King : a life
Record details
- ISBN: 0374719675
- ISBN: 9780374719678
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
remote - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue. (Part I): The Kings of Stockbridge -- Martin Luther -- Sweet Auburn -- "Black America still wears chains" -- The open curtain -- "A sense of responsibility" -- The seminarian -- "Madly, madly in love" -- The match -- The dynamic force -- Plagiarism and poetry -- Gideon's army -- "A precipitating factor" -- "My soul is free" -- "We ain't rabbit no more" -- A warning. (Part II): Alabama's Moses -- "I'm glad you didn't sneeze" -- The pilgrimage -- Leaving Montgomery -- "Kennedy to the rescue!" -- The new Emancipation Proclamation -- Temptation and surveillance -- "The stuff is just in 'em" -- Birmingham jail. (Part III): The dream, part one -- The dream, part two -- "The most dangerous negro" -- Man of the year -- A law observance problem -- The prize -- The director -- A new sense of "some-bodiness" -- Crowbar -- Selma -- "The true meaning of my work" -- "A shining moment" -- Burning -- Beware the day -- Chicago -- Black Power -- "I hope King gets it" -- "Not an easy time for me" -- A revolution of values -- Please come to Memphis. Epilogue. Notes -- Acknowledgments: Beloved community -- Index. |
Source of Description Note: | Title details screen (OverDrive, viewed May 19, 2023). |
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