Title:
Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year / Tavis Smiley ; with David Ritz.
Author:
Smiley, Tavis, 1964- author.
Ritz, David, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Call Number:
E185.97 .K5 S56 2014
Abstract:
Presents a revealing and dramatic chronicle of the 12 months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780316332767
Physical Description:
x, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Four seasons : spring, summer, fall, and winter. "Vocation of agony" ; "Betraying the cause" ; "The language of the unheard" ; "Anxiety and sorrow in my heart" ; The bloodiest month of all ; Where do we go from here? ; Cities aflame ; Respect ; Chaos ; Ominous clouds ; "I, Martin Luther King, take thee, Non-Violence, to be my wedded wife" ; Ironic anniversary -- Final season : the last three months. Thirty-nine ; Confession ; Drum major ; Humility, levity, and longevity ; Frantic melancholy ; Restless heart ; Garment of destiny ; Firemen ; Midnight hour in Memphis ; Freedom explosion ; The mountaintop in Memphis ; April 4, 1968.
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