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Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History #36

Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History #36

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Today we're going to learn about perhaps the best-known leader in the Civil Rights Era, Martin Luther King, Jr. From his rise to notoriety during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, his leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the March on Washington in 1963, his work toward the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the mid-1960s, and his assassination in 1968, Dr. King is very broadly known. But maybe he isn't that well understood. Like many extremely famous people, Martin Luther King can sometimes be drawn as a bit of a flat character, and his ideas can be reduced to platitudes. Today we'll try to give you a fuller picture of the man and leader he was. Daniel: While Dr. King s full history, writings, and teachings have been recorded and stored for the history books; he has only been celebrated and remembered for his view points before 1965. The public and the history books have attempted to focus only on Dr. King s idealistic phase. Back when he still believed that while America did discriminate against their African American population, the country s written philosophy of freedom and individual s rights were something that can still be fully realized. This simplistic view of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a great disservice to him and ultimately robs the world of knowing all of his concepts and philosophies.
Date: 2022-04-12

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It's so easy to ignore that MLK, now a secular saint, wasn't popular in his day. I wish we meditated more on what this means. It's easy to throw prior generations under the bus and pretend there's a comforting distance between them and us, but there are people _today_ who are dismissed or hated for nothing worse than trying to build a more just world for everyone.
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King's statement about the White Moderate is definitely a convicting statement to me. I have often said I agree with your goal but disagree with your method or approach when talking to someone more progressive then I am. I will will need to rethink that statement.
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I always say For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone
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Now we have a concrete version of MLK thanks to this video (and the sources used for the research. Thank your Mr. Smith for improving my knowledge about Dr. King.
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I turn 39 this year, the age King was when he was assassinated. He'd been leading a cause he believed in for over a decade. I need to get to work.
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Its a shame so many of the things he said still right true today.
And as such I plan to read some of his work as it will still be applicable.

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What a great video! I m glad to see that King s full character was on display here rather than just his most famous moment.
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