Episode 98 - Reclaiming the Legacy of Dr. King w/Hajar Yazdiha

Welcome to our first episode of 2024! Joining us in the Greenhouse for an MLK Day special, we have Professor Hajar Yazdiha to discuss her book The Struggle for The People's King, a book that seems to have captured the entire spirit of everything we try to talk about here on Greenhouse Gaslighting when it comes to the strategic use of political rhetoric and social iconography, as well as the manipulation and distortion of collective memory when it comes to our shared history.

Plugs from today's episode

https://www.zinnedproject.org/

https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/

Follow Hajar's work at:

https://www.hajaryazdiha.com/

Check out The Struggle for The People's King:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691246475/the-struggle-for-the-peoples-king

Referenced Books/Articles/Media from the episode:

• Robert Bellah's Civil Religion in America - http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm

• Hajar's piece in the LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-28/march-on-washington-martin-luther-king-racial-progress-black-americans

• Civil Racism by Lynn Mie Itagaki

• Prophet of Discontent by Jared A. Loggins and Andrew J. Douglas

As always - our links available at https://linktr.ee/greenhousegaslighting

End: Excerpt from MartinLuther King Jr.'s speech titled The Three Evils of Society (1987): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8d-IYSM-08