MLK Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South w/ Jeanne Theoharis (opens in new tab)

<p>On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, &#8220;King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s Life of Struggle Outside the South,&#8221; in which Theoharis argues that King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/15/mlk-jr-s-life-of-struggle-outside-the-south-w-jeanne-theoharis/">More</a></p> <p>The po...