Blessed Are the Peacemakers (eBook)

Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the &quote;Letter from Birmingham Jail&quote;

S. Jonathan Bass (Autor)

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2021
379 Seiten
LSU Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-7591-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "e;Letter from Birmingham Jail"e; is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed to eight white Birmingham clergy who sought to avoid violence by publicly discouraging King's civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, the nationally published "e;Letter"e; captured the essence of the struggle for racial equality and provided a blistering critique of the gradualist approach to racial justice. It soon became part of American folklore, and the image of King penning his epistle from a prison cell remains among the most moving of the era. Yet, as S. Jonathan Bass explains in the first comprehensive history of King's "e;Letter,"e; this image and the piece's literary appeal conceal a much more complex tale.This updated edition of Blessed Are the Peacemakers includes a new foreword by Paul Harvey, a new afterword by James C. Cobb, and a new epilogue by the author.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2021
• Nachwort: James C. Cobb
• Vorwort: Paul Harvey
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-8071-7591-9 / 0807175919
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-7591-0 / 9780807175910