Gospel of freedom
Subtitle: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation
By: Jonathan Rieder
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781620400586
Subjects: Civil disobedience; Race relations; Nonviolence; Civil rights; African Americans; Civil rights movements; History
Description: Jonathan Rieder delves deeper than anyone before into the King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" --illuminating both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The cry for justice; title: The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee; title: The letter. Diplomat: My dear fellow clergymen ; The word "wait" rings in the ear of every Negro ; Everything the Nazis did was legal; title: Prophet: I am an extremist ; What kind of people worship here? ; Abused and scorned though we may be; title: The aftermath. Street fighter: Now is the time ; A child shall lead them ; Free at last? ; What killed these four girls?; title: Epilogue : Words spoken to mankind; title: Acknowledgements; title: Appendix : The text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail."