Re: [Goanet] Re: Fists of Freedom - Rosa Parks

[Mario Goveia]

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> From: Chris Vaz
> 
> It might  interest you to know that President
> Johnson was only able to push 
> through the 1964 Civil Rights Act with the help of
> then Sen Everett Dirksen
>
--- Tony Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What about the highest number on death row and in
> prisons? 
> 
> Mario asks:
>
Tony,
Pardon me for asking, but what is the point you are
trying to make, by just saying "What about" something?
>
I have to assume from the context that you see some
connection between the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
addresses civil rights, and the number of blacks on
death row and in prisons, which has nothing to do with
civil rights and everything to do with criminal
activity that has been successfully prosecuted.
>
What am I missing here?