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Author:
Yanco, Jennifer J., author.
Title:
Misremembering Dr. King : revisiting the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. / Jennifer J. Yanco.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xv, 91 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Political and social views.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Nonviolence--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: Memory and forgetting -- The misappropriation of memory -- What we remember -- Dr. King and the civil rights movement -- Dr. King and nonviolence -- What we forget: Dr. King's warning about the "giant triplets." -- Militarism -- Materialism -- Racism -- Why it matters. -- Whose problem? White America's special responsibility -- A challenge for all of us.
ISBN:
0253014166 (pbk.)
9780253014160 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)865711730
LCCN:
2013050152
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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