To the promised land, Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice, Michael K. Honey
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To the promised land, Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice, Michael K. Honey
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-407)
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contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
To the promised land
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1028605743
Responsibility statement
Michael K. Honey
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs
Sub title
Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice
Summary
Fifty years ago, a single bullet robbed us of one of the world's most eloquent voices for human rights and justice. To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther King Jr. as an advocate of racial harmony to explore his profound commitment to the poor and working class and his call for "nonviolent resistance" to all forms of oppression, including the economic injustice that "takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes."
Table Of Contents
"We the disinherited of this land" : kinship with the poor, 1929-1956 -- "We have a powerful instrument" : civil rights unionism and the Cold War, 1957-1963 -- "Northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men" : labor and civil rights at the crossroads, 1964-1966 -- "In God's economy" : organizing the Poor People's Campaign, 1967-1968 -- "All labor has dignity" : uprising of the working poor, 1968 -- "Dangerous unselfishness."
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Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice
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- Biographies
- African Americans + Civil rights
- Civil rights movements
- Poor People's Campaign
- African Americans + Economic conditions
- Right to labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers
- African Americans + Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Equality + Economic aspects
- Equality + Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Large type books
- United States
- Nonfiction
- Discrimination in employment
- Large type books
- Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- Right to labor
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- Biographies
- African Americans + Civil rights
- Civil rights movements
- Poor People's Campaign
- African Americans + Economic conditions
- Right to labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers
- African Americans + Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Equality + Economic aspects
- Equality + Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Large type books
- United States
- Nonfiction
- Discrimination in employment
- Large type books
- Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- Right to labor
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