King's thought extends far beyond the sanitized memory of his dream speech—he was a systematic critic of poverty, militarism, and the limits of tokenistic integration, willing to risk his credibility with white liberals to speak inconvenient truths. Examining his actual intellectual development and radicalization matters precisely because dominant narratives have worked to neutralize his challenge to American power.
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