What Happened When She Pushed Back Against MLK?
Black History Year
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🗓️ 2 March 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. While MLK gave public speeches, she did the work on the ground, building community. But now, their one major disagreement threatened to stall the whole movement! Would anything help them cooperate?
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| 0:00.0 | The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. |
| 0:03.6 | While Martin Luther King gave public speeches, |
| 0:06.8 | she did the work on the ground, building community. |
| 0:11.0 | But now, there one major disagreement |
| 0:14.6 | threatened to stall the whole movement. |
| 0:17.4 | Would anything help them cooperate? |
| 0:20.2 | This is Two Minute Black History, |
| 0:22.5 | what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:30.8 | Martin Luther King always appointed men to the front lines |
| 0:34.8 | as he didn't think women should leave. |
| 0:38.1 | But Ella Baker wanted to break that tradition. |
| 0:42.4 | Could she? |
| 0:43.8 | While she wasn't looking for recognition, |
| 0:47.1 | Baker needed more power in the movement |
| 0:50.4 | in order to bring marginalized voices to the table. |
| 0:54.4 | While it was important to be in the line light sometimes, |
| 0:57.7 | it was also important to listen. |
| 1:00.4 | She hoped King could see this. |
| 1:13.8 | Baker's job made Martin Luther King's possible. |
| 1:17.7 | While he was on the front lines, |
| 1:19.6 | she spent hours listening to the stories of our people, |
| 1:23.9 | helping them develop the self-work |
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