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Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary...
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
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Description
"The Sword and the Shield is a dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era...
7) Citizen King
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A documentary from filmmakers Orlando Bagwell and Noland Walker beginning on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The story captures the speech that changed the world's thoughts on racism, and concludes five years later at a motel in Memphis.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Description
April, 1967: a prison escape. James Earl Ray, nondescript thief and con man, drifts through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he is galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. February, 1968: a Memphis garbage strike. Martin Luther King joins the sanitation workers' cause, but their march turns violent. King vows to return to Memphis in April. Historian Sides follows Ray and King as they crisscross the country, one...
Author
Language
English
Description
A professor of history and the noted author and editor of several books on the civil rights struggle, D. Clayborne Carson was selected by the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to edit and publish Dr. King's papers. Drawing upon an unprecedented archive of King's own words--including unpublished letters and diaries, as well as video footage and recordings--Dr. Carson creates an unforgettable self-portrait of Dr. King. In his own vivid, compassionate...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.
Author
Publisher
Orbis Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Discusses the work of Martin Luther King, Jr., during the five years before his death, arguing that the media, the public, and history have "conveniently" forgotten his efforts following 1963's March on Washington because his more radical social justice demands are more difficult for many to embrace.
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Description
Examines the jailing of Martin Luther King, jr., the end of segregation, and the growing rifts in the civil rights movement that led to calls for a more violent reaction to racism
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2013
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The strength and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. permeates this picture book about the funeral of Dr. King in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968. Quiet, yet affecting, THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN is a unique tribute to the life of a man known world-wide for his outstanding efforts as a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King, beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry...
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Martin Luther King Jr. was a cautious 19-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend seminary up north. Immediately at Crozer Theological Seminary, King, or "ML" back then, found that he was surrounded by a white staff and white professors. Even his dorm room had once been used by wounded Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. His fellow seminarians were almost all older: soldiers who had fought in World War II, pacifists...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Often applauded as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can't Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. During this time, Birmingham was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the U. S., and the campaign demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. This book examines the history of the civil rights...
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