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Shervyn Von Hoerl's avatar

I read and post about Letter From a Birmingham Jail every MLK Day. To remind everyone I know that the biggest roadblock to Racial Justice is the white moderate. That fact has not changed.

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blaine wishart's avatar

Thank you for calling attention to the importance of this day.

the podcast by Adam Tooze last friday is especially valuable, I think. #1 it covers the critical relationship between Coretta Scott King and MLK. #2 It provides some background on the inadequacy of integration as a demand in the view of many in the Black community. #3 It discusses other key Black leaders such as W.E.B. DuBoise and Paul Robinson whose carriers, were ruined by FBI and State Department attacks. #4 It has valuable material on the connection between economic and racial justice. #5 It covers a set of amazing events in Atlanta after MLK received the Nobel prize. https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/the-economic-philosophy-of-martin-luther-king-jr/

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