King: A Critical BiographyPraeger, 1970 - 460 pages |
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Page 53
... believed , " he would probably have been automatically selected to preside . " Nixon , the un- questioned senior leader of the community , was a key figure in A. Philip Randolph's Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and perhaps ...
... believed , " he would probably have been automatically selected to preside . " Nixon , the un- questioned senior leader of the community , was a key figure in A. Philip Randolph's Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and perhaps ...
Page 61
... believed by all whites . A little patience , a few diplomatic feints , if required , and a measure of intimidation , and , they believed , the boycott would collapse ignominiously of black inconstancy , fractiousness , and cowardice ...
... believed by all whites . A little patience , a few diplomatic feints , if required , and a measure of intimidation , and , they believed , the boycott would collapse ignominiously of black inconstancy , fractiousness , and cowardice ...
Page 157
... believed that his civil disobedience campaigns were the worst possible antidote to discrimination . Almost without exception , these were the views of the older generation , and its control of many of the black community's purse strings ...
... believed that his civil disobedience campaigns were the worst possible antidote to discrimination . Almost without exception , these were the views of the older generation , and its control of many of the black community's purse strings ...
Contents
and White | 140 |
BirminghamNonviolence in Black Violence | 171 |
The Strength of a Dream | 210 |
Copyright | |
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