The radical King /
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged t...
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Beacon Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boston, Massachusetts : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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King legacy series
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Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperi |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780807012826 0807012823 9780807012833 0807012831 |
Index Number: | E185 |
CLC: | K837.127 |
Call Number: | K837.127/K537-1 |
Contents: | Introduction: The radical King we don't know -- Pt. I. Radical love : The violence of desperate men ; Palm Sunday sermon on Mohandas K.Gandhi ; Pilgrimage to nonviolence ; Loving your enemies ; What is your life's blueprint? -- Pt. II. Prophetic vision: global analysis and local praxis : The world house ; All the great religions of the world ; My Jewish brother ; The Middle East question ; Let my people go ; Honoring Dr. Du Bois -- Pt. III. The revolution of nonviolent resistance: against empire and White supremacy : Letter from Birmingham Jail ; Nonviolence and social change ; My talk with |