Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Softcover

Garrow, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224026038 ISBN 13: 9780224026031

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

"Bearing the Cross" is a biography which portrays the struggles and conflicts within the man who became the incarnation of the Civil Rights Movement - Martin Luther King. It is based on more than 700 interviews with King's closest surviving associates and with the Southern law men who worked against him. Further information was taken from King's personal papers and thousands of relevant FBI documents. This book was winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

About this title

About the Author:

David J. Garrow is Professor of Law & History and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is the author of four books, including Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post, New York Times, and The American Prospect. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

From the Inside Flap:

e Pulitzer Prize. Based on more than 700 recorded conversations, including interviews with all of King's closest surviving associates, this is a powerful portrait of King and the movement for which he dedicated himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0224026038
• ISBN 13: 9780224026031
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 800