @olivetv1558
      @olivetv1558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      As a black women that had to sit through roots smh in class; full of white kids.. I agree

    • @Zbxwzz
      @Zbxwzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      My dad had me watch things like this as he raised me. As a biracial person, I feel so blessed that he did.

    • @captainarcher2
      @captainarcher2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree.

    • @Theweirdcousin
      @Theweirdcousin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Amelia Jones the UK were one of the biggest culprits of the slave trade...the accolades are ta needed. One thing the UK should for sure be doing is giving back historical items from African countries.

    • @realdeal8303
      @realdeal8303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Blacks should have to watch this

  • @ER-uy7ct
    @ER-uy7ct ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The young man at the 2:39 mark, wow. His points still mean something.

    • @bmblafamilia7761
      @bmblafamilia7761 ปีที่แล้ว

      All their points mean something he just orated his points the best of them

  • @josephwinslow7613
    @josephwinslow7613 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir, Thanks for producing this powerful video.

  • @mhvisionzz9690
    @mhvisionzz9690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Learn your history or it will repeat ...that’s why they don’t touch on black history in school

    • @hakeemsd70m
      @hakeemsd70m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Dave Allen if that's the case, how come history about black people is not taught in school? You're trying to take attention away from the fact that black people have contributed to every single part of American history.

    • @melxo08
      @melxo08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Dave Allen but American history is black history

    • @jameskimp49
      @jameskimp49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dave Allen Your just looking to be offended stop it. In fact it’s black history because whites tell white history in schools now, it’s just not called that. Which whites discredit every race on earth.

    • @isecurity6801
      @isecurity6801 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I cant writing comments here as i read the comment :)

    • @LoLoGtFLo
      @LoLoGtFLo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dave Allen lmfaooo you’re a joke. You have to be trolling. This is the dumbest sh!t I’ve read today.

  • @peedrowchan-man102
    @peedrowchan-man102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    “All we want is what’s ours”. “Nuthin from nuthin leaves nuthin”.
    Thank you for making this compilation.

  • @roxieturner4638
    @roxieturner4638 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Raw and real conversation! Black people during the 1960s and beyond understood racism and reality!

  • @dj4751_mylord
    @dj4751_mylord ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you for this wonderful content. "Every body had a right to live"

  • @TheBahafis
    @TheBahafis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    "We're asking to be allowed to live like human beings. And, God, you tell us that this is too much to ask. You're sick, you're definitely sick! How can you tell me that it's too much to be a human being?!?!"

    • @bridgettjohnson7437
      @bridgettjohnson7437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      God has not told you that lie. You believe in and worship the white jesus our ancestors were programed to and obviously you too.

    • @jagmannenarbrand8373
      @jagmannenarbrand8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bridgettjohnson7437 Lol why would Jesus be white if he was from Nazareth? Like even the greeks to the north were still brown. Plus he was not talking about God, there was a comma before and after it meaning he said "God" as an exclaimation. Like someone saying "Oh God, that's gross"

    • @chasmitedolos2241
      @chasmitedolos2241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Carpe Diem Blasphemer

    • @thanos1707
      @thanos1707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thisisanexample3947no, he was a regular mine just like everyone else.

    • @Konoronn
      @Konoronn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jagmannenarbrand8373 I agree, but Greeks are definitely white.

  • @regulus6773
    @regulus6773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    "I don't have my lifetime to waste on this."

    • @3AMWalksClearMyMind
      @3AMWalksClearMyMind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do you know who that is speaking?

    • @jasonu3741
      @jasonu3741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@3AMWalksClearMyMind I think they do which illustrates the Irony. Mrs Giovanni as that young woman there had no Idea of the resistance and persistence against her plight

    • @Cagon415
      @Cagon415 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was my favorite part. I've said that many times.

    • @kellyalves756
      @kellyalves756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was amazing.

  • @robertblankenship5000
    @robertblankenship5000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This truly is remarkable. My soul is with those speaking in this video.

  • @unicornmadness6286
    @unicornmadness6286 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The guy at 2:38, he hit my soul deep. I've listened to what he said at least 20 times now, and each time was like the first. Deep to the soul.

    • @adincrane
      @adincrane ปีที่แล้ว

      Match u and override u I see that they override uss with crime lmao pathetic goofy chumps shoulda stayed like this cuz these the majority of these r3tards rap about killing eachother and they just pop out kids without a care in the world raising them to be low life's like the majority of them pathetic race frr u guys are more racist imo

    • @terryweeks2027
      @terryweeks2027 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Tupac" said the same thing "We keep asking and asking" the new GEN"s are taking things into their own hands... MOB..looters in LA 2023

  • @sydlawson3181
    @sydlawson3181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    "We love America, but you keep driving us back and making a Sampson out of us and we're gonna tear down the building"
    Damn, wise and potent words there sir.

    • @YouT00ber
      @YouT00ber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tear down “the pillars”. Bible story reference

    • @AshleyMintz
      @AshleyMintz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *pillars, not building..

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AshleyMintz but the walls came tumbling down -- pillars kept it up - until the walls came crumbling down.

    • @tressajones2497
      @tressajones2497 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

    • @DeeDee-hx1km
      @DeeDee-hx1km 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@YouT00ber today is buildings...same difference

  • @MrYakman09
    @MrYakman09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    “What if the price of freedom is what makes you a slave”. Mind blown.

    • @Indygenous
      @Indygenous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      America sold its freedom in 1931 with federal reserve act. Its not about just blavks anymore. Whites are realizing thus too. Why do you think more whites are raged. But this is where their trickery comes in. As soon as white rage started to build up in 2008 with housing crash and grassroots movement was building steam they infiltrated ut and controlled it through suggestions and persuasions. They needed to quell the black population by selecting first black president. Obamas role was to basically entertain the minorities. We all fell for it. I did. But when donald trump was elected america showed its true color. The racism we thought we have made progress over in the past decades was still alive.

    • @SuperChannel777
      @SuperChannel777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ain't no freedom here

    • @gabrielus123gabby
      @gabrielus123gabby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Extreme capitalism.

    • @makaveli801
      @makaveli801 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A roman governor said they were enslaving the britons with the Roman culture.

    • @brtshmvne
      @brtshmvne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Daniel Anderson Don’t be a pussy. At least post your picture. 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

  • @drcharlesbombay
    @drcharlesbombay ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The 2nd speech (Pittsburgh) he was passionate and closed with a reverberating statement... The Akmed Lorence speech (or interview) I think it’s top 20 in American history... “nobody who’s ever been in war wants war.”

  • @ryx5380
    @ryx5380 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this! The eloquence, the patriotism, the humanity, the regalness if this is what you call rage you're extremely ignorant!

  • @marycallahan1224
    @marycallahan1224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    You can’t blame black people for being upset in the 60s!

    • @yourmom2325
      @yourmom2325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      We're still upset now

    • @McShag420
      @McShag420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Or now.

    • @trackwalkerfilms
      @trackwalkerfilms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’ll take the bait. Knock knock.

    • @IRON5
      @IRON5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      These Civil rights leaders were the biggest race traitors to black folks..

    • @girljenk7872
      @girljenk7872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @michael cooper boo bye