King : a life
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Nonfiction | BIOG KING | In Library |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American Baptists -- Clergy -- Biography
African American civil rights workers -- Biography
African Americans -- Biography
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Biographies.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
African American civil rights workers -- Biography
African Americans -- Biography
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Biographies.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
x, 669 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
UPC
40031821386
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-632) and index
Description
"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"--,Provided by publisher
Description
"Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family's origins as well as MLK's complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father--as well as the nation's most mourned martyr"--Dust jacket flap
Description
"Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family's origins as well as MLK's complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father--as well as the nation's most mourned martyr. In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history's greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime." --,description from publisher's website.,https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374279295/kingalife
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eig, J. (2023). King: a life (First edition). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eig, Jonathan. 2023. King: A Life. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eig, Jonathan. King: A Life Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eig, Jonathan. King: A Life First edition, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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