"The Radical King" by Martin Luther King Jr. is a collection of King's major speeches, essays, and writings that shed light on his radical views on love, equality, and justice. is structured with short sentences at the beginning of each chapter introducing the theme, followed by one of King's powerful speeches. Readers appreciate that the book provides an unfiltered look at King's own words, allowing them to delve deeper into his thoughts and beliefs beyond the sanitized versions taught in schools.
Through the speeches in the book, readers learn about King's unwavering commitment to social justice, nonviolence, and equality for all people. highlights King's revolutionary ideas and his call for solidarity, unity, and peaceful activism to address the economic and social injustices prevalent in society. It challenges readers to rethink their understanding of King's legacy and recognize him as a radical thinker who fought for a nation that values and respects all individuals equally.
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A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X
"The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution-a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. . . . Could it be that we know so little of the radical King because such courage defies our market-driven world?" -Cornel West, from the Introduction
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was.
Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. As West writes, "Although much of America did not know the radical King-and too few know today-the FBI and US government did. They called him 'the most dangerous man in America.' . . . This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize."
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