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Author:

Dyson, Michael Eric.

Title:

April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.

Publisher:

Basic Civitas Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xii, 290 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Death and burial.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Influence.
United States--History.--History.
African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
United States--Social conditions--21st century.
African American leadership.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Influence.
Baptists--Clergy--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-282) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. Moses: a prophet's death in three acts. -- (Act 1) Fighting death -- (Act 2) Talking death -- (Act 3) Facing death -- pt. 2. Promised land, or wilderness? -- Report card on Black America -- The Black family and Black inequality -- What would Martin do?: poverty, prosperity, and the performance of blackness -- pt. 3. Joshua: charismatic Black leadership in a prophet's shadow. -- A messiah measures leadership -- Heir apparent -- Last of a dying breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on his 80th birthday.

Summary:

A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America.

ISBN:

0465002129
9780465002122

LCCN:

2008273966

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)