King helped me see how the issues of
class and race exploitation overlapped. He brought me–like many others–with him
on a political journey from the initial moral disgust at the brutal repression
in the Jim Crow South to an understanding of the way the entire country’s elite
used racial antagonism to keep the working class divided. Finally, to his
prescient grasp of the massive damage that the Vietnam War would do to this
country.
The spirit on the Mall that day
fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to
shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the
way I would have guessed. [Read more]
King
helped me see how the issues of class and race exploitation overlapped.
He brought me–like many others–with him on a political journey from the
initial moral disgust at the brutal repression in the Jim Crow South to
an understanding of the way the entire country’s elite used racial
antagonism to keep the working class divided. Finally, to his prescient
grasp of the massive damage that the Vietnam War would do to this
country.
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
King
helped me see how the issues of class and race exploitation overlapped.
He brought me–like many others–with him on a political journey from the
initial moral disgust at the brutal repression in the Jim Crow South to
an understanding of the way the entire country’s elite used racial
antagonism to keep the working class divided. Finally, to his prescient
grasp of the massive damage that the Vietnam War would do to this
country.
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
King
helped me see how the issues of class and race exploitation overlapped.
He brought me–like many others–with him on a political journey from the
initial moral disgust at the brutal repression in the Jim Crow South to
an understanding of the way the entire country’s elite used racial
antagonism to keep the working class divided. Finally, to his prescient
grasp of the massive damage that the Vietnam War would do to this
country.
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
The spirit on the Mall that day fifty years ago was alive with anger, joy, anxiety and hope. Our goal was to shape America’s future.
We did, in part. But not quite the way I would have guessed.
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/fifty-years-marched/#sthash.hlG6THIF.dpuf
