Preston King Addresses The Civil Rights Movement and the Practice of Social Work

Preston King, a prolific and widely respected political philosopher and civil rights icon, earned his undergraduate degree in history from Fisk University in Nashville, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1956. A native of Albany, GA, King received military service deferments to continue his studies until the Albany draft board discovered he was African American. He lived abroad in exile for nearly 40 years after he was convicted of draft evasion in 1961. King spent his life building a distinguished academic career around the world. He received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1966.

King returned to the U.S. in 2000 when he was pardoned by President Bill Clinton. He now lives in Atlanta, where he is affiliated with both Morehouse College and Emory University. He serves as scholar-in-residence at the Leadership Center at Morehouse. At Emory, where he serves as distinguished professor of political philosophy, he also is editor of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, which he founded.

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