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 vaguely remember some "entrepreneur" type on Twitter who basically re-invented farming with his idea for making money. Anyone know of that and have the link?
dog, now here me out, what if, the plants you buy from the store, what if we took those, the seeds, and planted them, you know, ourselves. we cut out the store, we disrupt. we plant the plants. and grow profits.
The tomatoes guy? Who claimed that from one tomato you could have a tomato empire after a few years, implying that anyone who doesn't do this is lazy idiot
Edit: I'll check my meme box when I get home