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Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Physical Description
x, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
Presents a revealing and dramatic chronicle of the 12 months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Contents
- Part I. Four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter
- "Vocation of agony"
- "Betraying the cause"
- "The language of the unheard"
- "Anxiety and sorrow in my heart"
- The bloodiest month of all
- Where do we go from here?
- Cities aflame
- Respect
- Chaos
- Ominous clouds
- "I, Martin Luther King, take thee, non-violence, to be my wedded wife"
- Ironic anniversary
- Part II. Final season: the last three months
- 39
- Confession
- Drum major
- Humility, levity, and longevity
- Frantic melancholy
- Restless heart
- Garment of destiny
- Firemen
- Midnight hour in Memphis
- Freedom explosion
- The mountaintop in Memphis
- April 4, 1968
- Epilogue.