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Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours
Publication Information
Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
Physical Description
x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
Chronicles the last 31 hours of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America.
Contents
- Atlanta departure
- Detour
- The strike
- Airport arrival
- The invitation
- The Mayor
- Lorraine check-in
- Damage control
- The injunction
- Invaders
- Nine-to-five security
- Reluctant speaker
- The stalker
- Summoning Dr. King
- From the mountaintop
- Long night
- Home pressures
- Invaders' exit
- Melancholy afternoon
- Ray's lucky breaks
- Dark night
- Redemption.
Subjects
- African American civil rights workers > Biography.
- Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
- Baptists > United States > Clergy > Biography.
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Assassination.