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« on: August 31, 2011, 01:48:26 PM »ELVIS would have been against the marriage because he is a racist. [...]:shock: :roll: Oh my! You are so wrong on this subject. The TRUTH is exactly the other way round!!!
Elvis grew up among black kids, he learned to play guitar from them, he's got his love for gospel music from the black community he lived in! Along his whole life he had many black friends, amongst which the most famous James Brown and Muhammad Ali. Elvis was no racist! stop believing in rumors! Instead read what his famous black friends said about him! Check out these quotes:
1. Little Richard: "Elvis was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let Black music through. He opened the door for Black music."
2. Cissy Houston: "Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. He was singing Gospel all the time – almost anything he did had that flavour. You can’t get away from what your roots are."
3. Sammy Davis Jnr.: "I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain’t my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, ‘Was he my friend?’, ‘Did I enjoy him as a performer?’, ‘Did he give the world of entertainment something?’ - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don’t matter."
4. B.B King:"I knew Elvis before he was popular. He used to come around and be around us a lot. I can remember once or twice when we met down at Club Handy on Beale Street. Elvis at heart was very religious and I think that throughout his career he couldn’t help but let it come out & you can hear it."
5. Muhammad Ali Talking About Elvis Presley - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
- ALI & ELVIS: "The Greatest & The King" - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
6. Another of Elvis’ friends James Brown is re-known for having an incredibly strong personality, supporting the struggle for Black Rights, and someone who wouldn't take any racist bullshit off anyone he met.
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Coincidentally James Brown was charting with ‘Say it Loud, I'm Black & I'm Proud’ at the same time Elvis was recording 'In The Ghetto'. There would be no chance of James Brown spending anytime with Elvis had he shown any racist tendencies and they stayed friendly acquaintances throughout the years.7. Ernest Withers: "Elvis was a great man and did more for civil rights than people know. To call him a racist is an insult to us all."
James Brown: - "I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There’ll never be another like that soul brother." - "We were friends for a long time, for twenty years. And he told me, he’d ride around Memphis around the streets he’d come up in, all alone at night. Ride around on his motorcycle when he was sure the rest of the world was asleep, just kind of hauntin’ them places he hung around in as a kid. He was a country boy."
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Ernest also commented on Elvis' sincere politeness to people he would meet. "I saw and heard him addressed everyone as 'Sir' and 'Maam', the people in the hardware store or someone like me, whoever."source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
- "I have heard reporters ask Elvis 'Why? Why do you say 'Yes, sir' to those stupid nig***s?' and Elvis would say to them 'Cause they're humans too.' He just was respectful to all people, and not just because they were older than him, cause that's what you're supposed to do. He had respect for people and he had respect for black people."
- "I could relate and talk to Elvis easier than even the Civil Rights activists because I was his age and he was more even tempered. Elvis would come to the black events and the Goodwill Review, but officially, he was not able to actually be part of it because of the segregation laws and things at the time. He would still come though." This was during a time when the established order was unconcerned if a white man was dismissive of a black man, but the civil rights photographer was impressed with young Elvis and remembers him with great fondness. Withers saw something totally different in Elvis to other white people in Memphis at that time. - "Elvis was very fond of Walter Culpepper who ran a barbecue shop on Hernando Street." Elvis always referred to the black proprietor as "Mr. Culpepper." Withers says, "I overheard one of Elvis' friends at the time ask Elvis 'Why do you call him 'mister' -- he's just a barbecue guy?' Elvis looked at him and said 'He's a man.' "
*** Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ was a favourite rhetorical speech that Elvis had memorised and would often repeat over the years. Elvis was extremely shocked when on April 4th 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated in his own hometown. The compassion Elvis felt would lead to the inspired performance that Elvis used in his own ‘If I Can Dream’ - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login as the closing number of his ‘Comeback Special.’
The black struggles following Martin Luther King’s assassination created strong racial boundaries especially in Memphis and the South. Politically and racially 1969 was a very sensitive period. However Elvis had always felt strongly about social injustice (as shown by his private donations to charities) and there is no doubt that his recording of ‘In The Ghetto’ was Elvis’ way of saying which side he sympathised for.
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