BfP knocks this one out of the park, with some handy assistance from commenters: she starts by pointing out some key flaws in Jonathan Farley's recent Guardian commentary on the failure of the civil rights movement in the United States.  Then she goes on to present some background on Ella Baker - one of the many civil rights activists whose contribution to the movement tends to get lost when the Civil Rights Movement is conflated with Martin Luther King, Jr.  And throughout the post she weaves a powerful description of what it means to be involved in a community movement confronting injustice.  There are some excellent follow-on comments and elaborations, as well.  Go read.