Living the dream : the contested history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day /

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"Living the Dream tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the battle over King's legacy that continued through the decades that followed. Creating the first national holiday to honor an African American was a formidable achievement and an act of resista...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fleming, Daniel T. (Daniel Thomas) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day > History.
Holidays > United States > History.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Holidays
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fighting to desegregate the American calendar (1968-1983)
  • 2. Living the dream : a color-blind holiday (1984-1986)
  • 3. Let freedom ring : celebrating the Reagan era (1986-1989)
  • 4. The world house : King Day in the age of democratic revolutions (1989-1992)
  • 5. A day on, not a day off : transforming the King holiday (1993-1995)
  • 6. The Coca-Cola scenario : privatizing King Day (1995-1996)
  • 7. To sleep, shop, or serve? : the holiday in transition (1997-2000)
  • 8. In the streets : reclaiming the King holiday (2001 to the present)

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