Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond “I Have a Dream”

Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond “I Have a Dream”

The right wing twists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words to attack anti-racist education, focusing almost exclusively on MLK’s “I have a dream” declaration. But Dr. King was a radical — in the most profound sense. He denounced the Vietnam war, when it was politically risky, and did not mince words about U.S. racism: “The doctrine of white supremacy was imbedded in every textbook and preached in practically every pulpit. It became a structural pa…