Martin Luther King

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/13/2020
  

  Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ Martin Luther King Almost Died. This Man Saved Him

  Al Howard, a Black NYPD officer, was able to save Dr. King from a stabbing in a New York department store in 1958, potentially changing the course of history.

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  6/7/2020
  

  MLK’s Prescription For Protests: Nonviolent, But Also Unceasing And Disruptive

  by Jason Sokol

  By recalling King’s words, we might articulate a position that builds on his own — a position that, most importantly, demands structural changes in our society to end police violence, yet readily recognizes the self-defeating nature of looting and destruction.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  2/7/20
  

  The MLK Graphic Novel That Inspired Generations of Civil Rights Activists

  The comic book that helped spark a generation of young civil rights protestors did not feature superheroes, but a 42-year-old seamstress and a 26-year-old Baptist pastor.

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• SOURCE: Comedy Central
  1/20/20
  

  Video of the Week: Historian Mary Frances Berry on Martin Luther King and the Power of Protest

  Historian Mary Frances Berry discusses misconceptions about Martin Luther King, Jr., the essential role of protests in politics and her book "History Teaches Us to Resist."

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• 1/19/20
  

  Four Speeches by Dr. King That Can Still Guide Us Today

  by Alan Singer

  Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged the war in Vietnam, U.S. imperialism, and laws that victimized working people and the poor, not just racial discrimination.

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• SOURCE: NY Daily News
  6/12/19
  

  We need to face the whole truth about Martin Luther King, Jr.

  by Jonathon Zimmerman

  The reactions to this latest episode smack of a different kind of conspiracy, which historians should both recognize and resist: the conspiracy of silence.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  A Black Feminist’s Response to Attacks on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

  by Barbara Ransby

  We should not become historical peeping Toms by trafficking in what amounts to rumor and innuendo.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  6/4/19
  

  How to Make Sense of the Shocking New MLK Documents

  by David Greenberg

  A new trove of FBI records has become yet another political weapon in our hyper-partisan age. That doesn’t mean we should ignore it.

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• SOURCE: The Tennessean
  4/26/19
  

  MLK's prescription for healing hate was embracing 'agape'

  by Eli Merritt

  King spoke about the Greek concept of agape, or brotherly love and compassion, a social concept he defined as “understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men.”

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• 3/24/19
  

  Vernon Johns: An Often Forgotten Controversial Civil Rights Activist

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Johns was a critical figure in the push for racial equality, chiefly because he was not merely a pusher, but also a shover.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  2/25/19
  

  Wyatt Tee Walker: Chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for civil rights

  by Taylor McNeilly

  Walker was hailed as “one of the keenest minds of the nonviolent revolution” by none less than King himself.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  1/23/19
  

  Historians on The Political Misuses of King's Legacy

  Year after year, notable figures and institutions attempt to recast Martin Luther King Jr. as champion of causes that don't align with his legacy.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/21/19
  

  On MLK Day, descendants of Lee, Stonewall Jackson urge Va. to halt Confederate tributes

  Descendants of two Confederate generals appeared in the Virginia Senate on Monday to show their support for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who days earlier sat out a Republican senator’s ode to Robert E. Lee.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  1/21/19
  

  Julian Zelizer blasts Pence for comparing Donald Trump to MLK

  Zelizer said the Trump administration is "antithetical to absolutely everthing" King fought for. 

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• SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
  1/21/19
  

  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, remembering the women civil rights leaders left out of spotlight

  “Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their individual stories were rarely heard."

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/20/19
  

  Pence's shocking use of Martin Luther King's words

  by Julian Zelizer

  As we've seen, nothing about this administration resembles King's ideals.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  1/21/19
  

  Martin Luther King Jr. on Making America Great Again

  by Justin Rose

  How the nation chooses to define greatness will have grave implications. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/17/19
  

  Robert J. Brown Worked With Both MLK and Nixon. Here’s What He Says Went on Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement

  The civil rights power broker talks about his new memoir and working with Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/15/19
  

  The story of how Michael King Jr. became Martin Luther King Jr.

  A look at the civil rights leader’s childhood name change

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• 1/20/19
  

  Ibram X. Kendi: Remember Dr. King's Nightmare This MLK Day

  by Kyla Sommers

  How historians can be inspired by remembering the radical and realist Dr. King.