Let the trumpet sound
Subtitle: the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Stephen B. Oates.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans -- Civil rights; African Americans -- Biography; Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: The first major biography of King, based on extensive research in manuscript collections, traces King's personal development as well as the development of his ideas on protest and nonviolent resistance, from the influence of Thoreau and Gandhi through the details of his participation in the Civil Rights Movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.