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Uncle Tom

(audience applauding) The shift came with the presidential election between Richard Nixon...

(audience applauding) The shift came with the presidential election between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy

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(audience applauding)
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The shift came with the presidential election
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between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:44
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An oral history of the American black conservative.
Martin Luther King Jr. had been imprisoned, - Uncle Tom 00:15
Martin Luther King Jr. had been imprisoned,
The rumor got out that John F. Kennedy did. - Uncle Tom 00:05
The rumor got out that John F. Kennedy did.
And so, the next thing you know, - Uncle Tom 00:07
And so, the next thing you know,
There were three pictures that hung in the living room - Uncle Tom 00:06
There were three pictures that hung in the living room
John Kennedy promoted a dramatic tax cut. - Uncle Tom 00:04
John Kennedy promoted a dramatic tax cut.
He was a coal warrior, he was a hunter, - Uncle Tom 00:05
He was a coal warrior, he was a hunter,
John Kennedy's collection of views right now - Uncle Tom 00:04
John Kennedy's collection of views right now
He would not be welcome within the Democratic party. - Uncle Tom 00:05
He would not be welcome within the Democratic party.
No memorial, oration or eulogy - Uncle Tom 00:15
No memorial, oration or eulogy
(audience applauding) - Uncle Tom 00:09
(audience applauding)
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act passed. - Uncle Tom 00:04
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act passed.
So, he got credit for those two major pieces of legislation. - Uncle Tom 00:06
So, he got credit for those two major pieces of legislation.
There was a larger percentage of Republicans in Congress, - Uncle Tom 00:11
There was a larger percentage of Republicans in Congress,
Who enabled the Civil Rights legislation in '64 to pass - Uncle Tom 00:07
Who enabled the Civil Rights legislation in '64 to pass
Everett Dirksen got an award from the NAACP - Uncle Tom 00:05
Everett Dirksen got an award from the NAACP
President Johnson was able to get - Uncle Tom 00:11
President Johnson was able to get
And so that's a perception and a narrative - Uncle Tom 00:15
And so that's a perception and a narrative
And they have been using that idea - Uncle Tom 00:14
And they have been using that idea
Black people have been taught - Uncle Tom 00:12
Black people have been taught
If resistance to the Federal Court order ceases at once, - Uncle Tom 00:10
If resistance to the Federal Court order ceases at once,