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Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety of books and journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear and insightful volume which introduces readers to key topics, debates and writers in the field.

Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights Movement covers wider movement issues such as:
- National and local leadership styles.
- The role of women and gender.
- Violence and non-violence.
- Integration and separatism.
It also examines specific issues related to King, including:
- Family, church and educational influences.
- Oratory and authorship.
- King's relationship with Malcolm X and other leaders.
- King's more radical stand during the final years of his life.
- Controversies and debates surrounding his assassination.
- Ongoing efforts to commemorate King's achievements.

Authoritative and stimulating this is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the man and the movement.

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• Acknowledgements(p. X)
• 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• 2 Leadership: National and Local Perspectives(p. 14)
• Introduction(p. 14)
• On the Role of Martin Luther King(p. 18)
• Martin Luther King, Jr: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle(p. 27)
• 3 Influences: African American Church, White Academy(p. 35)
• Introduction(p. 35)
• The Intellectual Development of Martin Luther King, Jr: Influences and Commentaries(p. 39)
• Martin Luther King, Jr: Black Theology - Black Church(p. 53)
• 4 Authorship: Plagiarism, Ghost-Writing and Voice-Merging(p. 66)
• Introduction(p. 66)
• There is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr(p. 69)
• Martin Luther King, Jr and the Black Folk Pulpit(p. 71)
• The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr and the Word that Moved America(p. 75)
• 5 Tactics: Non-violence, Violence and Armed Self-defence(p. 82)
• The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement(p. 86)
• Martin Luther King, Jr and the Paradox of Nonviolent Direct Action(p. 95)
• 6 Comparisons: Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X(p. 110)
• Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare?(p. 116)
• Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism(p. 130)
• 7 Relationships: Women and Gender, Sex and Sexuality(p. 142)
• African-American Women in the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-65: Gender, Leadership, and Micromobilization(p. 149)
• 'I May Not Get There with You': The True Martin Luther King, Jr(p. 157)
• 8 Radicalism: Martin Luther King, Jr's Final Years, 1965-8(p. 173)
• From Reformer to Revolutionary(p. 176)
• Was Martin Luther King a Marxist?(p. 183)
• 9 Assassination: Conspiracy or Lone Gunman?(p. 195)
• An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King(p. 199)
• Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr(p. 203)
• A Final Analysis: Author's Note Written for This Edition(p. 205)
• 'Racial Matters': The FBI's Secret File on Black Anerica, 1960-1972(p. 207)
• 10 Commemoration: The King Holiday and Street Naming(p. 217)
• O Freedom! Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations(p. 221)
• Street Names and the Scaling of Memory: The Politics of Commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr within the African American Community(p. 232)
• Bibliography(p. 245)
• Index(p. 261)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

JOHN A. KIRK is Professor of US History at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He is author of Martin Luther King Jr (2005) and Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970 (2002), which won the J. G. Ragsdale Book Award.
JOHN A. KIRK is Professor of US History at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He is author of Martin Luther King Jr (2005) and Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940-1970 (2002), which won the J. G. Ragsdale Book Award.