On MLK Day we did a roundup of some of the best work in @theprospect's history on race and civil rights. I loved going through the archives on this. They're all here, but here's a thread with some highlights: prospect.org/civil-rights/r…
@theprospect Randall Kennedy from 2014 on "Why I am Still a Racial Optimist" is a masterwork prospect.org/civil-rights/b…
This Richard Rothstein story on the origins of the Ferguson tragedy laid the foundation for his best-selling book The Color of Law prospect.org/civil-rights/m…
Harold Meyerson from 2013 on the radicalism at the forefront of the March of Washington. prospect.org/power/socialis…
Darrick Hamilton, Mark Paul, and Sandy Darity on what MLK was proposing at the end of his life - a new economic bill of rights prospect.org/economy/econom…
Some classic @jbouie from the archives: first, on why we can't celebrate the real Martin Luther King prospect.org/article/saint-…
@jbouie Next, on how King's movement forged a path for other marginalized groups to earn their rights. prospect.org/article/foot-d…
@jbouie There's a lot more at the roundup, great reading for the holiday. prospect.org/civil-rights/r…
