Martin Luther King, Jr. / Ron Ramdin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramdin, Ron.

Series:

Life & times (London, England)

Life & times

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

King, Martin Luther.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Haus, 2004.

Summary:

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was the dominant force in the American civil rights movement. With his genius for rhetoric and his passionate advocacy of nonviolent protest, King, Jr., much like Gandhi, is a modern icon of the possibilities of political activism which, in his times, included protest against the Vietnam War and the evils of poverty. This new biography examines King, Jr.'s influence on the struggle of suppressed minorities all over the world.

Contents:

Early Life 6

Morehouse College and Crozer Seminary 11

Boston University 20

Montgomery's moment of truth 29

Beyond Montgomery 44

Journey to India 52

Sit-ins and politics 58

From Albany to Birmingham 64

The 'dream' and the reality 80

Protest, the 'Prize' and Malcolm X 88

SCLC campaigns and black power 101

Vietnam and the Poor People's Campaign 114

Memphis farewell 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

190434190X

1904341829

OCLC:

57199104