King
Subtitle: a biography
By: David L. Lewis
Edition: 3rd ed., with new pref.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780252079092
Subjects: Civil rights movements; Baptists; Clergy; Civil rights; African Americans; Biography
Description: Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography wends through the corridors in which King held court, posing the right questions and providing a keen measure of the man whose career and mission enthrall scholars and general readers to this day. Updated with a new preface and more than a dozen photographs of King and his contemporaries, this edition presents the unforgettable story of King's life and death for a new generation.
Notes: Originally published: 1970.

Includes bibliographical references and index.