āFascinating and instructiveā¦Kingās philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy.ā āAnnette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of Books Martin Luther King, Jr., is one of Americaās most revered figures, yet despite his mythic stature, the significance of his political thought remains underappreciated. In this indispensable reappraisal, leading scholarsāincluding Cornel West, Martha Nussbaum, and Danielle Allenāconsider the substance of his lesser known writings on racism, economic inequality, virtue ethics, just-war theory, reparations, voting rights, civil disobedience, and social justice and find in them an array of compelling challenges to some of the most pressing political dilemmas of our time. āKing was not simply a compelling speaker, but a deeply philosophical intellectualā¦We still have much to learn from him.ā ā Quartz āA compelling work of philosophy, all the more so because it treats King seriously without inoculating him from the kind of critique important to both his theory and practice.ā ā Los Angeles Review of Books
