A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements

Plus: Biden faces a fraying world order; more on the Capitol riot; and pieces from the archive about Martin Luther King, Jr. View in browser | Update your preferences Under Review A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements In a new book, Alicia Garza writes, “We can’t be afraid to establish a base that is larger than the people we feel comfortable with.” By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Annals of History The Pre-Civil War Fight Against White Supremacy In a country riven by racial politics, three women strove for a just society. By Dorothy Wickenden Our Columnists The Long Prologue to the Capitol Hill Riot For months before the attack, observers across the country noted an escalation of far-right violence. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Our Columnists Biden Faces More Aggressive Rivals and a Fraying World Order Spymasters and generals worry that a “self-absorbed, gridlocked” America will be more vulnerable. By Robin Wright From the Archive: Martin Luther King, Jr. The Talk of the Town The Hours Before “I Have a Dream” A survey of the March on Washington, in the lead-up to Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s most famous words. By Calvin Trillin Letter from Selma The Selma March On the trail to Montgomery. By Renata Adler News Desk When I Met Martin Luther King, Jr. I will always remember that moment and what it taught me about Dr. King and one of his core values. By Charlayne Hunter-Gault Books The Mission Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s final chapter. By David Levering Lewis Culture The Current Cinema “MLK/FBI” Forbids Us to Relax Sam Pollard’s documentary shows the vengeful extremes of J. Edgar Hoover’s campaign to spy on Martin Luther King. By Anthony Lane On Television The Delights of New York, Fran Lebowitz, and Martin Scorsese’s Laugh The documentary series “Pretend It’s a City,” now streaming on Netflix, feels like a balm in a wildly shifting world. By Naomi Fry Humor and Puzzles Shouts & Murmurs Waiting for To-Go Gazing into phones. Waiting for food and packages. In the room of living. By Sam Lipsyte Crossword Today’s Crossword Ancient Roman known as the Censor: four letters. By Natan Last This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.