Dream and Legacy, Volume II
Revisiting King in the Post-Civil Rights Era

Michael L. Clemons (Edited by), Donathan L. Brown (Edited by), William H. L. Dorsey (Edited by), Robert Adams Jr. (Foreword by)

9781496852236

Hardback, published 15 August 2024

277 pages, 3 b&w illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.803 kg

In the many years that have passed since his assassination, we are still debating the legacy of Dr. King. Unfortunately, discrimination remains in America, and it disproportionately impacts poor people of color. The essays in Dream and Legacy, Volume II highlight the many discriminatory barriers that we continue to fight as a society." - Sharon Wright Austin, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida

Contributions by Robert Adams Jr., Shenita Brazelton, Donathan L. Brown, Owen Brown Jr., Michael L. Clemons, Daphne Cooper, LaTasha Chaffin Dehaan, William H. L. Dorsey, Bertis D. English, Precious D. Hall, Beverly Johnson, Natasha Altema McNeely, Maurice Mangum, Amardo Rodriguez, Randall Swain, Edward V. Wallace, Ingrid P. Whitaker, and Mark M. Whitaker

Beginning early in his career, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the moral and humanitarian need to pursue social justice and equity for marginalized Americans, those for whom the American dream had proven to be an elusive ideal. In Dream and Legacy, Volume II: Revisiting King in the Post-Civil Rights Era, contributors sift through the historical record, engaging one of America’s most consequential, radical historical traditions.

Despite robust reform efforts since the 1930s, a wide range of policy-related challenges plague the lives of African Americans, other persons of color, women, and the poor in the twenty-first century. This anthology, like the first from coeditors Michael L. Clemons, Donathan L. Brown, and William H. L. Dorsey, applies the ideology and activism of Dr. King to its analysis of contemporary sociopolitical issues in the United States and abroad. The project begins with a foreword that situates the subsequent essays within the context of contemporary social developments. Grouped into themed sections, the essays cover such topics as voting rights, public protest, police brutality, poverty and wage discrimination, healthcare, and more. The epilogue concludes with a discussion of the timeless impact of Dr. King’s philosophy and activism, as well as the implications of his work for the future of domestic and global leadership. Dream and Legacy, Volume II identifies a variety of practical lessons that can help resolve contemporary social problems.

• Contents
• Foreword
• Robert Adams Jr.
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The King Framework
• Michael L. Clemons
• Revoking the Franchise
• Chapter 2. Bludgeoning the Ballot: The Republican Campaign to Limit the Franchise, 2005 to 2019
• Bertis D. English
• Chapter 3. Voting Rights in a Post–
  Civil Rights Movement Era
• Shenita Brazelton
• Criminalizing Protest
• Chapter 4. Martin Luther King Jr.’
  s American Legacy: Attempts to Criminalize the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans Living in "Postracial" America
• Owen Brown Jr.
• Violence and Police Repression
• Chapter 5. King and the Case against Violence
• Amardo Rodriguez
• Chapter 6. Judged (and Executed) by the Color of Their Skin: Police Killings of Unarmed Black Citizens
• Maruice Mangum and Randall Swain
• Chapter 7. King’
  s Dream Deferred: Police Lies and Blue Lives
• Donathan L. Brown
• Poverty and Wage Discrimination
• Chapter 8. Persistent Poverty in the African American Community: An Institutional Solution for an Institutional Creation
• Precious D. Hall and Daphne Cooper
• Chapter 9. From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor: King’
  s Vision for Ending Poverty and Its Death
• Ingrid P. Whitaker and Mark M. Whitaker
• Chapter 10. #Gendergap: How Would MLK Respond to Wage Discrimination across the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors?
• LaTasha Chaffin
• The Color of Healthcare
• Chapter 11. The Color of Healthcare: Explaining Black Maternal Mortality in the United States
• Natasha Altema McNeely
• Chapter 12. Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations by Continuing Dr. King’
  s Legacy: Lessons Learned from Underprivileged Countries
• Edward V. Wallace
• Leadership and Role Modeling
• Chapter 13. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Exemplar of Leadership for Black Absentee Fathers and Their Sons in the College Environment
• Beverly A. Johnson
• The Middle East Predicament
• Chapter 14. The Decline of US Authenticity in the Middle East: Recognizing Jerusalem
• Michael L. Clemons
• Toward the Future
• Chapter 15. HowDo We Go from Here? The Radical Humanism of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• William H. L. Dorsey
• Epilogue
• Michael L. Clemons
• About the Contributors
• Index