Roland S. Martin
January 23, 2026 · 5 min read
America Stripped MLK of His Militancy. Roland Martin and Michael Harriot Expose the Lie.
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Key Takeaways
- 1Every year, America celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.
- 2Michael Harriot, founder of Contraband Camp, has documented this systematic erasure in his powerful piece "Everyone Claims to Know What MLK Would H...
- 3The most revealing evidence of this whitewashing lies in King's most frequently delivered speech, one that most Americans have never heard of: "Rem...
- 4In this speech, King would begin with the story of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep before the American Revolution and woke up to find George Washin...
- 5King's "Remaining Awake" speech addressed every issue that conservatives now attack as divisive or anti-American.
Overview
Every year, America celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with carefully selected quotes from just a couple of his speeches, transforming one of history's most radical revolutionaries into what Roland Martin calls "a civil rights bobblehead or a civil rights teddy bear." This deliberate sanitization of King's legacy represents one of the most successful whitewashing campaigns in American history, and it's time to confront the uncomfortable truth about what King actually believed and fought for.
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