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A new film examines the darker side of rock By Scott Faingold Published: June 30, 2005 Rock 'n' roll is a means of pulling the white man down to the level of the Negro. -- Asa Carter, secretary of the North Alabama White Citizens Council, 1956 Living Colour's Vernon Reid Subject(s): Electric Purgatory Ironically, 50 years down the line, rock 'n' roll has done such a good job of "pulling the white man down" that black folks -- who created the genre -- hardly rock at ...