Michael L. Clemons is professor of political science and African American studies at Old Dominion University and founding editor of the Journal of Race and Policy. He has published numerous articles and books focusing on related topics including the Civil Rights Movement, voting rights, social movements, and African American participation in the global arena. Donathan L. Brown is vice provost for faculty diversity, associate professor of communication studies, and former US Fulbright Scholar at Northeastern University. He has published several books and articles on issues pertaining to voting rights, immigration reform, and official language policy, among other areas. William H. L. Dorsey is professor emeritus of sociology and African American studies at Atlanta Metropolitan State College. He has served as associate director for the Journal of Race and Policy. Together, Clemons, Brown, and Dorsey are editors of the first volume of this work, Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

• ContentsForewordRobert Adams Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The King FrameworkMichael L. ClemonsRevoking the FranchiseChapter 2. Bludgeoning the Ballot: The Republican Campaign to Limit the Franchise, 2005 to 2019Bertis D. EnglishChapter 3. Voting Rights in a Post–Civil Rights Movement EraShenita BrazeltonCriminalizing ProtestChapter 4. Martin Luther King Jr.’s American Legacy: Attempts to Criminalize the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans Living in "Postracial" AmericaOwen Brown Jr.Violence and Police RepressionChapter 5. King and the Case against ViolenceAmardo RodriguezChapter 6. Judged (and Executed) by the Color of Their Skin: Police Killings of Unarmed Black CitizensMaruice Mangum and Randall SwainChapter 7. King’s Dream Deferred: Police Lies and Blue LivesDonathan L. BrownPoverty and Wage DiscriminationChapter 8. Persistent Poverty in the African American Community: An Institutional Solution for an Institutional CreationPrecious D. Hall and Daphne CooperChapter 9. From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor: King’s Vision for Ending Poverty and Its DeathIngrid P. Whitaker and Mark M. WhitakerChapter 10. #Gendergap: How Would MLK Respond to Wage Discrimination across the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors?LaTasha ChaffinThe Color of HealthcareChapter 11. The Color of Healthcare: Explaining Black Maternal Mortality in the United StatesNatasha Altema McNeelyChapter 12. Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations by Continuing Dr. King’s Legacy: Lessons Learned from Underprivileged CountriesEdward V. WallaceLeadership and Role ModelingChapter 13. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Exemplar of Leadership for Black Absentee Fathers and Their Sons in the College EnvironmentBeverly A. JohnsonThe Middle East PredicamentChapter 14. The Decline of US Authenticity in the Middle East: Recognizing JerusalemMichael L. ClemonsToward the FutureChapter 15. HowDo We Go from Here? The Radical Humanism of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.William H. L. DorseyEpilogueMichael L. ClemonsAbout the ContributorsIndex

In the many years that have passed since his assassination, we are still debating the legacy of Dr. King. Unfortunately, discrimination remains in America, and it disproportionately impacts poor people of color. The essays in Dream and Legacy, Volume II highlight the many discriminatory barriers that we continue to fight as a society." - Sharon Wright Austin, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida

Michael L. Clemons is professor of political science and African American studies at Old Dominion University and founding editor of the Journal of Race and Policy. He has published numerous articles and books focusing on related topics including the Civil Rights Movement, voting rights, social movements, and African American participation in the global arena. Donathan L. Brown is vice provost for faculty diversity, associate professor of communication studies, and former US Fulbright Scholar at Northeastern University. He has published several books and articles on issues pertaining to voting rights, immigration reform, and official language policy, among other areas. William H. L. Dorsey is professor emeritus of sociology and African American studies at Atlanta Metropolitan State College. He has served as associate director for the Journal of Race and Policy. Together, Clemons, Brown, and Dorsey are editors of the first volume of this work, Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

• ContentsForewordRobert Adams Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The King FrameworkMichael L. ClemonsRevoking the FranchiseChapter 2. Bludgeoning the Ballot: The Republican Campaign to Limit the Franchise, 2005 to 2019Bertis D. EnglishChapter 3. Voting Rights in a Post–Civil Rights Movement EraShenita BrazeltonCriminalizing ProtestChapter 4. Martin Luther King Jr.’s American Legacy: Attempts to Criminalize the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans Living in "Postracial" AmericaOwen Brown Jr.Violence and Police RepressionChapter 5. King and the Case against ViolenceAmardo RodriguezChapter 6. Judged (and Executed) by the Color of Their Skin: Police Killings of Unarmed Black CitizensMaruice Mangum and Randall SwainChapter 7. King’s Dream Deferred: Police Lies and Blue LivesDonathan L. BrownPoverty and Wage DiscriminationChapter 8. Persistent Poverty in the African American Community: An Institutional Solution for an Institutional CreationPrecious D. Hall and Daphne CooperChapter 9. From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor: King’s Vision for Ending Poverty and Its DeathIngrid P. Whitaker and Mark M. WhitakerChapter 10. #Gendergap: How Would MLK Respond to Wage Discrimination across the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors?LaTasha ChaffinThe Color of HealthcareChapter 11. The Color of Healthcare: Explaining Black Maternal Mortality in the United StatesNatasha Altema McNeelyChapter 12. Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations by Continuing Dr. King’s Legacy: Lessons Learned from Underprivileged CountriesEdward V. WallaceLeadership and Role ModelingChapter 13. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Exemplar of Leadership for Black Absentee Fathers and Their Sons in the College EnvironmentBeverly A. JohnsonThe Middle East PredicamentChapter 14. The Decline of US Authenticity in the Middle East: Recognizing JerusalemMichael L. ClemonsToward the FutureChapter 15. HowDo We Go from Here? The Radical Humanism of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.William H. L. DorseyEpilogueMichael L. ClemonsAbout the ContributorsIndex

In the many years that have passed since his assassination, we are still debating the legacy of Dr. King. Unfortunately, discrimination remains in America, and it disproportionately impacts poor people of color. The essays in Dream and Legacy, Volume II highlight the many discriminatory barriers that we continue to fight as a society." - Sharon Wright Austin, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida

Michael L. Clemons is professor of political science and African American studies at Old Dominion University and founding editor of the Journal of Race and Policy. He has published numerous articles and books focusing on related topics including the Civil Rights Movement, voting rights, social movements, and African American participation in the global arena. Donathan L. Brown is vice provost for faculty diversity, associate professor of communication studies, and former US Fulbright Scholar at Northeastern University. He has published several books and articles on issues pertaining to voting rights, immigration reform, and official language policy, among other areas. William H. L. Dorsey is professor emeritus of sociology and African American studies at Atlanta Metropolitan State College. He has served as associate director for the Journal of Race and Policy. Together, Clemons, Brown, and Dorsey are editors of the first volume of this work, Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

• ContentsForewordRobert Adams Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The King FrameworkMichael L. ClemonsRevoking the FranchiseChapter 2. Bludgeoning the Ballot: The Republican Campaign to Limit the Franchise, 2005 to 2019Bertis D. EnglishChapter 3. Voting Rights in a Post–Civil Rights Movement EraShenita BrazeltonCriminalizing ProtestChapter 4. Martin Luther King Jr.’s American Legacy: Attempts to Criminalize the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans Living in "Postracial" AmericaOwen Brown Jr.Violence and Police RepressionChapter 5. King and the Case against ViolenceAmardo RodriguezChapter 6. Judged (and Executed) by the Color of Their Skin: Police Killings of Unarmed Black CitizensMaruice Mangum and Randall SwainChapter 7. King’s Dream Deferred: Police Lies and Blue LivesDonathan L. BrownPoverty and Wage DiscriminationChapter 8. Persistent Poverty in the African American Community: An Institutional Solution for an Institutional CreationPrecious D. Hall and Daphne CooperChapter 9. From the War on Poverty to the War on the Poor: King’s Vision for Ending Poverty and Its DeathIngrid P. Whitaker and Mark M. WhitakerChapter 10. #Gendergap: How Would MLK Respond to Wage Discrimination across the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sectors?LaTasha ChaffinThe Color of HealthcareChapter 11. The Color of Healthcare: Explaining Black Maternal Mortality in the United StatesNatasha Altema McNeelyChapter 12. Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations by Continuing Dr. King’s Legacy: Lessons Learned from Underprivileged CountriesEdward V. WallaceLeadership and Role ModelingChapter 13. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Exemplar of Leadership for Black Absentee Fathers and Their Sons in the College EnvironmentBeverly A. JohnsonThe Middle East PredicamentChapter 14. The Decline of US Authenticity in the Middle East: Recognizing JerusalemMichael L. ClemonsToward the FutureChapter 15. HowDo We Go from Here? The Radical Humanism of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.William H. L. DorseyEpilogueMichael L. ClemonsAbout the ContributorsIndex

In the many years that have passed since his assassination, we are still debating the legacy of Dr. King. Unfortunately, discrimination remains in America, and it disproportionately impacts poor people of color. The essays in Dream and Legacy, Volume II highlight the many discriminatory barriers that we continue to fight as a society." - Sharon Wright Austin, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida