Misremembering Dr. King : Revisiting the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. /
We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr, the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner against militarism, materialism, and racism-what he called the ""giant triplets."" Jennifer J. Yanco takes steps to redress...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr, the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner against militarism, materialism, and racism-what he called the ""giant triplets."" Jennifer J. Yanco takes steps to redress this imbalance. ""My objective is to highlight the important aspects of Dr. King's work which have all but disappeared from popular memory, so that more of us can 'really see King.'"" After briefly telling the familiar story of King's civil rights campaigns and accomplishments, she considers the lesser-known concer |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (111 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780253014245 0253014247 9781306282741 1306282748 |