But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was.Īrranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. Could it be that we know so little of the radical King because such courage defies our market-driven world?” -Cornel West, from the IntroductionĮvery year, Dr. The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one revolution-a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. “The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies.
King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X
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