Dr. King, Forgotten Radical
Kai Wright
April 4, 2008 | web only
Long before his death, white and black America began to forget the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He fought for economic as well as racial justice, attacked war, and criticized the very foundation of our society. That deserves to be remembered.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a crowd of 125,000 Vietnam War protesters in front of the United Nations in New York on April 15, 1967.(AP Photo)