King: A Critical BiographyPraeger, 1970 - 460 pages |
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Page 163
... leadership . The main objection of the student leaders was Martin's conservatism , his readiness , as they saw it , to settle for half a loaf . For them , nonviolence was not an indefectible prin- ciple but a pragmatic method . After ...
... leadership . The main objection of the student leaders was Martin's conservatism , his readiness , as they saw it , to settle for half a loaf . For them , nonviolence was not an indefectible prin- ciple but a pragmatic method . After ...
Page 196
... leaders had lost control of the crowds . The churchgoing demonstrators might have responded to their appeals for calm , but hundreds of young black spectators , whose con- fidence in nonviolence was at best tentative , joined the fray ...
... leaders had lost control of the crowds . The churchgoing demonstrators might have responded to their appeals for calm , but hundreds of young black spectators , whose con- fidence in nonviolence was at best tentative , joined the fray ...
Page 197
... leaders and the Attorney - General . The situation appeared to be at a dead end . It was only as they adjourned for lunch that the politicians and the businessmen saw , first - hand , the consequences of their ob- duracy . For many of ...
... leaders and the Attorney - General . The situation appeared to be at a dead end . It was only as they adjourned for lunch that the politicians and the businessmen saw , first - hand , the consequences of their ob- duracy . For many of ...
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and White | 140 |
BirminghamNonviolence in Black Violence | 171 |
The Strength of a Dream | 210 |
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