What your history class didn't teach you about the civil rights movement

<p>This week on <em>Under the Radar</em>:</p> <p>As we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there's new evidence that the civil rights icon’s life and the civil rights movement have been willfully misinterpreted. This is part of what’s become a public battle over teaching the documented history of race in America. What is the impact of this campaign of disinformation on civil rights and race history in America?</p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=510" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeanne Theoharris</a></strong>, distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She has authored or co-authored eleven books, including the award-winning, “<strong><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221039/the-rebellious-life-of-mrs-rosa-parks-by-jeanne-theoharis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</a></strong>.” Her latest book is, “<strong><a href="http://www.beacon.org/A-More-Beautiful-and-Terrible-History-P1333.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History.”</a></strong></p> <p>Diane McWhorter, 2002 Pulitzer Prizewinner for General Nonfiction for her book, <strong><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Carry-Me-Home/Diane-McWhorter/9781476709512" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Carry Me Home, Birmingham Alabama, the Climatic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.</a></strong>” A long-time contributor to the New York Times, she is also the author of the 2004 children’s book, “<strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Freedom-Movement-Mcwhorter-Hardcover/dp/B00BSZTCQ4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954-1965,</a></strong>” a young adult history of the civil rights movement.</p>