Clayborn Carson is the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial of History in the School of Humanities and Sciences and the Ronnie Lott Founding Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. (Image credit: Jack Hubbard)
Clayborn Carson is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial of History in the School of Humanities and Sciences and the Ronnie Lott Founding Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. (Image credit: Jack Hubbard) - Stanford historian Clayborn Carson thinks Martin Luther King Jr. would urge today's activists to clearly articulate the goals and objectives of their protest. As spontaneous and loosely organized demonstrations against the death of George Floyd continue to erupt across the world, Stanford historian and civil rights scholar Clayborn Carson has a message to activists: There needs to be some kind of leadership stating objectives of the current movement. Unless goals are made clear by an articulate spokesperson, the movement may lose control of its messaging, Carson warns.
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