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Rieder, Jonathan.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail.
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Rieder, Jonathan.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers, Black -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil disobedience -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Nonviolence.
Blacks -- Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations.
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Gospel of freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation / Jonathan Rieder.
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Rieder, Jonathan.
Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Call #:
323
.092
K53r
Subjects
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Blacks -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers, Black -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil disobedience -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Nonviolence.
Blacks -- Biography.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9781620400586 (hc.)
1620400588 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation
Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xviii, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The cry for justice -- The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- The letter. Diplomat: My dear fellow clergymen ; The word "wait" rings in the ear of every Negro ; Everything the Nazis did was legal -- Prophet: I am an extremist ; What kind of people worship here? ; Abused and scorned though we may be -- The aftermath. Street fighter: Now is the time ; A child shall lead them ; Free at last? ; What killed these four girls? -- Epilogue : Words spoken to mankind -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix : The text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Summary:
"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested. Alone in his cell, reading a newspaper, he found a statement from eight "moderate" clergymen who branded the protests extremist and "untimely." King drafted a furious rebuttal that emerged as the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- a work that would take its place among the masterpieces of American moral argument alongside those of Thoreau and Lincoln. His insistence on the urgency of "Freedom Now" would inspire not just the marchers of Birmingham and Selma, but peaceful insurgents from Tiananmen to Tahrir Squares. Scholar Jonathan Rieder delves deeper than anyone before into the Letter -- illuminating both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights. Rieder has interviewed King''s surviving colleagues, and located rare audiotapes of King speaking in the mass meetings of 1963. Gospel of Freedom gives us a startling perspective on the Letter and the man who wrote it: an angry prophet who chastised American whites, found solace in the faith and resilience of the slaves, and knew that moral appeal without struggle never brings justice.
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