The New Ways Teachers Are Talking About Martin Luther King Jr.
ByOlivia B. Waxman
Time
5min
January 12, 2023
At the beginning of this school year, a Philadelphia student asked a question that briefly took her teacher’s breath away: “Are you more Malcolm or are you more Martin?”
Keziah Ridgeway, 37, who teaches African American history—a required class in the city—said the student added thatMartin Luther King, Jr.was more peaceful and thatMalcom Xwas more violent.
Ridgeway replied, “Martin Luther King believed in violence.”
Then she says her students looked at her as if they didn’t know what she was talking about.
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