On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:02:12 GMT, wrote:

Congress passes civil rights act granted equal rights in public
accommodations and jury duty, in 1875.
National Congress on the Negro convened in 1909, leading to founding of
the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

There were steps taken before that. It was a slow process, but it was an
inevitiable conclusion.

So says you. And yet, without government intervention, we might STILL
be holding our breath.


You seem to keep forgetting that the government is people.

No I don't. It's YOU who keeps forgetting that important tenet. You
seem to claim that "the people" (being interchangeable with "the
government" is powerless to act, because it's "the marketplace" that
will correct all wrongs, even though history hasn't shown that to be
the case).