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U.S. National Guard troops block off Beale Street as Civil Rights marchers wearing placards reading, “I AM A MAN” pass by on March 29, 1968. It was the third consecutive march held by the group in as many days. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, who had left town after the first march, would soon return and be assassinated.
Original: http://i.imgur.com/elORoBd.jpg
WenzelDashington
What is that thing without a sign?
szepasszony
1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike (for anyone interested)
iggiy32
Was he not yet a doctor?
AttackOfTheSpaceBat
Hometown. Love and hate it.
CaptainObviouslikesthemthicc
Damn bayonet to the face is serious business
Wednesdude
The third guy is not a man. He's hipster.
GrandmaSlappy
Trans men March for their right to pee in the men's room
Gantzz321
poor form on the guys with the bayonets, already at full extension.
Cheomesh
A fellow bayonet fencer?!
professirPaints
It's Sean Fucking Murray
Honeybadgerlikesvalium
Why has the guy got a white helmet ?
godtookmypenishands
Damn, that takes some guts...
ObnoxiousComma
Yeah, now they just stand in the middle of highways.
idpassr
The guy in the white helmet and white shirt is a Deputy US Marshal.
szepasszony
I had the privilege to hear one of these men speak in Memphis. This took some real guts, esp. when you've known people who were lynched.
Vulgarsage
The white guy is Jake gyllenhaal from the future. Jake Gyllenhaal is a time traveler. Bob dole... Bob Dole..... Bob dole.......
TheCalvinShow
I don't see what's wrong here. Soldier waiting patiently for bayonet inspections...
mjayojay
and the damn hipster forgot his placard
SomeThingsNeverDie
You're doing God's work my friend these are always breathtaking even if one has seen the photo many times before
mistersaIvage
If that happened in my town I'd be pissed! Metal tracks tear up asphalt!
graehall
*puts daisy in tip of rifle barrel*
Mithi
*gets_shot* ... Welcome to the Watchmen-verse
graehall
I watched the regular cut of that, thought it was ok. Then a few years later saw the full directors cut, damn, that's a decent movie yo.
skyhook
White hipster: Not a Man, because it would be inappropriate to assume gender roles.
KingZullu
46853
I love that Jared from sales is just standing around, looking confused
EvilRado
Wow look how nice the streets looked back then, there garbage on Beale now
DownvoteMeWhenYouFeelOffended
you cant fool us timetravelling hipster! http://imgur.com/spJdPsR
Eeeeee6
Is that one guy a time traveller?
Durff123
Yeah the dude in dress clothes has a beard. I didn't know those existed in the 60s.
RONINZ7
This was the first thing I thought of when seeing this picture
bumholiday
Hard to tell.... He's not clearly labelled like everyone else...
skinnyelvis
Nope just Jewish
Asshats
1960's Rabbi.
BooToast
Charlie day
iLynux
Wesley Snipes right in front of him.
Exactually
No, he's a robot.
OldManTaylor
Dude is a dead ringer for Tchami
myokymia
And is he a man?
KobeBurger
Jason Momoa the Time Lord
mrefintechnical
That is a younger Jason mamoa
TheGunslingerFollowed
No, he's a man
LANAAAAAAAAAA
andreisokolov
Is that James Franco?
Exactually
No, he's a robot.
Eeeeee6
RandomAbscessMemories
You'll notice he's not carrying a sign. Robots can't lie.
Eeeeee6
Exactually
Zokathra
How the fuck did hipsters discover time travel?
strongthought
They've been doing this since pebbly pooh.
orgeezuz
Before it was cool... or after. Idk time travel stuff is pardoxy
Kargathia
Unlimited access to before anything was cool? They definitely have the motivation.
temujin9
TIL that Gallifrey is full of fucking hipsters.
Eeeeee6
JohnnieTheShrubber
Look closely at the man behind him. http://imgur.com/2vY7m1K
SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkF8-vhVM_0
Eeeeee6
Idk how I missed that
46853
He's the head of the illuminati
CapnMoonlite
themosthellas
No he's just white so we already know he's a man.
notthepuppies
The white guy is like "I don't need a sign. They know."
RookVector
The beard is my sign.
HowsYourMommaAndDem
"Hey Dean! Remember that time you forgot your sign at the march? Haha, Loser!"
PerformingChimp
2017 REACTS. "LOOK, BLACK SNOWFLAKES. SAD HATERS, LOL."
HailToUltron
2017 Imgur reacts.
TheGuardianFox
Do people actually believe this? :V
SepiaSkies
2017: #allmenaremen
Bogart99
It would more likely be 40 white liberal arts students and 1 black guy all tweeting about how they are showing solidarity.
szepasszony
More like : 'Ugh, so you think white men aren't really men then? ALL men are men, you bigot!'
PerformingChimp
LIBERAL FASCIST
ThoughtfulSatan
I'd hate to have to do this as either National Guard or just regular active duty. We shouldn't have to deal with domestic affairs.
C6H12O6Rush
When you swear in you swear to defend the country against both foreign and domestic threats
ThoughtfulSatan
While true, that's what police are generally for, domestic threats should only be when there is major loss of live involved
szepasszony
A good number of local police officers in the south at the time were Klansmen who had no intention of protecting protesters though.
ThoughtfulSatan
That's fair.
Introduxium2
Fun to see that so many likes the post, but not one comment about my work, thats a bit wierd. Well im happy anyway :)
GrandmaSlappy
You didn't say it was your work, so I didn't know until I read this comment
Introduxium2
True, but if you checked my profile you would have figured it out ill bet :) Thanks anyway thou!
fantanaranja
Good work @op (what is it?)
Introduxium2
Check the original photo that is linked in the description and you will understand what i did :)
fantanaranja
Bravo...excellent work.
Introduxium2
Thanks :)
ClefTheBoyChinWonder
Very nice! Great work! :)
Introduxium2
Thanks :D Finally a comment, now i can die happy ;)
kendrickmeadows1
What isn't mentioned now are the Beale St. Riots and violence in Memphis. The point is, history will remember the good outcome.
WowSoSparkly
Who brought violence? Was it the men with guns? Which ones? Why didnt they bring the usual military gear against the Women March, I wonder..
kendrickmeadows1
It was the police who started spraying peaceful protesters with water cannons to disperse them. So it was a gang of thugs with guns.
WowSoSparkly
It's often the police who decides which protests stay peaceful, and which dont.
kendrickmeadows1
So quit bitching about the little skirmishes going on right now. They are nothing in comparison.
JudgeMentalCat
Violence in the name of progress now is always denounced by the ruling class, and violence in the name of progress in the past is always
JudgeMentalCat
justified by them as necessary and right. And those who were once thugs and rebels become great patriots in the history books.
letstalknews
Funny at the same time they wanted these men to fight a war for them.
TestAccount321
It wasn't the first time. Minorities got screwed on the GI Bill, which is what helped make the white suburbs what they are today
axpersic
And sports, dont forget sports.
ForTheSwarm
They wanted them to fight a war for sports?
helpusdrzaius
next, on the ocho.
sebla
they were considered expendable
ilikemetals
I thought it was because they weren't viewed as "people" but disposable things they could use as pawns for war?
airportface
And today even illegal immigrants are legally required to sign up for selective service.
nextgenpants
aPrideofLions
never go full retard
ThoughtfulSatan
I'd hate to have to do this as either National Guard or just regular active duty. We shouldn't have to deal with domestic affairs.
letstalknews
In all honesty thank god they did. If left up too the police it just would have been more violence.
ThoughtfulSatan
True, most Police don't have that escalation of force training that we do. Which is why I am against them having certain military equipment.
letstalknews
I really just mean the time period.
TygrF
Yes. The purpose of the military is to kill people. The purpose of the police is to keep people from being killed.
ThoughtfulSatan
While it is true our purpose is to kill people, you'd be surprised how much of our training is when it is necessary to kill them
TheDivineUsersub
Do you suspect that has something to do with how much funding we invest in the military vs the police force?
ThoughtfulSatan
No its just poor training. EoF training can be taught cheap and even for free. If I had a cert to teach it I would teach it for free to cops
ThoughtfulSatan
But giving police access to certain military gear such as M107s, M2s, and even grenade launchers is kinda overkill. MRAPS are okay though.