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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)

Autor(a) de Why We Can't Wait

145+ Works 11,180 Membros 201 Críticas 11 Favorited

About the Author

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 into a middle-class black family in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a degree from Morehouse College. While there his early concerns for social justice for African Americans were deepened by reading Henry David Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience." mostrar mais He enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary and there became acquainted with the Social Gospel movement and the works of its chief spokesman, Walter Rauschenbusch. Mohandas Gandhi's practice of nonviolent resistance (ahimsaahimsa) later became a tactic for transforming love into social change. After seminary, he postponed his ministry vocation by first earning a doctorate at Boston University School of Theology. There he discovered the works of Reinhold Niebuhr and was especially struck by Niebuhr's insistence that the powerless must somehow gain power if they are to achieve what is theirs by right. In the Montgomery bus boycott, it was by economic clout that African Americans broke down the walls separating the races, for without African American riders, the city's transportation system nearly collapsed. The bus boycott took place in 1954, the year King and his bride, Coretta Scott, went to Montgomery, where he had been called to serve as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Following the boycott, he founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to coordinate civil rights organizations. Working through African American churches, activists led demonstrations all over the South and drew attention, through television and newspaper reports, to the fact that nonviolent demonstrations by blacks were being suppressed violently by white police and state troopers. The federal government was finally forced to intervene and pass legislation protecting the right of African Americans to vote and desegregating public accommodations. For his nonviolent activism, King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. While organizing a "poor people's campaign" to persuade Congress to take action against poverty, King accepted an invitation to visit Memphis, Tennessee, where sanitation workers were on strike. There, on April 4, 1968, he was gunned down while standing on the balcony of his hotel. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the son of Reverend Martin Luther King; the father (Rev. King) was the author of Daddy King: An Autobiography (1980). Please preserve the distinction between these authors.

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Obras por Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Can't Wait (1964) 1,483 exemplares
Strength to Love (1963) 1,231 exemplares
I Have a Dream (Book & CD) (2012) 615 exemplares
Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) 560 exemplares
I Have a Dream (2007) 402 exemplares
I Have A Dream (1997) 295 exemplares
The Radical King (2015) 228 exemplares
The Measure of a Man (1988) 191 exemplares
The Trumpet of Conscience (1968) 169 exemplares
A Gift of Love (2012) 84 exemplares
All Labor Has Dignity (2011) — Autor — 68 exemplares
I Have a Dream (1993) 34 exemplares
In a Single Garment of Destiny (2013) 32 exemplares
I've been to the mountaintop (1994) 16 exemplares
The Other America - A Speech from The Radical King (2018) — Autor, algumas edições12 exemplares
I Have a Dream (2007) 11 exemplares
Nonviolence & Racial Justice (2008) 10 exemplares
Ausgewählte Texte. (1990) 4 exemplares
King for Kids (2008) 3 exemplares
I diritti dei neri d'America (2011) 2 exemplares
Nobel lecture (1964) 2 exemplares
The Ware lecture, 1966 (1966) 2 exemplares
I Have a Dream 2 exemplares
I Have a Dream 2 exemplares
Testament of Hope 1 exemplar
I Have A Dream 1 exemplar
I Have a Dream 1 exemplar
Smash Pacifism 1 exemplar
Selma 1 exemplar
I have a dream 1 exemplar
Siste appell 1 exemplar
I Have a Dream 1 exemplar
I Have a Dream 1 exemplar
I Have a Dream 1 exemplar
Freiheit 1 exemplar
MLK, Jr Quotes 1 exemplar
The Concise King (2009) 1 exemplar
I Have a Dream 1 exemplar
Now Is The Time 1 exemplar
Nem hallgathattam 1 exemplar
Martin Luter King 1 exemplar
Negros en Armas 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 774 exemplares
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Contribuidor — 338 exemplares
The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Contribuidor — 324 exemplares
Reporting Civil Rights, Part 1: American Journalism 1941-1963 (2003) — Contribuidor — 235 exemplares
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Contribuidor — 175 exemplares
Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology (1999) — Contribuidor — 149 exemplares
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith (2010) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (1968) — Tribute to Dr. Du Bois, algumas edições135 exemplares
Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead (2007) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Contribuidor — 98 exemplares
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (1995) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
American Heritage: A Reader (2011) — Contribuidor — 81 exemplares
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contribuidor — 68 exemplares
Civil Disobedience: Theory and Practice (1969) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
The Signet Book of American Essays (2006) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
Writing Politics: An Anthology (2020) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest (1998) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Wade in the Water: Great Moments in Black History (1979) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Encounters: Essays for Exploration and Inquiry (1999) — Contribuidor, algumas edições18 exemplares
Voices from the Dexter Pulpit (2001) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Essays Today 6 (1968) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1929-01-15
Data de falecimento
1968-04-04
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Causa da morte
assassinated
Relações
King, Coretta Scott (wife)
King, Martin Luther, Sr. (father)
King, Martin Luther, III (son)
Nota de desambiguação
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the son of Reverend Martin Luther King; the father (Rev. King) was the author of Daddy King: An Autobiography (1980). Please preserve the distinction between these authors.

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Earl Warren (From Martin Luther King Jr.) em Legacy Libraries (Agosto 2015)

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Finally got around to reading this. It was a very enlightening read. This is not a biography or commentary but simply a collection of MLK's writing curated and introduced by Cornel West. It really gave me a more profound insight into his politics (which was more complex than most discussions tend to show, even me who knew about that didn't know the full extent) but also pacifism in general. I'm not against violence to resist oppression, non-violence does not always work, but I will admit to having a more limited understanding of non-violence which has been expanded by this book.
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dond_ashall | 26 outras críticas | Feb 7, 2024 |
I just finished the audiobook version. Each speech and sermon is the recording of the actual one given. I can't begin to describe how moving and uplifting Dr King's words are. This is simply one of the best books I have ever heard or read. Raise your spirit by listening to Dr King.
Personally, I am so glad that he made it to the mountaintop.
 
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wvlibrarydude | 6 outras críticas | Jan 14, 2024 |
independent reading level: Pk-3rd
Awards: Coretta Scott King award and parent choice silver honor
 
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Akporter | 52 outras críticas | Dec 7, 2023 |
Unfortunately, Martin Luther King’s legacy is often distilled into being a person who gave great speeches and advocated for a colorblind society. What’s missing in that simplistic view is his genius at organizing, his tactical brilliance, and his ability to create a vision that everyone could see. This book goes into all of that, in his own words. That helps as his actions aren’t being filtered or interpreted by someone else. King provides a great snapshot—almost like a historian—of 1963 and how the world was focusing their attentions after the assassination of President Kennedy. The main focus is on the actions in Birmingham and his ability to create a form of economic and racial justice for the people there. He also backtracks and provides a great deal of strategies—be it Biblical teachings, Gandhi, or his own understanding of America’s inhumane caste system. With social injustice still happening around the world, this book is important for anyone who has dedicated themselves to creating positive change.… (mais)
 
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JuntaKinte1968 | 6 outras críticas | Dec 6, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
145
Also by
29
Membros
11,180
Popularidade
#2,110
Avaliação
½ 4.4
Críticas
201
ISBN
284
Línguas
13
Marcado como favorito
11

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