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Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours / Joseph Rosenbloom.
Van Pelt Library E185.97.K5 R598 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenbloom, Joseph, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- King, Martin Luther.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- Assassination.
- United States.
- Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.
- Baptists.
- Clergy.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Baptists--Clergy.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Nonfiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s last thirty one hours
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Chronicles the last 31 hours of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America.
- On April 3, 1968, arriving in Memphis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was being denounced as an agent of violence. He was facing dissent within the civil rights movement, among his own staff. A federal court injunction barred him from marching. Threats mounted; he feared an imminent, violent death. That night, King gathered the strength to speak at a rally on behalf of sanitation workers. Rosenbloom recounts the pressures that were bedeviling King, and shows how a series of extraordinary breaks enabled James Earl Ray to construct a sniper's nest and shoot King.
- Contents:
- Atlanta departure
- Detour
- The strike
- Airport arrival
- The invitation
- The Mayor
- Lorraine check-in
- Damage control
- The injunction
- Invaders
- Nine-to-five security
- Reluctant speaker
- The stalker
- Summoning Dr. King
- From the mountaintop
- Long night
- Home pressures
- Invaders' exit
- Melancholy afternoon
- Ray's lucky breaks
- Dark night
- Redemption.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rosenbloom, Joseph, 1944- Redemption.
- ISBN:
- 9780807083383
- 0807083380
- OCLC:
- 990337906
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