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The Radical King (King Legacy)
by Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Publication Date: Jan 12, 2016
    List Price: $16.00
    Format: Paperback, 320 pages
    Classification: Nonfiction
    ISBN13: 9780807034521
    Imprint: Beacon Press
    Publisher: Beacon Press
    Parent Company: Unitarian Universalist Association

    Description of The Radical King (King Legacy) by Martin Luther King, Jr.


    A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X

    “The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies… . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution—a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens… . Could it be that we know so little of the radical King because such courage defies our market-driven world?” —Cornel West, from the Introduction

    Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was.

    Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King’s revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. As West writes, “Although much of America did not know the radical King—and too few know today—the FBI and US government did. They called him ‘the most dangerous man in America.’ … This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize.”


    From the Hardcover edition.



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