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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/challenging-ourselves-by-cobb/ by Charles E. Cobb 2017 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/challenging-ourselves-by-cobb/ by Charles E. Cobb 2017 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
My friend and former co-worker in the movement Julian Bond, who is greatly missed, used to say that the primary misconception in the public’s perception of the Southern Civil Rights Movement can be boiled down to three short sentences. | My friend and former co-worker in the movement Julian Bond, who is greatly missed, used to say that the primary misconception in the public’s perception of the Southern Civil Rights Movement can be boiled down to three short sentences. | ||
=====Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., the Organizer===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/remembering-martin-luther-king-jr-organizer by Janos Marton 20/1/19 ACLU] | |||
Martin Luther King Jr. is rightly celebrated as a transformative political and moral leader who championed racial equality, but he is less often credited as a brilliant strategic and tactical organizer who led cutting edge campaigns to deliver the rights for which he is known. As an organizer, I am struck by the mastery of the organizing craft that infuses King’s writing, so on this holiday remembering his legacy, I’ll share several of King’s lessons that all activists can benefit from today. | |||
