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King : a biography
Title:
King : a biography
Author:
Lewis, David Levering, 1936-
Edition:
Third edition.
Publication Information:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]

©2013
Physical Description:
xxiv, 468 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography wends through the corridors in which King held court, posing the right questions and providing a keen measure of the man whose career and mission enthrall scholars and general readers to this day. Updated with a new preface and more than a dozen photographs of King and his contemporaries, this edition presents the unforgettable story of King's life and death for a new generation.
General Note:
Originally published: 1970.
Language:
English
Contents:
Doctor, lawyer--preacher? -- The philosopher King -- Stride toward freedom -- Satyagraha, home-grown -- Skirmishing in Atlanta -- Albany, Georgia--nonviolence in black and white -- Birmingham--nonviolence in black, violence in white -- The strength of a dream -- Crisis and compromise--the walk to Selma Bridge -- The fire next time -- The Pied Piper of Hamlin Avenue--Chicago and Mississippi -- Killers of a dream.
ISBN:
9780252079092
Format :
Book