Dreams and nightmares
Subtitle: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the struggle for Black equality in America
By: Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson
Series: New perspectives on the history of the South
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780813037233
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Civil rights; Influence; African American political activists; Political and social views; Civil rights movements; African Americans; Biography; History
Notes: From original German text entitled GegenSpieler (Fischer Verlag, 2001) with parts rewritten for an American audience; large parts of the introduction and the final chapter are completely new--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology; title: The American Nightmare : A Brief History of Oppression; title: Roots of Rage, Sources of Hope : Family and Religion in the Lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X; title: Beloved Brothers or Blue-Eyed Devils : Disparate Visions in the Struggle for Equality; title: From Civil Rights to Human Rights? Coming Together in the End?; title: A Continuing Struggle : The Political and Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.