Paul Massari sat down with Cornell William Brooks in 2019 to discuss Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and the current political climate. While his name and his contribution to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are revered, some wonder if King’s legacy is in jeopardy amid a resurgence of racism, xenophobia, and hate crimes in the United States. Brooks pushes back both on the doubts about King’s legacy and reports of the decline in the importance of religious communities in social justice movements.
Press Conference, Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Press conference will be held on the 123rd anniversary of the beginning of the federal proceedings against the foremother of the reparations movement and the first national reparations organization.