RICHARD MURGATROYD enjoys a readable account of the life and meditations of one of the few Roman emperors with a good reputation
Idolised heroes will be human
PAUL FOLEY recommends a play, by Pulitzer-winner Katori Hall, which imagines Martin Luther King’s last night before his assassination
EXTRAORDINARY: Ntombizodwa Ndlovu as Camae and Adetomiwa Edunas Martin Luther King Jr
[Marc Brenner]
ALEX HALL asks whether intelligence, and stupidity, are the outcomes of poverty and wealth, and cultural norms
BRENT CUTLER is persuaded by a new account of the rise of Christianity, and the fall of the Roman empire
If non-human nature is devoid of value under the capitalist mode of production, this book presents the case for its reintegration, suggests HENRY BELL
The Bard takes issue with a BBC portrait of The Balkans, and sets the record straight
ANGUS REID urges you to visit Britain’s most remarkable - and mind-blowing - festival of contemporary music
MARIA DUARTE reviews Desperate Journey, Blue Moon, Pillion, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The Mountaintop
Royal Exchange Theatre
Manchester
ON April 3 1968 Martin Luther King Jnr (MLK) addressed a rally in support of black sanitation workers on strike in Memphis.
The rally was part of a nationwide tour in support of the “Poor People’s Campaign.” The multi-racial campaign was established to fight for economic and social justice across the States.
Recognising that black civil rights was impossible under the political and economic system in the US, MLK broadened his campaign to include support for the anti-Vietnam war movement and to argue for socialism. The following night while standing on the balcony outside room 306 of the Lorraine Motel he was shot dead.
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