April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr's death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyson, Michael Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

King, Martin Luther.

African American civil rights workers.

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

African Americans.

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

Civil rights movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King ended his final speech with the words, ?I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson examines how King fought, and faced, his own death, and how America can draw on his legacy in the twenty-first century. April 4, 1968 celebrates the leadership of Dr. King, and challenges America

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part One. Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts; 1 (Act 1) Fighting Death; 2 (Act 2) Talking Death; 3 (Act 3) Facing Death; Part Two. Promised Land, or Wilderness?; 4 Report Card on Black America; 5 The Black Family and Black Inequality; 6 What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and the Performance of Blackness; Part Three. Joshua: Charismatic Black Leadershipin a Prophet's Shadow; 7 A Messiah Measures Leadership; 8 Heir Apparent; 9 Last of a Dying Breed?; 10 Black Kennedy; Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on His 80th Birthday; Acknowledgments; Bibliographical Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-465-01255-8

0-7867-2762-4

OCLC:

794328151