Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The philosopher Cornel West remarked: . Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest organic intellectuals in American history. His unique ability to connect the life of the mind to the struggle for freedom is legendary, and in this book—his last grand expression of his vision—he put forward his most prophetic challenge to powers that be and his most progressive program for the wretched ...
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down is a 1989 autobiography written by civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. [1] The book charts his life and work with his best friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in their leadership of the Civil Rights Movement to help African Americans obtain equal rights with white Americans. [1]
Lyrics of the traditional spiritual "Free at Last" MLK: Before He Won the Nobel; Archived January 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine – slideshow by Life magazine; Chiastic outline of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech; I Have a Dream Summary (Class 12) I Have A Dream Archived February 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
As riots erupted and smoke billowed from black neighborhoods in the wake of Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy met with black activists, politicians and celebrities in a hotel ...
SEE MORE: 8 Martin Luther King Jr. quotes that raise eyebrows instead of sanitizing his legacy But August 28 was not the first time King had uttered the most famous four words from his remarks ...
The book’s release date is timed shortly before what would have been Martin Luther King’s 95th birthday. He was assassinated in 1968, 40 years before his granddaughter was born.
Scenes from the Life of a Martyr (1981), is a 16-part oratorio composed by Undine Smith Moore in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. Moore wrote the libretto, which includes passages from the Bible, quotations and poetry excerpts. [1] It is written for a mixed choir, with solo parts for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, a spoken-word narrator, and ...
First edition. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story (published 1958) is Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic account of the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott. [1] The book describes the conditions of African Americans living in Alabama during the era, and chronicles the events and participants' planning and thoughts about the boycott and its aftermath.