Dulcé Sloan

It's interesting that you say that because there was a specific... article or piece of it that connected with me, written by you. And it was specifically about the idea of Martin Luther King and his assassination. And you say here, in the official story told to children, King's assassination is the transformational tragedy in a victorious struggle to overcome.

It's interesting that you say that because there was a specific... article or piece of it that connected with me, written by you. And it was specifically about the idea of Martin Luther King and his assassination. And you say here, in the official story told to children, King's assassination is the transformational tragedy in a victorious struggle to overcome.

But in the true accounting, his assassination was one of a host of reactionary assaults by a country against the revolution. And those assaults were astonishingly successful. Yeah. That's an interesting point of view, because many people feel like Martin Luther King being assassinated was the beginning of the great journey that got black people to where they needed to be.

But in the true accounting, his assassination was one of a host of reactionary assaults by a country against the revolution. And those assaults were astonishingly successful. Yeah. That's an interesting point of view, because many people feel like Martin Luther King being assassinated was the beginning of the great journey that got black people to where they needed to be.

And you're arguing that it ended a revolution that was starting. How how do you prove that or why do you believe that?

And you're arguing that it ended a revolution that was starting. How how do you prove that or why do you believe that?

How does that happen? People would say, but Van, look at how much progress black people have made since Martin Luther King. Surely things have gotten better. Black people on the up in America.

How does that happen? People would say, but Van, look at how much progress black people have made since Martin Luther King. Surely things have gotten better. Black people on the up in America.

That's an interesting point of view, and I guess I know a lot of people argue back on that, and they'll say, well, I mean, Obama became president, fam, so, I mean, that's progress, isn't it?

That's an interesting point of view, and I guess I know a lot of people argue back on that, and they'll say, well, I mean, Obama became president, fam, so, I mean, that's progress, isn't it?

Here's something that I really connected with, and I guess because of South Africa's history and also because it is International Women's Day, is this beautiful quote in the article. Women have been the backbone of the whole civil rights movement. This popular narrative of the civil rights movement too often relies on great men, the great men version of history.

Here's something that I really connected with, and I guess because of South Africa's history and also because it is International Women's Day, is this beautiful quote in the article. Women have been the backbone of the whole civil rights movement. This popular narrative of the civil rights movement too often relies on great men, the great men version of history.

King, Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, other names. And it ignores the importance of women who also organized and led the movement and shows how their contributions have been sidelined, hidden in plain sight. That is a powerful narrative that many people forget. And that is Coretta Scott King wasn't just a sidekick. She wasn't just the woman at home.

King, Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, other names. And it ignores the importance of women who also organized and led the movement and shows how their contributions have been sidelined, hidden in plain sight. That is a powerful narrative that many people forget. And that is Coretta Scott King wasn't just a sidekick. She wasn't just the woman at home.

Why do you think it's so important to acknowledge these women and what were they instrumental in doing in many movements?

Why do you think it's so important to acknowledge these women and what were they instrumental in doing in many movements?

That's powerful.

That's powerful.

And so when you look at these stories, how do you think it plays out? Because Martin Luther King exists in a place where some people use him to stage a protest and others go, we should use him to sell trucks in America. Everyone sees him in a different light. If Martin Luther King were around today from what you have read and what you've learned, like how happy do you think he would be?

And so when you look at these stories, how do you think it plays out? Because Martin Luther King exists in a place where some people use him to stage a protest and others go, we should use him to sell trucks in America. Everyone sees him in a different light. If Martin Luther King were around today from what you have read and what you've learned, like how happy do you think he would be?