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Author:   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ,  Cornel West ,  Cornel West
Publisher:   Beacon Press
Imprint:   Beacon Press
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9780807034521

ISBN 10:   0807034525
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   12 January 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Radical King We Don’t Know PART ONE: Radical Love Introduction ONE: The Violence of Desperate Men TWO: Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi THREE: Pilgrimage to Nonviolence FOUR: Loving Your Enemies FIVE: What Is Your Life’s Blueprint? PART TWO: Prophetic Vision: Global Analysis and Local Praxis Introduction SIX: The World House SEVEN: All the Great Religions of the World EIGHT: My Jewish Brother! NINE: The Middle East Question TEN: Let My People Go ELEVEN: Honoring Dr. Du Bois PART THREE: The Revolution of Nonviolent Resistance: Against Empire and White Supremacy Introduction TWELVE: Letter from Birmingham Jail THIRTEEN: Nonviolence and Social Change FOURTEEN: My Talk with Ben Bella FIFTEEN: Jawaharlal Nehru, a Leader in the Long Anti-Colonial Struggle SIXTEEN: Where Do We Go from Here? SEVENTEEN: Black Power EIGHTEEN: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence PART FOUR: Overcoming the Tyranny of Poverty and Hatred Introduction NINETEEN: The Bravest Man I Ever Met TWENTY: The Other America TWENTY-ONE: All Labor Has Dignity TWENTY-TWO: The Drum Major Instinct TWENTY-THREE: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Acknowledgments Notes Index

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This useful collection takes King from the front lines of Southern segregation to a national movementfor economic equality to an international condemnation of imperialism and armed intervention. Kirkus Reviews King s skills as a preacher and rhetorician are amply in evidence, as is his profound empathy with others. Publishers Weekly From the Hardcover edition.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century's most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in US history, King also authored several books, including Stride Toward Freedom, Where Do We Go from Here, and Why We Can't Wait.King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Cornel West has been profoundly influenced by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A professor at Union Theological Seminary, Dr. West has also taught at Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. The recipient of more than twenty honorary degrees, he has written many important books, including the best-selling Race Matters and Democracy Matters. He lives in New York City.

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