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Sunday, April 02, 2017

MLK, Jr

Tomorrow is the anniversary of my favorite, and the most radical of all Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches. He made it in support of the Memphis Sanitation workers who were out on strike. He made it in support of equality--economic, social, political. I think it is one of his most radical speeches. Listen/Read: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm He was murdered the next morning. chills.

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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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Sunday, April 02, 2017

MLK, Jr

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