![]() King penned “A Testament of Hope” in 1968, only a few years removed from the Civil Rights and the Voting Rights Acts, during the Vietnam war and protests to he United States’ militarization, during “urban decay,” and during a time of overt white backlash to the progress of the past decade. Today, I want to look at some of King’s essay. ![]() As I read King’s essay, I could not help but think about this current moment and the importance of his words to us today in 2021. ![]() Preparing for our discussion, I read King’s “A Testament of Hope” which was published posthumously in Playboy in 1969. Smith Center to record an episode of “Dope with Lime.” We sat there, on the ground where Smith worked, on what would have been Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 92nd birthday and talked about King, Smith, and memory. ![]() Last Friday, I sat down with Marie Cochran, curator of the Affriclacian Artist Project, at the Lillian E. ![]()
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