Now Playing

Loading streams...

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Voices of WEMU

Linda Yohn
Linda Yohn
Music Director, Host: 89.1 Jazz
David Fair
David Fair
Host: Morning Edition & News Director
Michael Jewett
Michael Jewett
Host: 89.1 Jazz
Bob Eccles
Bob Eccles
Host: All Things Considered
Evelynn Hawkins
Evelynn Hawkins
Host: Evening Sounds
Brad McNett
Brad McNett
Host: 89.1 Jazz
Nik Thompson
Nik Thompson
Host: Sunday Best
Jessica Webster
Jessica Webster
Host: 89.1 Jazz
Jeremy Baldwin
Jeremy Baldwin
Host: The Roots Music Project
Kevin Dorn
Kevin Dorn
Host: 89.1 Jazz
Wendy Wright
Wendy Wright
Host: From Memphis to Motown
Marc Taras
Marc Taras
Host: Cuban Fantasy
Mary Catherine Smith
Mary Catherine Smith
Host: Brazilian Sol
Joe Tiboni
Joe Tiboni
Host: The Big City Blues Cruise
George Klein
George Klein
Host: The Groove Yard
170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting
MLK Day
9:24 am
Tue January 22, 2013

Author Says MLK's Legacy has been "Sanitized"

Share
E-mail
Comments
Print
By

Enlarge image
Credit Creative Commons/ James Coreas
Author, Tim Wise

Author Tim Wise says most Americans celebrate a sanitized, whitewashed version of Martin Luther King Jr., not the radical advocate for social justice he really was.   Wise gave the keynote address at Monday's  MLK Day celebration at Eastern Michigan University.  Hear more from WEMU's Andrew Cluley.

  • Tim Wise, speaker at EMU's MLK Day keynote address

Tags: 
eastern michigan university
mlk day
tim wise