Chapotraphouse

In high school my English teacher somehow let me do a research project/paper on the idea the civil rights movement was only so successful because of those like Malcolm X and the Black Panthers as a threat behind the civil disobedience of MLK. It was well cited and I got a good grade, I think a lot of libs could be convinced of that. To me the peaceful protests that aren't as direct or confrontational can be a good starting point for libs, but if that's all you do that can easily be ignored by the state.

One positive about MLK Day and the general revering of him is it could inspire curious people to look into him and his contemporaries, we had assemblies in school for the day talking about him and how we solved racism/slavery and it was partly because of that I learned about radical activists during the civil rights era at a younger age. The biggest affront the mainstream celebration of him does is act like his mission was solved with the reforms the movement gained, he was clear about the racism of the class structure and inherent inequality of capitalism in America and the further work to be done.