Rethinking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In this episode, initially recorded on May Day, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, interviews historian Jeanne Theoharis to address Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s positions on oppression in the North, police brutality, the Memphis sanitation workers, reparations, the Poor People’s Campaign, and more.

Theoharis describes the sanitization of Dr. King and his legacy, challenging the narratives in textbooks. She also addresses the radical influence of Coretta Scott King.

People's Historians online mini-series - Black Freedom Struggle.

Music from Rose City Kings from Free Music Archive.