How was it that some of the most pivotal civil rights leaders seemed unaware of the century of black struggle that preceded his own? Well, I think to the extent that it existed, it was local knowledge. Even in King's movement, they were getting phone calls from different towns in the south. But communities were emulating Montgomery all over the south, but not in coordination.
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