An idea unleashed in history: Dr Martin Luther King Jr and the campaign to end poverty in America

A range of learning opportunities helped to prepare and educate thousands of activists to participate in American civil rights movement campaigns in the 1960s. The adult learning approaches adopted by civil rights activists represented alternatives to conventional educational practices. Adult education was particularly significant in 1968, during what was to become Dr Martin Luther King’s final initiative, the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC). The PPC saw thousands of poor people travel to Washington DC to protest against poverty and to demand legislation which would address economic injustice in the United States. The demonstrators occupied sacred space in Washington DC by building a temporary community, known as Resurrection City. The PPC drew from a rich legacy of adult learning in previous civil rights campaigns including voter registration initiatives. On the journey to the nation’s capital and in Resurrection City itself, Freedom Schools, workshops and demonstrations assisted the protesters to come together in coalition to challenge dominant hegemonic narratives concerning the causes, nature and scope of poverty. The PPC also performed an important public pedagogical role in dramatising the issue of poverty in the United States. Although ultimately unsuccessful in its aspiration to end economic injustice in America, the PPC undoubtedly laid the seeds for future anti-poverty activism. The article draws from five archives

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The State Giveth and Taketh Away: Race, Class, and Urban Hospital Closings

This essay uses concepts from Bernadette Atuahene’s book We Want What’s Ours: Learning from South Africa’s Land Restitution Program to examine the trend of urban hospital closings. It does so by focusing specifically on the history of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, a charitable hospital in South Los Angeles, California that emerged after the Watts riots in 1965. The essay illustrates how Professor Atuahene’s framework can generate unique questions about the closing of urban hospitals, and public bureaucracies more generally. The essay also demonstrates how Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital’s trajectory hones some of Atuahene’s concepts in ways that can enhance the ways scholars write and think about the loss of property, the loss community institutions, and ways to remedy such losses

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: LEGAL AND MORAL GATEKEEPER RIGHTS

America is more politically divided than ever, especially regarding issues of racial justice. In the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, many people became politically active and began speaking out who had previously remained on the sidelines. But joining the conversation on race in America comes with criticism from all sides. Using the case example of Justin Bieber and his 2021 album Justice, which uses audio recordings of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speeches, this article will explore the question of who has a claim to MLK’s legacy. Criticized and praised for his use of MLK’s words and ideas, Justin Bieber’s foray into racial discourse allows this piece to explore to what extent gatekeeping hinders the advancement of justice

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