Prophet of Discontent: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism

This book is openly available in digital formats thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Many of today’s insurgent Black movements call for an end to racial capitalism. They take aim at policing and mass incarceration, the racial partitioning of workplaces and residential communities, the expropriation and underdevelopment of Black populations at home and abroad. Scholars and activists increasingly regard these practices as essential technologies of capital accumulat...