Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year / Tavis Smiley ; with David Ritz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smiley, Tavis, 1964- author.

Ritz, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

King, Martin Luther.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Summary:

Presents a revealing and dramatic chronicle of the 12 months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

Contents:

Four seasons : spring, summer, fall, and winter. "Vocation of agony" ; "Betraying the cause" ; "The language of the unheard" ; "Anxiety and sorrow in my heart" ; The bloodiest month of all ; Where do we go from here? ; Cities aflame ; Respect ; Chaos ; Ominous clouds ; "I, Martin Luther King, take thee, Non-Violence, to be my wedded wife" ; Ironic anniversary

Final season : the last three months. Thirty-nine ; Confession ; Drum major ; Humility, levity, and longevity ; Frantic melancholy ; Restless heart ; Garment of destiny ; Firemen ; Midnight hour in Memphis ; Freedom explosion ; The mountaintop in Memphis ; April 4, 1968.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780316332767

0316332763

OCLC:

868040473