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MLK’s Economic Legacy

Fifty years after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., INET looks back at his forgotten economic legacy. In the final years of his life, these provocative positions made King controversial, and they remain as urgent now as they were then.

Article

The Hidden Network That Propelled Civil Rights in America

By Lynn Parramore

Apr 5, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible

Article

Learning from MLK, the Inconvenient Hero

Apr 4, 2018

Video

The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Hal Cone and Bill Moyers)

Apr 4, 2018

Article

The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King

Apr 4, 2018

Video

RIP Vincent G. Harding, Historian Who Co-Wrote MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech

Apr 4, 2018

Article

Visions Beyond the Haunted House

Mar 14, 2018

Article

Samuel Bowles Remembers Martin Luther King

By Samuel Bowles

Apr 5, 2018