Restoring King
January 22, 2014 11:32 AM Subscribe
There is no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted and words more drained of content than Martin Luther King. Thomas J. Sugrue on MLK:
"Every year, in January and April, we commemorate the extraordinary career of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. But there is probably no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted, whose message more bowdlerized, whose powerful words are more drained of content than King." (SLJacobin)
This post was deleted for the following reason: We just had a big thread about King somewhat along these lines, probably better just to add this there if it hasn't been already. -- cortex
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