I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr. / Michael Eric Dyson
- Bib ID:
- 1676232
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dyson, Michael Eric
- Description:
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- New York : Free Press, c2000
- xi, 404 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0684867761
- Full contents:
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- Preface: "We as a People Will Get to the Promised Land": Martin and Us
- Introduction: "You Don't Need to Go Out Saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Saint": The American Hero
- Pt. I. Ideology. Ch. 1. "I Saw That Dream Turn Into a Nightmare": From Color-Blindness to Black Compensation. Ch. 2. "Most Americans Are Unconscious Racists": Beyond Liberalism. Ch. 3. "As I Ponder the Madness of Vietnam": The Outlines of a Militant Pacifism. Ch. 4. "America Must Move Toward a Democratic Socialism": A Progressive Social Bluprint. Ch. 5. "We Did Engage in a Black Power Move": An Integrationist Embraces Enlightened Black Nationalism
- Pt. II. Identity. Ch. 6. "I Had to Know God for Myself": The Shape of a Radical Faith. Ch. 7. "Somewhere I Read of the Freedom of Speech": Constructing a Unique Voice. Ch. 8. "There Is a Civil War Going on Within All of Us": Sexual Personae in the Revolution.
- Ch. 9. "I Have Walked Among the Desperate, Rejected, and Angry": Two Generations of the Young, Gifted, and Black. Ch. 10. "The Primary Obligation of the Woman Is That of Motherhood": The Pitfalls of Patriarchy
- Pt. III. Image. Ch. 11. "Be True to What You Said on Paper": A Critical Patriotism. Ch. 12. "I Won't Have Any Money to Leave Behind": The Ownership of a Great Man. Ch. 13. "If I Have to Go Through This to Give the People a Symbol": The Burden of Representation
- Epilogue: "Lil' Nigger, Just Where You Been?": Metaphors and Movements.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-394) and index.
- Subject:
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Influence
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Political and social views
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Also Titled:
- True Martin Luther King, Jr
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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