King's dream / Eric J. Sundquist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sundquist, Eric J.

Series:

Icons of America.

Icons of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

King, Martin Luther.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. I have a dream.

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

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Political and social views.

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States--History.

Civil rights movements.

Equality--United States--History.

Equality.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Includes the entire text of "I Have A Dream""I have a dream"-no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. In this new exploration of the "I have a dream" speech, Eric J. Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice-debates as old as the nation itself-and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expressed the story of African American freedom. This book is the first to set King's speech within the cultural and rhetorical traditions on which the civil rights leader drew in crafting his oratory, as well as its essential historical contexts, from the early days of the republic through present-day Supreme Court rulings. At a time when the meaning of the speech has been obscured by its appropriation for every conceivable cause, Sundquist clarifies the transformative power of King's "Second Emancipation Proclamation" and its continuing relevance for contemporary arguments about equality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

One. Dreamer-1963

Two. Freedom Now!

Three. Soul Force

Four. Lincoln's Shadow

Five. Whose Country 'Tis of Thee?

Six. Not by the Color of Their Skin

Appendix. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Series from jacket.

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-275) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612351730

9786612088643

9780300142440

0300142447

9781282351738

1282351737

9781282088641

1282088645

OCLC:

1024037569