April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson
- Author
- Dyson, Michael Eric
- Published
- New York : Basic Civitas Books, [2008]
- Copyright Date
- ©2008
- Physical Description
- xii, 290 pages ; 21 cm
- Contents
- pt. 1. Moses: a prophet's death in three acts. -- (Act 1) Fighting death -- (Act 2) Talking death -- (Act 3) Facing death -- pt. 2. Promised land, or wilderness? -- Report card on Black America -- The Black family and Black inequality -- What would Martin do?: poverty, prosperity, and the performance of blackness -- pt. 3. Joshua: charismatic Black leadership in a prophet's shadow. -- A messiah measures leadership -- Heir apparent -- Last of a dying breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on his 80th birthday.
- Summary
- A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America.
- Subject(s)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968—Influence
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968—Death and burial
- Baptists—Clergy—Biography
- African Americans—Civil rights—History
- African Americans—Social conditions
- African American leadership
- African Americans—Social conditions—21st century
- United States—Social conditions—21st century
- United States—Race relations—History
- ISBN
- 9780465002122
0465002129 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Worthington Scranton copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 20078. - Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment
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