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From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice /
"Drawing widely on published and unpublished archival sources, Jackson explains the contexts and meanings of King's increasingly open call for "a radical redistribution of political and economic power" in American cities, the nation, and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Drawing widely on published and unpublished archival sources, Jackson explains the contexts and meanings of King's increasingly open call for "a radical redistribution of political and economic power" in American cities, the nation, and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings were in fact revolts against unemployment, powerlessness, police violence, and institutionalized racism, he argued. His final dream, a Poor People's March on Washington, aimed to mobilize Americans across racial and class lines to reverse a national cycle of urban conflict, political backlash, and policy retrenchment. King's vision of economic democracy and international human rights remains a powerful inspiration for those committed to ending racism and poverty in our time."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (459 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-437) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812200003 0812200004 0812239695 9780812239690 |