Martin Luther King: The Last Year

Authors

Kenneth M. Jones, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1-23-2019

Abstract

The focus will be on the broader, more radical, and more challenging vision King offered in the last year of his life, and suggests that our current image of King usually downplays this part of his vision. This includes his recognition that war, poverty, and racism were inseparable. One key tool he proposed was the Poor People's Campaign, which emphasized racial inclusion as well as massive civil disobedience.

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Recommended Citation

Jones, Kenneth M., "Martin Luther King: The Last Year" (2019). Intercultural Directions Council Lectures. 36.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/idc_lectures/36