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The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: The Memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

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How can the past be turned against its memory keepers? How can the successes and accomplishments of a person or movement be undone by intentionally misremembering and distorting the past? University of Southern California sociologist Hajar Yazdiha argues that this is precisely what’s been happening with the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. Since the Reagan era the memory of this past has been used by diverse actors on the right to roll back the gains of the civil rights movement. The memory of Dr. King has been exploited to further the goals of a wide array of conservative groups. For more, listen to a conversation with Hajar Yazdiha about her book, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.

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How can the past be turned against its memory keepers? How can the successes and accomplishments of a person or movement be undone by intentionally misremembering and distorting the past? University of Southern California sociologist Hajar Yazdiha argues that this is precisely what’s been happening with the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. Since the Reagan era the memory of this past has been used by diverse actors on the right to roll back the gains of the civil rights movement. The memory of Dr. King has been exploited to further the goals of a wide array of conservative groups. For more, listen to a conversation with Hajar Yazdiha about her book, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.

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