Glen Ford: Direct Action Must Be Remembered As Part of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy + Dayvon Love: King’s Teachings on US Imperialism Opened My Eyes to Radical Thought

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TheRealNews on Jan 19, 2014

Glen Ford: The Civil Rights Movement ended official racial discrimination in the U.S., but many of its leaders broke with grassroots organizing and direct action and instead chose to become business leaders or members of the Democratic party.

Watch at https://therealnews.com/stories/gford0116mlk

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King’s Teachings on US Imperialism Opened My Eyes to Radical Thought – Dayvon Love on RAI (1/4)

TheRealNews on Jan 18, 2014

On Reality Asserts Itself, young Baltimore activist Dayvon Love tells Paul Jay how MLK’s teaching that American blacks must be anti-imperialist, changed his life.

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MLK and Black Identity – Dayvon Love on Reality Asserts Itself (2/4)

TheRealNews on Jan 18, 2014

Baltimore activist Dayvon Love discusses King’s concept of the importance a developing a black identity that people can use to organize independent institutions.

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I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision by Michael Parenti

The Black Elite and the Legacy of MLK + Martin Luther King: Organized Non-violent Resistance Is The Most Powerful Weapon

Dr. Martin Luther King: Where Do We Go From Here + The Radicalization of Martin Luther King

Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence By Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967)

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