<CPOV> Interesting read!

Joseph Reagle joseph.2008 at reagle.org
Fri Oct 8 14:46:16 CEST 2010


On Friday, October 08, 2010, Maja van der Velden wrote:
> been steamrollered by the white power structure. And of what use would  
> a digital communication tool be in a town where ninety-eight per cent  
> of the black community could be reached every Sunday morning at  
> church? The things that King needed in Birmingham—discipline and  
> strategy—were things that online social media cannot provide."

I enjoyed this piece and appreciate his argument. While counter-factual history is a very speculative undertaking it can be provocative and prompt us to check our assumptions.




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