Summary Of Anne Braden's A Time To Organize

In “ A Time to Organize” an address by Anne Braden she states “ I find people just don't know about the Sixties, the mass media has totally distorted the Sixties.” I find this very interesting because I find it to yield truth about many other aspects of history in American society. This quote is referring to the lack of public knowledge about the conditions African Americans faced during this period. The mass media is responsible for glossing over society’s flaws and missteps. In present day America slavery is spoken of like a distant tragedy, occurring hundreds of years ago. False. Slavery, segregation, and oppression was alive in our parents and grandparents era, and is still affecting the modern public to some degree. Instead of acknowledging