"Rabbi Heschel spoke those words during the last years of King’s life, when 72 percent of whites and 55 percent of blacks disapproved of King’s opposition to the Vietnam War and his efforts to eradicate poverty in America."
But that's not a personal approval rating.
But that's not a personal approval rating.
https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/689138486373265408
What I just quoted was the source quote (from an Op Ed by Cornel West) from which that stat is drawn in the article this gentleman quotes.
I'm not necessarily disputing the central claim here. But King's civil rights efforts were always more popular than his anti-war and later
I'm not necessarily disputing the central claim here. But King's civil rights efforts were always more popular than his anti-war and later
economic activism. His personal popularity was probably greater too, and he was far and away regarded as the pre-eminent leader of black America in his time.
Polling was not as consistent or comprehensive back then. I wonder where one might be a more thorough treatment of
Polling was not as consistent or comprehensive back then. I wonder where one might be a more thorough treatment of
available data...
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