The Radical Political Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr
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The Radical Political Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr
Author | : Asafo Sekou |
Publsiher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2015-04-24 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1511900075 |
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A study guide detailing the radical political philosophy of Dr. King and its relevance to today's political, economic, social, and spiritual legacy.
The Radical King
Author | : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2016-01-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807034521 |
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A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X “The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution—a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. . . . Could it be that we know so little of the radical King because such courage defies our market-driven world?” —Cornel West, from the Introduction Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King’s revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. As West writes, “Although much of America did not know the radical King—and too few know today—the FBI and US government did. They called him ‘the most dangerous man in America.’ . . . This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize.”
To Shape a New World
Author | : Tommie Shelby,Brandon M. Terry |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780674980754 |
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A cast of distinguished contributors engage critically with Martin Luther King's understudied writings on labor and welfare rights, voting rights, racism, civil disobedience, nonviolence, economic inequality, poverty, love, just-war theory, virtue ethics, political theology, imperialism, nationalism, reparations, and social justice
From Protest to Politics
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Author | : Eddie N. Williams |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : OCLC:3236159 |
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Martin Luther King the Inconvenient Hero
Author | : Vincent Harding |
Publsiher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781608332601 |
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In these eloquent essays, the noted scholar and activist Vincent Harding reflects on the forgotten legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the meaning of his life today. Many of these reflections are inspired by the ambiguous message surrounding the official celebration of King's birthday. Harding sees a tendency to freeze an image of King from the period of his early leadership of the Civil Rights movement, the period culminating with his famous "I Have a Dream Speech". Harding writes passionately of King's later years, when his message and witness became more radical and challenging to the status quo at every level. In those final years before his assassination King took up the struggle against racism in the urban ghettos of the North; he became an eloquent critic of the Vietnam war; he laid the foundations for the Poor People's Campaign. This widening of his message and his tactics entailed controversy even within his own movement. But they point to a consistent expansion of his critique of American injustice and his solidarity with the oppressed. It was this spirit that brought him to Memphis in 1968 to lend his support to striking sanitation workers. It was there that he paid the final price for his prophetic witness.
The Sword and the Shield
Author | : Peniel E. Joseph |
Publsiher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781541617858 |
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This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy, the movement's militancy is either vilified or erased outright. In The Sword and the Shield, Peniel E. Joseph upends these misconceptions and reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define.
Where Do We Go from Here
Author | : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Publsiher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780807000762 |
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In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King's acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. Here he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, powerfully asserting that humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.
Prophet of Discontent
Author | : Jared A. Loggins,Andrew J. Douglas |
Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2021-05-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780820360164 |
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This book is openly available in digital formats thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Many of today’s insurgent Black movements call for an end to racial capitalism. They take aim at policing and mass incarceration, the racial partitioning of workplaces and residential communities, the expropriation and underdevelopment of Black populations at home and abroad. Scholars and activists increasingly regard these practices as essential technologies of capital accumulation, evidence that capitalist societies past and present enshrine racial inequality as a matter of course. In Prophet of Discontent, Andrew J. Douglas and Jared A. Loggins invoke contemporary discourse on racial capitalism in a powerful reassessment of Martin Luther King Jr.’s thinking and legacy. Like today’s organizers, King was more than a dreamer. He knew that his call for a “radical revolution of values” was complicated by the production and circulation of value under capitalism. He knew that the movement to build the beloved community required sophisticated analyses of capitalist imperialism, state violence, and racial formations, as well as unflinching solidarity with the struggles of the Black working class. Shining new light on King’s largely implicit economic and political theories, and expanding appreciation of the Black radical tradition to which he belonged, Douglas and Loggins reconstruct, develop, and carry forward King’s strikingly prescient critique of capitalist society.