Martin Luther King, Jr. A Documentary...Montgomery to Memphis,9780393074925

Martin Luther King, Jr. A Documentary...Montgomery to Memphis

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Edition: 00
ISBN13: 9780393074925
ISBN10: 0393074927
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

This book is a pictorial record of Dr. King's leadership in the nonviolent movement for racial equality and human dignity from the boycott of segregated busing in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 until his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. The commentary accompanying the photographs includes a chronology of Dr. King's career and the texts of his major addresses.

Table of Contents

Prologue ``The Problem'' 6(18)
Introduction 18(1)
Coretta Scott King
Chronology 19(4)
``There Comes a Time'': The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955--1956
23(14)
``Season of Suffering'': Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Demonstrations, 1960--1962
37(16)
``Sheep in the Midst of Wolves'': Meredith Enters the University of Mississippi, 1962
53(10)
``Freedom Must Be Demanded'': Birmingham, 1962--1963
63(18)
``You Can't Kill an Idea'': The Assassination of Medgar Evers, June, 1963
81(8)
``I Have a Dream'': The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
89(12)
``The Doors of Opportunity'': School Desegregation, September, 1963
101(12)
``Man Is a Child of God'': King---the Minister and the Man
113(12)
``We Shall Overcome'': Voter Registration and Selma, Alabama, 1964--1965
125(32)
``An Idea Whose Time Has Come'': The Black Man Votes, 1966
157(16)
``We Have a Power'': Meredith's March Through Mississippi, June, 1966
173(12)
``We Must Never Lose Infinite Hope'': Chicago, 1966
185(10)
``He Died to Make Me Free'': Memphis, April, 1968
195(17)
Epilogue 212(2)
Speeches and Sermons Letter from Birmingham Jail: April 16, 1963 214(4)
``I Have A Dream'': August 28, 1963 218(1)
1964 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech: December 10, 1964 218(2)
The Drum Major Instinct: February 4, 1968 220(2)
``I've Been to the Mountaintop'': April 3, 1968 222

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