'Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit & go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.'

#tdih 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in speech on Vietnam War. See ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mart…

#tdih 1968 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while in Memphis to support the striking sanitation workers.

This was one year to the day after his speech at Riverside Church in NY against the U.S. war in Vietnam. #TeachOutsideTextbook ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mart…

Then: corporate press vilified Dr. King for his protest of the war.

Now: corporate media vilify or underreport anti-war protests, climate crisis, cancerous toxins, attacks on education, voter suppression, Palestine history, & more.

Hold media accountable. Defend #TeachTruth

Right wing twists Dr. King's words to pass laws against teaching people's history, incl. King's radical activsm, in the South AND North.

Here are resources to #TeachOutsideTextbook about King & overall CRM: zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-be…
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