Blogging for America: MLK,Jr. Day

Monday, January 21, 2008

MLK,Jr. Day

While LK & I were road tripping to family this holiday we listened to Parting the Waters: American in the King Years, 1954-63 and Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years) by Taylor Branch. These books give great context for the political and the social changes that MLK,Jr helped usher in.
Branch claimed that King was influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr the Protestant Theologian best known for his relating his faith to the reality of politics, and for his work on just war theory, as much as he was influenced by Gandhi.
One wonders what MLK,Jr. would think of the role of religion and politics today.

Labels: Jr., Martin Luther King, politics, Reinhold Niebuhr, religion

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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Monday, January 21, 2008

MLK,Jr. Day

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