Martin Luther King, Jr: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the WorldWeybright and Talley, 1968 - 319 pages |
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Page 129
... campaign forced national and world attention to take a hard look at the backyard behind the com- fortable façade of the Southern way of life . In Albany , Negroes spoke unequivocally about their discontent , and there was nothing the ...
... campaign forced national and world attention to take a hard look at the backyard behind the com- fortable façade of the Southern way of life . In Albany , Negroes spoke unequivocally about their discontent , and there was nothing the ...
Page 134
... campaign I have yet undertaken . " A symbolic urgency was added to his statement by the fact that this was the centennial year of the Emancipation Proclamation . This was no ordinary speaking tour : King recruited volunteers and lined ...
... campaign I have yet undertaken . " A symbolic urgency was added to his statement by the fact that this was the centennial year of the Emancipation Proclamation . This was no ordinary speaking tour : King recruited volunteers and lined ...
Page 264
... Campaign . It was decided that caravans would set out for Wash- ington from ten cities and five rural districts . One would begin from Roxbury , Boston's black ghetto , and proceed by way of New York , Newark , and Philadelphia ...
... Campaign . It was decided that caravans would set out for Wash- ington from ten cities and five rural districts . One would begin from Roxbury , Boston's black ghetto , and proceed by way of New York , Newark , and Philadelphia ...
Contents
1 AS THE TWIG IS BENT | 1 |
2 A PILGRIMAGE WITH GOD | 15 |
3 THE CALL TO GREATNESS | 30 |
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