"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism…" -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. #ReclaimMLK zinnedproject.org/materials/revo…
Here is an invaluable (still relevant) critique by @DerrickPAlridge of textbook mis-representation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as messiah, the embodiment of the Civil Rights Movement, and a moderate. Read/discuss. #ReclaimMLK zinnedproject.org/materials/mart…
Through examining primary documents, students can learn the scope of the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign to spy on, infiltrate, discredit, "neutralize," and disrupt all corners of the Black Freedom Movement -- including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Free lesson ⬇️zinnedproject.org/materials/coin…
"More than any other CRM documentary, this is a deeply emotional, riveting narration of Black working-class resistance that speaks to the current crisis and jars our collective memory." —Robin D.G. Kelley See ⬇️ about Memphis Sanitation Workers strike zinnedproject.org/materials/at-t…
Two Eyes II segments: “Two Societies” and “The Promised Land” introduce King’s work on housing in Chicago, Vietnam War, Poor People’s Campaign (today see: @UniteThePoor), and Memphis sanitation workers’ strike. (Free classroom access from @facinghistory) zinnedproject.org/materials/eyes…
@UniteThePoor @facinghistory Textbooks & media often falsely silo movements in history -- labor, anti-war, civil rights, women's, and more. @VincentIntondi counters this with an example of relationship between anti-nuclear and Civil Rights Movement. zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…
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