162. Revisiting Dr. Martin Luther King's Radical Money Beliefs

04/02/2025 8 min Temporada 6 Episodio 162
162. Revisiting Dr. Martin Luther King's Radical Money Beliefs

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Send us a textToo often, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy has been simplified to a few memorable phrases from his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. But did you know that Dr. King held some pretty radical money beliefs?Dr. King advocated for social justice and economic equality for all Americans and his ideas still resonate today.This is one of the most popular episodes of Progressive Pockets, so please enjoy it as we kick of Black History Month! Links from today’s episode: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/21/economic-equality-martin-luther-king-jrs-other-dream/https://www.debt.com/news/what-martin-luther-king-jr-taught-us-money/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/958120759/martin-luther-king-jr-s-vision-for-economic-justice ICYMI another episode you might enjoy:Episode#123 Poor People's CampaignLove the book recos on this show? Check out the Progressive Pockets Bookshelf:https://bookshop.org/shop/progressivepockets As an affiliate of Bookshop.org, Progressive Pockets will earn a commission if you make a purchase.Connect With Genet “GG” Gimja:Website https://www.progressivepockets.comTwitter https://twitter.com/prgrssvpckts Work With Me:Email [email protected] for business inquiries and speaking engagements.Easy Ways to Support the Show1. Send this episode to someone you know! Word of mouth is how podcasts grow!2. Buy me a coffee (or a soundproof panel!) https://buymeacoffee.com/progressivepockets 3. Leave a 5 star rating and review for the show!//NO AI TRAINING: Any use of this podcast episode transcript or associated show notes or blog posts to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. This includes, without limitation, technologies that are capable of generating works in the same style or genre as this content. The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models//Support the show