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Combining the latest insights from KIng biographies and movement histories, this book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the relationship between King and the wider civil rights movement. Delivering a fresh perspective on the relationship between 'the man and the movement', Kirk a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kirk, John A., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Profiles In Power.
Temas:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Baptists > United States > Clergy > Biography.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Biographies.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Baptistes > États-Unis > Clergé > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African American civil rights workers
African Americans > Civil rights
Baptists > Clergy
Civil rights movements
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Martin Luther King Jr; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: King in Context; 1 Becoming a Leader, 1929-56; Civil Rights in the Mid 1950s; The Origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; King's Early Years; The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA); White Montgomery and the Failure of Compromise; Taking a Stand: The Road to Desegregation; 2 Catching Up, 1956-61; King on the National and the International Stage; The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
  • The 1960 Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)King and the Kennedys; The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the 1961 Freedom Rides; 3 Forming a Strategy, 1961-3; The Albany Movement; King's Defeat in Albany, 1961; King's Defeat in Albany, 1962; Learning from Albany, Preparing for Birmingham; The Birmingham Campaign; Birmingham and the Children's Crusade; 4 Glory Bound, 1963-4; The March on Washington; Back to Birmingham: The Sixteenth Street Church Bombing; The St. Augustine Campaign.
  • The 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and the Nobel Peace PrizeKing and the FBI; 5 A Movement in Transition, 1965-6; The Selma Campaign; Bloody Sunday; King's 'Tuesday Turnaround'; The Selma to Montgomery March, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the Chicago Campaign; The Meredith March Against Fear and the Rise of Black Power; 6 New Directions, 1966-8; The Chicago Open Housing Marches; King's Defeat in Chicago; King and the Vietnam War; The Poor People's Campaign (PPC); The Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike and King's Assassination.
  • Conclusion: Martin and the MovementBibliographical Essay; Index.

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