![]() So which MLK was the real MLK? The MLK of radical politics and social reform or the MLK of inner spiritual transformation? The article went on to say that MLK was about forgiveness, redemption, and transformations of the heart. “Remembering MLK’s Legacy of Love,” the headline read. If you hadn’t known better, you would have thought it was about a different man who had the same name as the subject of West’s piece. ![]() King’s legacy from the Christian Broadcasting Network. empire, capitalism, and racism” and was widely reviled for it. ![]() King-and, frankly, so much else.įirst, a commentary by Cornel West on King the radical, King the revolutionary, King the political prophet who indicted “U.S. I called up my email and there it was, as if on cue, a near-perfect case study in the “either/or” thinking that plagues our conversations about Dr. The day after the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, I was thinking about his contested legacy, the push and pull between those who want him remembered one way and those who want him remembered the opposite way. ![]()
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