Death of a King
Subtitle: the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year
By: Tavis Smiley ; with David Ritz
Contributors: Ritz, David, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780316332767; 9780316410656
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Civil rights; African Americans; Biography; History
Description: "Recounts the final 365 days of King's life, revealing the minister's tribulations and trials-denunciations by the press, rejection by the president, dismissal by the country's black middle class and militants, assaults on his character, ideology, and political tactics-between April 1967 and 1968"--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268), filmography (page 268), and index.
Table of contents: title: Four seasons : spring, summer, fall, and winter; title: The final season : the last three months.