King: A Critical BiographyPraeger, 1970 - 460 pages |
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Page 194
... police with bottles and bricks . In a crisis of this magnitude , the unusual tends to be routine . One of the most spectacular confrontations occurred on May 5. Reverend Charles Billups , a local leader , led his congregation from the ...
... police with bottles and bricks . In a crisis of this magnitude , the unusual tends to be routine . One of the most spectacular confrontations occurred on May 5. Reverend Charles Billups , a local leader , led his congregation from the ...
Page 327
... police turned their backs . It was only when the marchers began to return the blows of white teenagers that the police intervened . That evening , shortly after 8 P.M. , the marchers ' campsite was fired upon . Before the morning ...
... police turned their backs . It was only when the marchers began to return the blows of white teenagers that the police intervened . That evening , shortly after 8 P.M. , the marchers ' campsite was fired upon . Before the morning ...
Page 335
... police to turn it off led to an altercation that blazed into a three - day riot . The damage was considerable . A 140 - square - block area was af- fected . On the third night , there was a prolonged period of sniper fire , which the ...
... police to turn it off led to an altercation that blazed into a three - day riot . The damage was considerable . A 140 - square - block area was af- fected . On the third night , there was a prolonged period of sniper fire , which the ...
Contents
and White | 140 |
BirminghamNonviolence in Black Violence | 171 |
The Strength of a Dream | 210 |
Copyright | |
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