Whitewashing 101: How To Rewrite Black History

It's Black History Month, so it's about time we talked about the recuperation of Black radicals like Dr. King and Nelson Mandela. Everyone and their mother likes to claim MLK as their own, and use his words as a rhetorical weapon, but what did he actually believe? This one could have been so much longer, but I guess that just leaves room for a part two in the future. Hope you enjoy!

Whitewashing 101: How The Powerful Rewrite Black History – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:

Radicals Video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS29ppULSZE

Reagan Policies
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/remembering-reagans-record-civil-rights-and-south-african-freedom-struggle/

Reagan and MLK Day
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5705.2005.00271.x

MLK Speech
https://youtu.be/6sT9Hjh0cHM?t=1391

MLK in Textbooks
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5948733cf5e23161d7d8bf60/t/598d0adbf9a61e8746ee1e6f/1502415579686/Alridge-Essay-on-King-and-textbooks.pdf
http://45.114.134.178:9000/digi/MP03/B1L3-0034.pdf#page=107
https://www.proquest.com/docview/1296482828?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&imgSeq=1

MLK Most Hated Man in America
https://www.iestork.org/martin-luther-king-jr-the-most-hated-man-in-america/

Other MLK Sources
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/martin-luther-kingsocialismantiimperialism.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ui1x-eKIw
https://theintercept.com/2017/10/08/the-sanitizing-of-martin-luther-king-and-rosa-parks/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/martin-luther-king-police-brutality/619090/

Mandela in Textbooks/Return to Nonviolence/Radical Mandela
https://ukzn-dspace.ukzn.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10413/11880/Van%20Niekerk_Adrian_Lionel_2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/mandela-and-south-african-communist-party

Mandela Terrorist Label
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-government-considered-nelson-mandela-terrorist-until-2008-flna2d11708787

Reagan and Carter’s Policies During Apartheid
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.442.1228&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Malcolm X
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/at-the-audubon/

Black Panther Party
https://time.com/5937647/black-panther-medical-clinics-history-school-covid-19/

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