Tag Archives | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Co-opting the revolutionary history of MLK

Originally published: Hood Communist on April 6, 2023 by Khadija Haynes (more by Hood Communist) | (Posted Apr 11, 2023)

I often think about how one of the most revolutionary black men in history can be completely altered; completely reconstructed; undergoing a kind of magical jolly negro transmorgification?
Honoring Dr. King’s legacy: Speak out against racism, poverty and World War III

Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 19, 2023 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha) | (Posted Jan 26, 2023)

A standing-room-only crowd packed St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York, for a “speak out to stop racism, poverty and World War III.” The event honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on the weekend of the King Day holiday.