Breaking silence: Speak up to honor MLK Jr., historian says
January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Jan. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Our collective memory of Martin Luther King Jr. focuses on his advocacy of nonviolent direct action. But according to a Cornell historian, that memory ignores his most radical message: the importance of speaking up against social injustice.
"Chief among the things that we misremember is how much he called attention to the fact that so many white moderates were silent in the face of injustice . . .
Our collective memory of Martin Luther King Jr. focuses on his advocacy of nonviolent direct action. But according to a Cornell historian, that memory ignores his most radical message: the importance of speaking up against social injustice.
"Chief among the things that we misremember is how much he called attention to the fact that so many white moderates were silent in the face of injustice . . .