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Title:

We shall overcome : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Black freedom struggle / edited by Peter J. Albert and Ronald Hoffman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books in cooperation with the United States Capitol Historical Society,

Copyright Date:

c1990

Description:

x, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968.
African Americans--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Albert, Peter J.
Hoffman, Ronald, 1941-
United States Capitol Historical Society.

Notes:

Revised versions of papers presented at a symposium held in October 1986 in Washington, D.C. Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280) and index.

Contents:

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the spirit of leadership / David J. Garrow -- A man prepared for the times : a sociological analysis of the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Aldon D. Morris -- Thoughts on the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Louis R. Harlan -- The black freedom struggle in historical context. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Afro-American protest tradition / John Hope Franklin -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the ideology of nonviolent social change. The religious foundations of the thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Cornel West -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the meaning of freedom : a political interpretation / Richard H. King -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and international movements of liberation. Freedom's struggle crosses oceans and mountains : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the liberation struggles in Africa and America / George M. Houser -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Third World / James H. Cone.
(cont.) "We shall overcome" / Shun P. Govender -- Reconstructing the King legacy : scholars and national myths / Clayborne Carson -- Thoughts and reflections / Coretta Scott King.

ISBN:

9780394583990
039458399X

LCCN:

89071016

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)