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Beteilige Person: Bass, S. Jonathan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Cobb, James C. 1947- (VerfasserIn eines Nachworts)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2021
Ausgabe:Updated edition
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Abstract:"Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed to eight white Birmingham clergymen who sought to avoid violence by publicly discouraging King's civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, the nationally published 'Letter' captured the essence of the struggle for racial equality and provided a blistering critique of the gradualist approach to racial justice. It soon became part of American folklore, and the image of King penning his epistle from a prison cell remains among the most moving of the era. Yet as S. Jonathan Bass explains in the first comprehensive history of King's 'Letter,' this image and the piece's literary appeal conceal a much more complex tale. This updated edition of Blessed Are the Peacemakers includes a new foreword by Paul Harvey, a new afterword by James C. Cobb, and a new epilogue by the author"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xviii, 356 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9780807174784