It's Black History Month, so it's about time we talked about the recuperation of Black radicals like Dr. King and Nelson Mandela. Everyone and their mother likes to claim MLK as their own, and use his words as a rhetorical weapon, but what did he actually believe? This one could have been so much longer, but I guess that just leaves room for a part two in the future. Hope you enjoy! Whitewashing 101: How The Powerful Rewrite Black History – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Radicals Video 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS29ppULSZE Reagan Policies https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/remembering-reagans-record-civil-rights-and-south-african-freedom-struggle/ Reagan and MLK Day https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5705.2005.00271.x MLK Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sT9Hjh0cHM MLK in Textbooks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5948733cf5e23161d7d8bf60/t/598d0adbf9a61e8746ee1e6f/1502415579686/Alridge-Essay-on-King-and-textbooks.pdf http://45.114.134.178:9000/digi/MP03/B1L3-0034.pdf#page=107 https://www.proquest.com/docview/1296482828?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&imgSeq=1 MLK Most Hated Man in America https://www.iestork.org/martin-luther-king-jr-the-most-hated-man-in-america/ Other MLK Sources http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/martin-luther-kingsocialismantiimperialism.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ui1x-eKIw https://theintercept.com/2017/10/08/the-sanitizing-of-martin-luther-king-and-rosa-parks/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/martin-luther-king-police-brutality/619090/ Mandela in Textbooks/Return to Nonviolence/Radical Mandela https://ukzn-dspace.ukzn.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10413/11880/Van%20Niekerk_Adrian_Lionel_2013.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/mandela-and-south-african-communist-party Mandela Terrorist Label https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-government-considered-nelson-mandela-terrorist-until-2008-flna2d11708787 Reagan and Carter’s Policies During Apartheid https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.442.1228&rep=rep1&type=pdf Malcolm X https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/at-the-audubon/ Black Panther Party https://time.com/5937647/black-panther-medical-clinics-history-school-covid-19/ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads:    • Playlist   Spaaaaaace!:    • Playlist   What If...:    • Playlist   Popular Videos:    • Popular Videos | Second Thought   About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com