Martin Luther King : a religious life / Paul Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Paul, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Hiram G. Haney Fund.

Series:

Library of African-American biography

Library of African American biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Religion.

United States.

Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Baptists.

Clergy.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

African American clergy--Biography.

African American clergy.

Baptists--Clergy.

King, Martin Luther.

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

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey's concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Growing Up King

2. The Young Preacher in Boston and Montgomery

3. The Montgomery Uprising

4. Montgomery and the SCLC

5. The Dream, the Letter, and the Nightmare

6. Struggling in Selma and Chicago

7. Shot Rings Out in the Memphis Sky.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Harvey, Paul, 1961- Martin Luther King

ISBN:

9781538115923

1538115921

OCLC:

1250383187

Publisher Number:

99988922198