Sentences with phrase «against blatant racism»

A shocking sequence shows us the bombing of a church in Birmingham in which four young girls lost their lives before we cut to the elderly Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) coming up against blatant racism in her efforts to register to vote.

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The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

I think that's why the civil rights movement was so amazing, because you got to see blatant racism against children.