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Air date:
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Chicago Teachers' Union President Karen Lewis speaks on Dr. Martin Luther King
Invited to give the keynote on "Social Justice" at the annual Martin Luther King Day event. Karen Lewis spoke about the two Kings; the mythical man created after his death by the State and Madison Avenue and the real human being who, as an activist leader challenged the centers of Militarism, Racism and Capitalism that he identified as the roots of oppression and injustice; and was then vilified by his Government whom she reminds us, likely had a hand in his murder.
She demystifies Martin Luther King and explains the importance of his being understood as a regular, even flawed human being, who when called by the circumstances to fight against injustice did so.
Karen Lewis is featured in the recent book on Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World, "When We Fight We Win" by Greg Jobin-Leeds and AgitArte.
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