isolationist fascism. and it poses a distinct danger to our democratic values. riding in the atlantic, browning owns, quote, just as state republicans have become more ruthlessly autocratic and their methods, a new trump presidency would be much more efficiently goal oriented at the federal level. a huge transformation of the administrative state is being deliberately planned. the government agencies and civil service he has a quite as the deep state would be purged or politicized, and the retribution he promised against his enemies would also be carried out in a new trump administration, total devotion to the leader would be the sole qualification for appointment, end quote. i m now joined by the author of that piece, doctor christopher browning. he s a professor of american history at university of north carolina, chapel hill. he s also the author of the origins of the final solution, the evolution of nazi jewish policy. also with us, doctor even mcclain, and historian and professor,
to sue solomon and make her mark to start the path to securing her son s freedom after he was sold south to slave owners in alabama. and joining us now is nell irvin painter, professor of american history at princeton university. professor, thank you very much for joining us tonight. she is the author of sojourner truth. sojourner truth, a life a symbol. i want to get the full title in there of your wonderful book. and when we are learning today, i suppose, for you, is relatively little. but small pieces of the legal records have emerged in these archives that we have not seen before. what is your reaction to what they have discovered? yes. you are right, absolutely, lawrence, that this does not come as news to me.
the nobel peace prize but he wasn t done yet he continued to organize peaceful protests and marches which are often met with violence from authorities and pro segregationists. in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight king was helping organize sit ins against economic inequality when he was shot and killed in a hotel room in memphis tennessee he was only thirty nine years old. king s legacy still reigns over civil rights debates from the south african anti-apartheid movements to the modern day black lives matter and pro-gun control marches political change makers all over the world use king s teachings and writings as inspiration even fifty years after his death. or for more i m joined here in the studio by sebastian york she s a professor of american history of the john f. kennedy institute of free anniversary thanks for being with us this morning as we
different voices on martin luther king s legacy in the state of race relations in the u.s. today now with us in the studio still sebastian europe s a professor of american history here in berlin we just heard some rather pessimistic statements there and it s sessoms from african-americans yet it was only ten years ago that the united states elected its first black president what s gone wrong in recent years. those are troubling comments we just heard but i think as a historian i m professionally obliged to say that s not new this kind of criticism and the implicit and explicit race is and has been part of american political rhetoric even after the civil rights movement if you think about it richard nixon or ronald reagan. the dog whistle in politics but you re absolutely right ten years ago when barack obama was elected president there was