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Colonel Stone Johnson, born on the 9th of september in 1918, was a black worker in the civil rights movement who served as a bodyguard for homes, businesses, and people involved in the movement.

A railway worker and union representative by trade, he got involved in the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama in the mid 1950s, working with Fred Shuttlesworth. He started a civil rights organization called the Civil Rights Guards that protected homes and business involved in the movement, usually while armed.

Among Johnson's notable acts was helping carry a Ku Klux Klan bomb away from Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL and serving as a bodyguard to Martin Luther King Jr. He also provided armed protection to non-violent activists in Anniston, Alabama during the 1961 Freedom Rides, rescuing them from a segregationist mob.

An oft-repeated remark of Johnson, when asked how he managed to protect civil rights leaders, given his commitment to non-violence, Johnson replied, "With my non-violent .38 special."

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I find how people find hexbear edgy to be very funny. A lot of the humor around here isn't too far from the lyrics of The Dead Kennedys.

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Tomorrow is Bashar Al-Assad’s & Adorno’s birthdays, as well as Khrushchev’s death day

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I think I've overcome my limerence. Or starting to.

I realize that it was an escapist fantasy, a reprieve for boredom, loneliness, and unfulfilled emotional needs. Completely obvious, yes, but sometimes what is obvious and simple is not always easy to arrive at.

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[–] DoghouseCharlie@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Love to feel like I'm an unhinged whiner for not liking that someone draws Nazi art. It's really cool that people laugh that off and start talking about 4chan memes.

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Just got all 3 mass effect games for $3 at the thrift shop let's gooooo

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What's the deal with .... Japanese games and needing to go to the title screen to exit the game?

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