So I know there’s quite a bit of black people who don’t support Black Lives Matter, but that got me thinking. Were there any black people in the 1950s & 60s that didn’t support Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights activists?
Zora Neale Hurston opposed the Supreme Court's ruling on Brown v. Board. Her reasons were complex, but boiled down to a desire to protect Black traditions, folkways, and positions for Black teachers and administrators.