Bibliograph

April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America, Michael Eric Dyson

Type

Label

April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America, Michael Eric Dyson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

April 4, 1968

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

436156578

Responsibility statement

Michael Eric Dyson

Sub title

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America

Summary

A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Moses: a prophet's death in three acts. -- (Act 1) Fighting death -- (Act 2) Talking death -- (Act 3) Facing death -- pt. 2. Promised land, or wilderness? -- Report card on Black America -- The Black family and Black inequality -- What would Martin do?: poverty, prosperity, and the performance of blackness -- pt. 3. Joshua: charismatic Black leadership in a prophet's shadow. -- A messiah measures leadership -- Heir apparent -- Last of a dying breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on his 80th birthday

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