American National Election Studies reported in 1964 what Americans thought of the civil rights movement. They think it's been pushed too fast and that most black people are violent and the cause of their own problems. It’s not black people who feel entitled or play the role of victims. How to fight racism. Does BLM live up to these standards? Black Lives Matter has no Martin Luther King or Malcolm X. In the 20th century, religious leaders of the civil rights movement played an important role in the fight for justice. Would the backlash to the murder of various African Americans have been as strong without BLM. Wouldn't the civil rights movement have been so brutal without the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), or the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and many other civil rights organizations. ? Many years ago, the KKK was labeled a hate group for obvious reasons. Lately, a new group, Black Lives Matter, has emerged in our society, creating the same threat and domestic terrorism as the KKK. -Michael Hamilton of Denver,