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King : a biography / David Levering Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, David Levering, 1936- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baptists--Clergy--Biography.
- Baptists.
- Clergy--United States--Biography.
- Clergy.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Civil rights movements--United States.
- Civil rights movements.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 p.)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 2013.
- Urbana, [Illinois] ; Chicago, [Illinois] ; Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essential biography of Martin Luther King Jr., back in print in a new edition
- Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Doctor, Lawyer - Preacher?; 2. The Philosopher King; 3. Stride Toward Freedom; 4. Satyagraha, Home-grown; 5. Skirmishing in Atlanta; 6. Albany, Georgia - Nonviolence in Black and White; 7. Birmingham - Nonviolence in Black, Violence in White; 8. The Strength of a Dream; 9. Crisis and Compromise - The Walk to Selma Bridge; 10. The Fire Next Time; 11. The Pied Piper of Hamlin Avenue - Chicago and Mississippi; 12. Killers of the Dream; Epilogue: Free at Last; Postscript: Reflections after a Decade; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Author information
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1970.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252094781
- 0252094786
- 9781283959988
- 1283959984
- OCLC:
- 1097159488
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