From civil rights to human rights
Subtitle: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice
By: Thomas F. Jackson
Contributors: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Series: Politics and culture in modern America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968; Human rights -- United States; African Americans -- Civil rights
Description: "Drawing widely on published and unpublished archival sources, Jackson explains the contexts and meanings of King's increasingly open call for "a radical redistribution of political and economic power" in American cities, the nation, and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings were in fact revolts against unemployment, powerlessness, police violence, and institutionalized racism, he argued. His final dream, a Poor People's March on Washington, aimed to mobilize Americans across racial and class lines to reverse a national cycle of urban conflict, political backlash, and policy retrenchment. King's vision of economic democracy and international human rights remains a powerful inspiration for those committed to ending racism and poverty in our time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-437) and index