Share

From this page you can share America Lauds Martin Luther King, but Undermines His Legacy Every Day to a social bookmarking site or email a link to the page.
Social WebE-mail
Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
(Your Name) has forwarded an article to you from CommonDreams.org: America Lauds Martin Luther King, but Undermines His Legacy Every Day

(Your Name) forwarded this article to you from CommonDreams.org.

Sign up here if you would like to receive daily news from CommonDreams.org.

America Lauds Martin Luther King, but Undermines His Legacy Every Day

The National Civil Rights Museum sits in what was the Lorraine Motel, just beyond the shadows of Memphis's skyscrapers and the garish neon glow of Beale Street - the main drag made famous by the likes of BB King and James Baldwin. The first words of the first exhibit state: "Protest against injustice is deeply rooted in the African-American experience." Then come pictures of lynchings, burning crosses, martyrs and heroes, alongside mock-ups of Rosa Parks in the bus and lunch counters waiting to be integrated.