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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: Controversies and Debates - Hardcover

Book 38 of 159: Seminar Studies

John A Kirk

 
9781403996534: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: Controversies and Debates
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1403996539 ISBN 13: 9781403996534
Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2007

Synopsis

Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety of books and journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear and insightful volume which introduces readers to key topics, debates and writers in the field.



Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights Movement covers wider movement issues such as:

- National and local leadership styles.

- The role of women and gender.

- Violence and non-violence.

- Integration and separatism.

It also examines specific issues related to King, including:

- Family, church and educational influences.

- Oratory and authorship.

- King's relationship with Malcolm X and other leaders.

- King's more radical stand during the final years of his life.

- Controversies and debates surrounding his assassination.

- Ongoing efforts to commemorate King's achievements.



Authoritative and stimulating this is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the man and the movement.

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About the Author

JOHN A. KIRK is Professor of US History at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.

From the Back Cover

Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety of books and journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear and insightful volume which introduces readers to key topics, debates and writers in the field.

Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights Movement covers wider movement issues such as:
- national and local leadership styles
- the role of women and gender
- violence and non-violence
- integration and separatism.
It also examines specific issues related to King, including:
- family, church and educational influences
- oratory and authorship
- King's relationship with Malcolm X and other leaders
- King's more radical stand during the final years of his life
- controversies and debates surrounding his assassination
- ongoing efforts to commemorate King's achievements.

Authoritative and stimulating this is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the man and the movement.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403996539
ISBN 13 
9781403996534
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288

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