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    Default Before the Media Lionized Martin Luther King Jr., They Denounced Him

    Reflecting on revisionist history

    The condemnation of what became known as King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech was universal. One hundred and sixty-eight newspapers denounced him in the days that followed. These editorials had a peculiarly vicious flavor. It was clear that King’s main transgression was not knowing his place.

    The Washington Post wrote that King had “diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, and his people.”

    The New York Times, in “Dr. King’s Error,” reminded King that his proper battlegrounds were “in Chicago and Harlem and Watts.”

    They said King, as an individual, was of course free to think about Vietnam, but, as a leader of black people, he had an obligation to stay in his lane, i.e. to “direct [his] movement’s efforts in the most constructive and relevant way.”

    But history has sanitized him, turning him into a mainstream leader who accomplished what he could within an acceptable role. That sanitizing continues on each of these anniversaries, and is a sad commentary on our inability to listen to even the best of us.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...ed-him-629494/
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    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was open and honest about his deep disapproval of white, revisionist history and willful ignorance.

    Just read his words.

    On the issue of race-and-culturally-conscious teachings, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood completely opposed to the type of racist, self-absorbed, and ahistorical beliefs today’s conservative movement holds about education.

    Using the misnomer "Critical Race Theory," the conservative movement in recent years has deemed all kinds of lesson plans about social inequality dangerous to schoolchildren. As a result, a majority of Republicans nationwide said the lingering effects of racism should be taught “not so much” or “not at all,”

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    Over time, heroes are remembered as having no flaws and villains as being pure evil.

    Take Reagan. He was openly racist but revered today even by some Democrats.

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