The Speech : The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream (Updated Edition) / Gary Younge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Younge, Gary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Civil rights movements.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, [2023]

Summary:

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his powerful "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963. Sixty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the civil rights movement and remains a beacon in the ongoing struggle for racial equality. This gripping book tells the story behind "The Speech" and sheds light on other key moments of the March on Washington, drawing on interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of and draft speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr.; Joan Baez, who sang at the march; as well as Angela Davis and other leading civil rights luminaries. Now with a new introduction to mark the 60th anniversary of that historic day in Washington, The Speech offers an essential analysis of King's words at a moment of urgent reckoning and renewed calls for justice and liberation.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

"I Have a Dream"

Preface to the 2023 Edition

Introduction: Lightning in a Bottle

1. The Moment

2. The March

3. The Speech

4. The Legacy

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781642599626

164259962X

OCLC:

1391442394