King of the North: Part II
Historian Jeanne Theoharis returned to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South with renowned civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South
Historian Jeanne Theoharis discussed her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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A People’s History of the Black Working Class
Historian Blair L. M. Kelley joined Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Dr. Martin Luther King on Reconstruction
Dr. Martin Luther King describes the critical importance of W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction to "restore to light the most luminous achievements" of the Reconstruction era.
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People’s Historians Online: Rethinking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On International Workers’ Day (May 1), close to 300 educators, parents, and students joined the sessions with Jeanne Theoharis and Jesse Hagopian on the radical history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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W. E. B. Du Bois to Coretta Scott King: The Untold History of the Movement to Ban the Bomb
By Vincent Intondi
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When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced his strong opposition to the war in Vietnam, the media attacked him for straying outside of his civil rights mandate. In so many words, powerful interests told him: “Mind your own business.” In fact, African American leaders have long been concerned with broad issues of peace and justice — and have especially opposed nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, this activism is left out of mainstream corporate-produced history textbooks.
There’s Infinitely More to Martin Luther King Jr. Than ‘I Have a Dream’
Article. By Craig Gordon.
Back in 2001, I was trying to get my eleventh grade U.S. history class to focus on a passage from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Unfortunately, I was not surprised when a student protested, "We already know about him. We're tired of hearing about Martin Luther King."
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Back in 2001, I was trying to get my eleventh grade U.S. history class to focus on a passage from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Unfortunately, I was not surprised when a student protested, "We already know about him. We're tired of hearing about Martin Luther King."
Jan. 20, 1986: First National Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
The United States celebrated its first national Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, three years after the holiday was signed into law and eighteen years after the fight for a King holiday began.
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April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while in Memphis to support the striking sanitation workers.
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Until the Last Gun Is Silent
Historian Matthew Delmont joined Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones to discuss his latest book Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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