Dodge MLK Ad Sparks Controversy and New Political Art

By DC Editors - February 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

A Dodge Super Bowl ad has attracted criticism for its use of a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. to sell trucks. The ad featured a section of King’s The Drum Major Instinct sermon delivered February 4, 1968, overtop images of American patriotism, including America’s military and other service jobs like teachers and firefighters. “If you…

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