King: a biography
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Main Author: Lewis, David L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana University of Illinois Press c2013
Edition:3rd ed
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Item Description:Originally published: 1970
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-446) and index
Doctor, lawyer--preacher? -- The philosopher King -- Stride toward freedom -- Satyagraha, home-grown -- Skirmishing in Atlanta -- Albany, Georgia--nonviolence in black and white -- Birmingham--nonviolence in black, violence in white -- The strength of a dream -- Crisis and compromise--the walk to Selma Bridge -- The fire next time -- The Pied Piper of Hamlin Avenue--Chicago and Mississippi -- Killers of a dream
Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography wends through the corridors in which King held court, posing the right questions and providing a keen measure of the man whose career and mission enthrall scholars and general readers to this day. Updated with a new preface and more than a dozen photographs of King and his contemporaries, this edition presents the unforgettable story of King's life and death for a new generation
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 468 p.)
ISBN:0252079094
0252094786
9780252079092
9780252094781

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