The next time the AP claims

.. that people who claim that modern activists are treated just as badly as blacks were when they were mistreated...

I suggested you read Don Parks' Big Journalism article

Don notes the following paragraphs from an AP article

They gather on statehouse steps with signs and bullhorns, risking arrest. They attend workshops on civil disobedience and personal storytelling, and they hold sit-ins and walk out of class in protest. They’re being warned that they could even lose their lives.

So the they are....

 Students fighting laws that target illegal immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise and momentum from the demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters as they sought to turn the public tide against racial segregation.

 But the best part is yet to come...   compariing the civil rights era to the "idiot-class" of today (and these are all Don's list, not mine..)

• Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants chose to violate our border and enter this country. Blacks, back in the day, didn’t have much of a say in the matter.
• Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants can give birth here and receive taxpayer benefits for that anchor baby.
• Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants aren’t fearful of a certain political party that encouraged any level of violence against them.
•  Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants can find work and earn a living. Granted, their pay may not be equal to that of citizens, but at least they are getting paid. Slaves were not as fortunate.
• Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants are granted certain legal and social protections never afforded to blacks.
• Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants (children and adults) can be educated with taxpayer money. Black slaves who could read were often lynched.
•  Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants who don’t like it here can just up and leave. Slaves attempting a change of scenery were often lynched when caught.
•  Unlike black people centuries ago, illegal immigrants have never been considered property. Blacks were sold and traded like old cars.

 So yeah, today's illegal immigration debate is "JUST LIKE" the civil rights issues from the 1800 and 1900's....