Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History #36

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History #36


Today we’re going to learn about perhaps the best-known leader in the Civil Rights Era, Martin Luther King, Jr. From his rise to notoriety during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, his leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the March on Washington in 1963, his work toward the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the…

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  1. Excellent video. I'm on an American roadtrip. Civil Rights is an important political journey for me. Now in Atlanta, having visited Topeka, New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville, this gives me a quick but detailed introduction to the part MLK Jr played and his more political direction before his brutal assassination by the assassin nation!

  2. 11:02 is a great example of the depth of King's views, I didn't know of these, these are such powerful stances for him to have died with back in the 60s – modern worldly peoples should be screaming his words from every rooftop haha what a King

    "No on should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury" – reminding us all that 2022 was the coinciding year of 50 year inflation high, as well as 50 year corporate profit high – a global wealth tax is the solution

  3. damn this video is so epic, MLKjr was such a badass, his ability to reasonably oppose injustice with such clarity and persuasion was so powerful, thanks so much for the learning !

  4. I said "I need to show my kids some stuff for MLK day. We're at least giving this day an hour of our day off." and we watched a few videos here and there. This one though, they shut-up, and I think this might be one of the only videos they listened to every word of, in ages.

  5. Southern trees bear a strange fruit

    Blood on the 🍃 leaves and blood at the root

    Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze

    Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

    ~ Billie Hoilday, (1915-1959) "Strange Fruit." American jazz singer and songwriter

  6. Dr. King's final speech was prophetic and proof that we will get to the promised land and have equality among black indigenous and people of color. I look forward to that day and look forward to playing a part in that journey.

  7. I don't understand how there are so few views and contents on one of the best educational YouTube videos about MLK.
    Even if there's not much interaction on this video yet, this is a great video, great series, and I hope you all continue the amazing work!

  8. I just realized you don't use some sort of uplifting musical punctuation in your presentations. Thank you so much. Such music is often geared towards a specific agreeable response, are generally too loud, and drown out the speaker. A patriotic laugh track, if you well. Well, I am glad you don't. I can decide my own response, thanks.