What happened to the Real Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr?

“If students analyze King’s speeches and life’s work more carefully, they’ll see that he promoted a more radical approach to justice—not one that asks citizens to be neutral on racism or one that merely offers comfort.”

Teaching About King’s Radical Approach To Social Justice - Choshandra Dillard https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/teaching-about-kings-radi cal-approach-to-social-justice

The powers that be are attempting to whitewash the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Shortly after they had him cut down on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, in April of 1968, the plutocrats and oligarchs who own and run this country determined to destroy the movement he was building; a movement for social justice, equity, peace, and prosperity for all Americans. Those who own and run this country decided to redefine King’s impact, redirect his righteous fervor for social justice, neuter his push for structural change, and replace it with a one-day of service, thus nullifying persistent activism for a systemic metamorphosis of American society. Thus far, it is working. Our government is spending trillions for overseas wars while homelessness and despair escalate in this country, yet not a peep of protest out of the masses!

The ruling elites weren’t able to dissuade or stop the campaign to make King’s natal day a national holiday, so they cunningly recast his image into one of a “dreamer” rather than the ardent activist and champion for peace and social transformation he was. They always promote the “I have a dream” refrain from his August 28, 1963, March on Washington, DC speech. They never mention the stirring words that preceded his famous refrain;