Cspan why wouldnt the government at that time have protections for him . Guest why wouldnt the government have a pension. There were for pensions for nobody else and not a penchant for the present in effect he had very little money. He had to borrow money quite secretly which dean acheson cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not wellknown and it doesnt mean he didnt have any money. He did have money but he needed cash to cover all the expenses coming out of the white house. When he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs which no other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. Hoovers time in office was much briefer than was trumans presidency and covered far more tumultuous history so to undertake the 2volume memoir was a very major ambitious task and then he build his library. There had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelt library at hyde park established after roosevelt had d
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
About Martin Luther king jr. s upbringing. This took place in atlanta where Martin Luther king jr. And his father were both pastors. This class is an hour. Who is Martin Luther king . When we look at Martin Luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. He is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. Hes the person really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. He is the only american who was honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that 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, a historical site is so important. That is w
So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that 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, a historical site is so important. That is why the king papers project, when Coretta Scott king named me to edit his papers 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. If we want to get close to who he really was, thats the best window that we really have into the past. So Martin Luther king produced a lot of papers. One of the things that has kept me busy for th