Letters to Martin : meditations on democracy in Black America / Randal Maurice Jelks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jelks, Randal Maurice, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

King, Martin Luther.

African Americans--Political activity.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--United States.

Racial justice--United States.

Racial justice.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Political participation.

United States.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2022.

Summary:

Jelks's meditations are written in the form of letter to Martin Luther King Jr. He speaks to the many public issues we presently confront in the United States: economic inequality, freedom of assembly, police brutality, ongoing social class conflicts, and geopolitics. The result is a contemporary revival of the literary tradition of meditative social analysis. These meditations on democracy provide spiritual oxygen to help readers endure the struggles of rebranding, rebuilding, and reforming our democratic institutions so that we can all breathe. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Network of Mutuality

2. The Highest Ethical Ideal

3. A Revolution of Values

4. Like a King

5. Drum Major Instinct

6. The Strength to Love

7. We as a People

8. The World House

9. All Labor Has Dignity

10. Growing Up King

11. The Content of Our Character

12. A Stone of Hope.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781641606035

1641606037

OCLC:

1240211571