King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South by Jeanne Theoharis fundamentally reshapes how we understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s politics and partnerships. Crucially, the book illuminates King’s sharp critique of liberalism.
Published by The New Press in 2025, this book not only reclaims King’s fierce critiques of Northern racism, structural economic injustice, and the violence of U.S. militarism — it also spotlights the role of Coretta Scott King as a visionary in her own right who shaped King’s radical commitments and anti-imperialist politics.
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