Misremembering Dr. King : revisiting the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. / / Jennifer J. Yanco

• Autore: Yanco Jennifer J
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (111 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.092
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century; Nonviolence - United States - History - 20th century; Civil rights workers - United States; Baptists - United States - Clergy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Memory and forgetting -- The misappropriation of memory -- What we remember -- Dr. King and the civil rights movement -- Dr. King and nonviolence -- What we forget: Dr. King's warning about the "giant triplets." -- Militarism -- Materialism -- Racism -- Why it matters. -- Whose problem? White America's special responsibility -- A challenge for all of us.
• Sommario/riassunto: We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr, the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner against militarism, materialism, and racism-what he called the ""giant triplets."" Jennifer J. Yanco takes steps to redress this imbalance. ""My objective is to highlight the important aspects of Dr. King's work which have all but disappeared from popular memory, so that more of us can 'really see King.'"" After briefly telling the familiar story of King's civil rights campaigns and accomplishments, she considers the lesser-known concer
• Titolo autorizzato: Misremembering Dr. King
• ISBN: 0-253-01424-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828510703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II