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Will The Real Dr. King Please Rise
The MLK nobody wants you to know about
Society loves to embrace Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they should.
Doesn’t matter if you’re on the right, left or middle. Nearly everyone except the most extreme racists honors the life and legacy of one of the most impactful people in the history of the world.
There are streets named after Dr. King in every city in America — 955 in total!
Cameroon, Mexico, Panama, Israel, Cyprus, India, Argentina, Belgium and many other countries likewise have streets named after King.
We’re all familiar with Dr. King’s non-violent approach to advocacy and protest. His dream for us all to get along. Where white kids and Black kids play together.
The “I Have a Dream” speech is still recited by kids in schools across the country.
Not much to disagree with.
But Dr. King had much more to say and preach than just Kumbaya and let’s all hold hands. That’s why the U.S. government once called King “the most dangerous negro in America.”
Dr. King understood America’s deep embedded racism, our systems of racial and economic injustice, and our need to do more than just end lynching and abolish separate drinking fountains.
