Sat. January 26 – noon – zoom link upon request
Dr. Matt Evans at mevans8@nwacc.edu for Zoom information
Dr. King is celebrated as an icon of civil disobedience and the idea of good protest in American political culture. How does the reality of King’s evolving reflections on the philosophy and strategy of nonviolent direct action compare to the myth that has come to surround it?
Alexander Livingston’s lecture examines King’s contemporary legacy for contemporary protest politics from two competing perspectives: its ideological deployment by conservatives and liberals to delimit the boundaries of appropriate protest, and the evolution of King’s own thinking
LECTURER: Dr. Alexander Livingston, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Government at Cornell University.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: MYTH, HISTORY