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

2008

Format:	Book
Author:	Dyson, Michael Eric.
Title:	April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Basic Civitas Books, ©2008.
Description:	xii, 290 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Subjects:	King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Death and burial. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Influence. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century. African American leadership. United States -- Race relations -- History. United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Genre:	Biographies.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
Contents:	Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts: -- Act 1: Fighting Death -- Act 2: Talking Death -- Act 3: Facing Death -- Promised Land, or Wilderness? -- Report Card on Black America -- Black Family and Black Inequality -- What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and Performance of Blackness -- 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 --
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2008273966
ISBN:	9780465002122 0465002129 9780465012862 0465012868
Other Number:	191729801
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Control Number:	236080
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Call Number:	323.092 Dyson

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