Prophet of Discontent: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism

The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of Historical Memory, Radical King, and the Black Freedom Struggle

“…Martin Luther King emphasized the connections between slavery, modern capitalism, militarism, and racial and economic injustice, especially in the latter years of his life (Douglas and Loggins 2021). As Yazdiha makes clear, part of the whitewashing of history has meant suppressing King's radical examination of America's "three evils," which the Movement for Black Lives has unearthed "to prove that the struggle for Black freedom has never ended" (Yazdiha:65).…”

“A Matter of Long Centuries and Not Years”: Du Bois on the Temporality of Social Change

“…To this end, one might point out Du Bois's focus on building Black universities as fundamentally different institutions from their predominantly white counterparts in terms of their orientation to what they teach, their relationship to industry, and how they navigate competition over funding(Du Bois 1973; also see Rickford 2016;Douglas and Loggins 2021). That Du Bois saw the potential of Black universities as institutions to inculcate revolutionary values and organizational acumen-rather than as merely protective institutions-is compelling.…”