I liked the movie so much, but i was wondering about something, i felt the clothes of the black people was kinda fancy and clean , i thought that black people had a terrible times this era and they were poor and can't afford good clothes as it was at the movie .it seemed like they just bought the clothes.
shareNot everyone was so poor that they couldn't afford to have clean and presentable clothes. Even if they were poor, they often made an effort to look good specifically because they were the public faces of the Civil Rights movement and they knew their photos would be published around the country and even the world.
Take a look at some of these photos of some of the actual people depicted in this movie:
Diane Nash:
https://www.google.com/search?q=john+lewis+1960s&hl=en&biw=1311&bih=520&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMI9Karvu69yAIVgtIeCh1rIwXz#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=diane+nash+sit+ins
John Lewis:
https://www.google.com/search?q=john+lewis+1960s&hl=en&biw=1311&bih=520&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMI9Karvu69yAIVgtIeCh1rIwXz
Coretta Scott King:
https://www.google.com/search?q=coretta+scott+king+marching&biw=1311&bih=520&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCIfj15u3vcgCFUnzHgodtDwAxg#tbm=isch&q=coretta+scott+king+1960s
They and many of the marchers took pains to present themselves very formally. I suspect that they did not want to provide white Americans any easy excuse to dismiss them or their cause.
Also, don't forget that the whole culture was more formal before the hippie movement of the late 1960s.
Thank you for the information. you made it clear to me.
shareBlack people know how to dress nice even when poor.
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