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The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jason Sokol - Basic Books
Format: Book
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A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination on April 4, 1968. The Heavens Might Crack is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand America's fraught racial past and present.
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King - Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Format: Book
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In My Life, My Love, My Legacy, Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., reflects on a lifetime defined by social justice.
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Redemption: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last 31 Hours
Joseph Rosenbloom - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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An "immersive, humanizing, and demystifying" (Charles Blow, New York Times) look at the final hours of Dr. King's life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America.At 10:33 a.m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King,... |
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The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age
PATRICK PARR - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a cautious 19-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend seminary up north. At Crozer Theological Seminary, King, or "ML" back then, immediately found himself surrounded by a white staff and white professors. Even his dorm room... |
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Michael Eric Dyson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Book
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In Tears We Cannot Stop, Michael Eric Dyson channels the impassioned rallying calls of Dr. King and James Baldwin in his compelling plea for social change.
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To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice
Michael K. Honey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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"To the Promised Land helps us to remember King as a prophet for poor and working-class people, as we carry on that campaign against racism and poverty in our own times. A terrific book." -- Timothy B. Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett TillFifty years ago, a single bullet... |
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Why We Can't Wait
Martin Luther King Jr. - Beacon Press; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback
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Often applauded as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can’t Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. The book also includes the extraordinary... |
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