No Justice, No Peace - Asad Haider Asad Haider explores the concepts of peace and justice in the thought of Martin Luther King. This article was first published by Viewpoint…
At canaan's edge: America in the King years, 1965-68 At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race,…
Pillar of fire: America in the King years, 1963-65 From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement.
Parting the waters: Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement 1954-63 - Taylor Branch First of a 3-volume social history, Parting the Waters is more than a biography of…
The Memphis sanitation strike, 1968 A short history of the 1968 strike of 1300 African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, during which Martin Luther King Jr. was…
'The Long Civil Rights Movement and the Political Uses of the Past' by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall The author dispels the myths of the Civil Rights movement constructed by the mainstream and the New Right instead reconstituting it towards struggles for economic equality and anti-militarism. The author delineates the complex mechanisms and modes of liberation contained within the Civil Rights Movement, turning away from the traditional narratives of 'legislative liberation'. The article contains interesting…
