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Hajar Yazdiha, "The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement" (Princeton UP, 2023)

New Books in Critical Theory

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Understanding the Branches of King's Memory and the Shaping of Collective Memory

This chapter explores the different ways in which the memory of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr. is shaped and divided, touching on the radicalism of King's legacy, attempts to derail the movement, fragmented and intertwined uses of memory, and competing branches of King's memory and their impact on collective memory.

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