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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone remember Magilla Gorilla {civil rights barometer} from the 60s?
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The trials of Magilla mirrored the attitudes that American citizens had towards
racial integration during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
The Magilla Gorilla Show perpetuated the idea that non-whites should be segregated,
with Peebles selling Magilla to white customers who would invariably return him
to the pet shop by the end of each episode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magilla_Gorilla_Show
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Anyone remember Magilla Gorilla {civil rights barometer} from the 60s? (Original Post)
Ptah
Feb 2013
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Ptah
(33,034 posts)1. A civil rights barometer?!!1?!1?11
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. Yes!
Ptah
(33,034 posts)3. The footnote for that quote links to: American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Soci
American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films And Television Programs
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CYJLSkxyL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg
http://books.google.com/books?id=WlEjmDkdc08C&pg=PA50&dq=Magilla+Gorilla&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iuOJT5uyEY-C8AT13Nz3CQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwADgy#v=onepage&q=Magilla%20Gorilla&f=false
What a long strange trip it's been
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)4. indeed, my friend. indeed it has been.
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