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4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought

The slain civil rights leader was a critic of capitalism and the Vietnam War, and a champion of reproductive rights.

https://www.alternet.org/4-ways-martin-luther-king-was-more-radical-you-thought

Mr. President, read this sermon by Martin Luther King Jr.

"Trump would have learned much from King’s sermon about colonialism and exploitation and the new, independent nations that were about to be born across Africa. He would have heard King preach, “that for years and for centuries, Africa has been one of the most exploited continents in the history of the world.”

Instead of disrespecting people of color, an American president celebrating “King Day” in 2018 should have been informed that it was Europeans who exploited Africans and sold them into slavery. He would have understood why the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. started weeping, crying for joy, as he stood in Accra in March 1957 and watched the Union Jack come down and the new flag of Ghana go up — signifying the change from British colony to a free sovereign people."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/01/15/mr-president-read-this-sermon-by-martin-luther-king/?utm_term=.3f7f5f43639f

What shaped King’s prophetic vision?

https://theconversation.com/what-shaped-kings-prophetic-vision-71252

It’s time to reclaim the true Martin Luther King

King was not celebrating American exceptionalism — he was challenging it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/15/its-time-to-reclaim-the-true-martin-luther-king/?utm_term=.f57e0c47a572

Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/martin-luther-kings-economic-dream-a-guaranteed-income-for-all-americans/279147/

MLK’s vision of love as a moral imperative still matters

In the face of violence directed at minority communities and of deepening political divisions in the country, King’s words and philosophy are perhaps more critical for us today than at any point in the recent past.

https://theconversation.com/mlks-vision-of-love-as-a-moral-imperative-still-matters-89946

Five New Videos For Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/01/13/five-new-videos-for-martin-luther-king-jr-day/