Where Do We Go From Here

King describes a shift in his focus as an activist and key leader in the civil rights movement. How did the Watts Uprising of 1965 influence King? In shifting its attention from the Jim Crow South to the structural injustices in the rest of the country, how did King suggest that the movement’s understanding of racial injustice should evolve?

According to King’s analysis, how do race and class intersect? Why does he emphasize the issue of economic injustice throughout the book, and how does he connect this to the battle against racism during the 1960s?

Throughout the book, King centralizes manhood in the quest for freedom and racial justice. What are the possibilities and limitations in the rhetoric of masculinity, and what does it mean for the agency of Black women? How does gender ultimately connect to King’s analysis of race and class?

How does King define Black power, and how does this definition both align with and differ from the values of the Black power movement? How does he support his claim that nonviolence remains an effective strategy for justice despite white backlash?

How does King attempt to galvanize the African American community of the mid-1960s? What are the crises facing Black people in the period according to King, and what sources of Black power does he identify?

Compose an essay about King’s analysis of the history and embeddedness of racism in America. How did white backlash affect the course of the civil rights movement and the possibilities for social progress at the time?

Analyze King’s anticolonial and antiimperialist ideas in relation to the self-determination of Black people. How does King define radical change? How do his views anticipate later developments of the freedom struggle?

How does King’s opposition to the Vietnam War align with his opposition to racial injustice? What continuities exist between King’s work for racial justice within the US and his views on international politics?