Send us your Feedback For our privacy policy, click here . For our user agree- ment, click here . That generation had seen its leaders killed and jailed for simply asking for what other members of this society had enjoyed for decades. And now that we've reached that point somewhat, very few of us take advantage of the opportunities spawned by the civil rights movement. They could see the big picture, see that the things they were doing then would reap results for the generations to come.
Foresight is the word that pops to mind.
We, the black community, need more of that from our leaders now. With the same old rhetoric from our leaders, the sacrifice of our '60s brothers and sisters served no purpose. The very opportunities fought for 30 years ago are now ours for the picking, but we stand on the sidelines and refuse to reach for them. You begin to wonder if the efforts put forward in the '60s were worth the results being seen today. Not to say we're at the end of an era, but we're certainly at the crossroads.