How did people got word of police brutality in the 1950s?

16 hours ago by NightOps to c/asklemmy

There is no internet (let alone social media or body cams) during that era, since Jim Crow in America was still being enforced towards black people at that time, but the civil rights movement is gaining traction (since Martin Luther King was alive). I mean, cop violence has been around for a long time before body cams were invented. How did people hear first hand encounters from those victimized back then without reliance on social media?

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Kirp123 13 points 15 hours ago

Are people starting to forget how society worked before social media?

People would congregate and talk. They would go to church or participate in various clubs and social events where they would meet their peers and talk about happenings in their communities. Besides that there were a variety of publications where news would be posted in and spread such as local newspapers, magazines and periodicals.

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HobbitFoot 3 points 14 hours ago

Talk to people, like in person?

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skvlp 2 points 9 hours ago

Almost like chatting. With text to speech, except without typing anything out. And no keyboards, and no screens, and no computers. And being in the same room, like IRL.

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HobbitFoot 1 point 9 hours ago

What's transcribing the speech to text?

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