Dr. King's Legacy 50 Years Later: Whitewashing a Martyr

Published: April 4, 2018, 4:50 p.m.

In this segment of "By Any Means Necessary" Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston to talk about the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the whitewashing of Dr. King's life and legacy, the sharpening of ideological vision of Black Lives Matter organizers and activists, what from King's life should be taken to help drive the fight for black liberation, Dr. King's relationship to labor movements, and the state the black religious community in America.