Martin Luther King, Jr: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the WorldWeybright and Talley, 1968 - 319 pages |
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Page 91
... leaders would take issue with him , but something in their attitudes always remained filial , even in their anger . At the height of the sit - ins , his authority was large and immediate . In the flux of rapidly proliferating and ...
... leaders would take issue with him , but something in their attitudes always remained filial , even in their anger . At the height of the sit - ins , his authority was large and immediate . In the flux of rapidly proliferating and ...
Page 127
... leaders , King could be faulted in any one of his roles as strategist , theoretician , spokesman , negotiator . Like each of these leaders , he was not peerless in each aspect but rather in the extraordinary way he combined them , and ...
... leaders , King could be faulted in any one of his roles as strategist , theoretician , spokesman , negotiator . Like each of these leaders , he was not peerless in each aspect but rather in the extraordinary way he combined them , and ...
Page 149
... leaders had difficulty getting through . " Troopers were harsh and discourteous , " said King , " cursing in the most bitter terms and acting like they would shoot us for nothing . " The next day , he and Abernathy set out on a walking ...
... leaders had difficulty getting through . " Troopers were harsh and discourteous , " said King , " cursing in the most bitter terms and acting like they would shoot us for nothing . " The next day , he and Abernathy set out on a walking ...
Contents
1 AS THE TWIG IS BENT | 1 |
2 A PILGRIMAGE WITH GOD | 15 |
3 THE CALL TO GREATNESS | 30 |
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