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This important book reminds us of Dr. King s blueprint for changing the social political economic structure of our culture and shows us how we have adopted ways of being, seeing, believing, and living that go contrary to the core message of Dr. King. It is important that today s youth understand the gap between the annual media hype on his birthday with what Dr. King actually said. We have used the auditory splendor of his I Have a Dream speech to induce a sort of hypnosis that covers up the fact that Dr. King was talking about making major changes in the social, political, and economic relationships that exist in this country; he was talking about restructuring a system that produces poverty. Jennifer Yanco reminds us that in this speech, Dr. King spoke about America s check to its people a check that was returned, marked insufficient funds. She catalogues some of the costs to our society of failing to make sure there are sufficient funds to honor the check in terms of housing, jobs, education, and other social goods. Jogging our memories about Dr. King can provide today s youth with guidance for rebuilding our society to focus on love and respect for one s neighbors and where we begin again to take on the challenge of creating the Beloved Community Dr. King spoke of. Melvin H. King, Emeritus, Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, and Former Massachusetts State Representative

Recalls a Dr. King more militant and pointed in his critique of American society.... For many readers this will be something of a shock. Jack M. Bloom, author of Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement--Jack M. Bloom, author of Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement

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Born in Boston, Jennifer Yanco grew up in the Pacific Northwest and served four years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central and West Africa. In 1999, she developed and taught an adult education course, ""White People Challenging Racism: Moving from Talk to Action."" Taught by an ever-expanding group of instructors, the course continues to draw a wide range of students. Yanco holds an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health and a Ph.D. in Linguistics and African Studies from Indiana University. She is currently the US Director of the West African Research Association and a Visiting Researcher at the African Studies Center at Boston University.

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