the civil rights movement. well, the new book the movement of challenges the popular narrative that it was charismatic leaders showing the way that drove the revolutionary change. he argued that it would be accumulated grievances of ordinary citizens that fueled and sustained the movement. so we are going to dig into that and then as we are talking please submit questions via the q and a feature at the bottom of the screen and i will try my best to get to as many of them as possible. now to introduce the speaker thomas holt professor emeritus of african-american history at the university of chicago. his previous book our children afire the history of african americans and the problem of race in the 21st century. among his distinctions, he is a macarthur genius awardee and former president of the american historical association and american philosophical society. thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you for having me. you begin with many women you write about
Great social movement. He is the only american who is honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that, you know, practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king, but the question is that id like to the address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king. Because, one of the advantages of using a a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember. It should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a historical site is so important, and that is why when coretta king asked me to edit the papers she understood that what in the long run were going to survive are the papers that Martin Luther king produced in his lifetime. So all of that is what i would call the legacy of Martin Luther king. And if we want to get close to who he really was, thats the best window that we have into the past. So Martin Luther king pr
He is the only american who is honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the word knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is id like to address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember. It should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a site or historical site is so important. Thats why the king papers project, when Coretta Scott king edited Martin Luther kings paper, she understood that in the long run what would survive were the papers that Martin Luther king produced during his lifetime. So all of that is part of what i would call the legacy of Martin Luther king. And if we want to get close to who he really was, thats the best window that we have into the past. So Martin Luther king prod
Goods and people from the north to south. The emmett till case is highlighted. Prof. Frazier good afternoon. Welcome back. Thank you for paying attention to the emails that i sent out. They were reminders about your papers. We are fortunate to have this collection of newspapers. Be sure to use those. Just because it is a black paper in the south, it does not count for your Southern Majority paper. Remember that. Please Pay Attention to the of that coming out. The gospel choir concert is april 23rd. That can count as a cultural immersion activity. You can consider that one, and remember to ask me about the ones you have in mind. You did a lot of good work over spring break and answering your questions. We will talk about that today and talk about emmett till. I want to back up to where we were before spring break. We were talking about the world and vibrance created. We know the great migration happens around world war i. We talk about all the ways that we can learn about the world and
Anniversary of the passage of the act. [inaudible conversations] book here. You want to [inaudible conversations] good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. Were so delighted to have such a great crowd on a middle of august summer evening. My names liss saw muscatine, im one of the coown tokers of politics prose. On behalf of our staff and on behalf of my husband and coowner, brad graham, we really are excited about this event and excited to have all of you here. I do want to mention just a couple of things, we are also now running book operations in three of the six busboys and poets in washington with plans to be in all of those, all of them before not too long. So if you happen to be at 14th and v in brooklyn or in tacoma and wander into one of the busboys, youll find our books there. We also are going to be the bookseller for the National Book festival over the saturday of labor day weekend. We encourage you all to come out. There are going to be more than a