Blessed Are the Peacemakers : Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" /

"Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed to eight white Birmingham clergymen who sought to avoid violence by publicly dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bass, S. Jonathan (Author)
Other Authors: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Cobb, James C. (James Charles), 1947- (writer of afterword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2021.
Edition:Updated edition /
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968. > Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Letter from Birmingham Jail (King, Martin Luther, Jr.)
Race relations.
Clergy > Political activity.
Clergy.
Civil rights movements.
Civil disobedience.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Clergy > Alabama > Birmingham > Biography.
Clergy > Political activity > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
Civil disobedience > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Paul Harvey
  • "Aristocracy of the Damn Fools"
  • "In the South By and By"
  • Turning the Corner
  • "Grand Fraternity of the Harassed"
  • Eyes on the Press: Birmingham and the SCLC
  • The Prison Epistle
  • Gospel of Publicity
  • "Let It Alone"
  • "This City Isn't Dead Yet"
  • The Unpardonable Sin
  • Epilogue to the 2021 Edition: Pastors Who Paid the Price
  • Afterword / by James C. Cobb
  • Appendix 1. The White Ministers' Law and Order Statement, January 16, 1963: "An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense"
  • Appendix 2. The White Ministers' Good Friday Statement, April 12, 1963
  • Appendix 3. A Documentary Edition of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
  • Appendix 4. The White Ministers' Anti-Violence Statement, September 7, 1963.

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