The Radical King: Memory, Iconography, and the Enduring Legacy of Non-Violence

The Radical King: Memory, Iconography, and the Enduring Legacy of Non-Violence

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4/4/2018-4/11/2018

12:00 PM-1:00 PM on Wed

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$7.00

The Learning Center marks the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with this lecture program by the University of Georgia’s Robert A. Pratt. In his presentation, Dr. Pratt examines the public life and enduring legacy of Dr. King, his lifelong commitment to non-violent social change, his ascendancy to the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement, and the ways in which some have tried to distort the nation’s collective memory of him to obscure his broader message that emphasized class inequality as much as racial injustice.

  • Since 1987, Robert Pratt has served as professor of history at the University of Georgia, where he also directed the Institute of African-American Studies and chaired the history department. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia. His books include We Shall not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia, and Selma’s Bloody Sunday.