Today’s episode is about the most influential democratic socialist in American history: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We start the episode by looking at how King is portrayed in American media and in high school history textbooks. We then move on to how King is portrayed by historians, who view him very differently and more in his totality. Finally, we begin a discussion about King’s last book, Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community. Part two of this episode, which will come out next Monday, will continue this discussion.

Show Notes

Note: This episode was recorded before Biden dropped out of the presidential race.

The Limits of Master Narratives in History Textbooks: An Analysis of Representations of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Derrick Alridge

King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop, by Harvard Sitkoff

King and the Other America: The Poor People's Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality, by Sylvie Laurent

Why Socialism?, by Albert Einstein (note: accidentally flubbed the name of this article during the episode)

Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Credits

The podcast’s theme music was made by our youngest brother Tate.

Cover art by Arthur Santoro.

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