Weaponizing Dr. King

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Sherrilyn Ifill and Jeanne Theoharis

Dr. Martin Luther King’s radical critiques of Northern racism have largely been erased, allowing his legacy to be weaponized against our movements today.

Learn how to challenge that misrepresentation in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class on Monday, October 27. Renowned civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill will be in conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will moderate.

They will share stories about Martin Luther King’s radical, longtime activism in the North and the central role of Coretta Scott King.

This class is in our free Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online series. ASL interpretation and professional development certificates provided.

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Events

For Social Justice Educators

Check out these events hosted by the Zinn Education Project and our colleagues. Online unless noted otherwise.

King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South with Jeanne Theoharis, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Jesse Hagopian, October 27

Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back with Joshua Clark Davis, November 10

Fall of Freedom call for creative resistance by artists (including K–12 art teachers and students), November 21–22

105th National Council for the Social Studies Conference in person, December 5–7, Washington, D.C. Several workshops are by Zinn Education Project contributors and we’ll have a booth.

The Indigenous Origins of the American Revolution with Ned Blackhawk, December 11

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