Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement - Controversies and Debates

Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety of books and journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear and insightful volume which introduces readers to key topics, debates and writers in the field. covers wider movement issues such as:- National and local leadership styles.- The role of women and gender.- Violence and non-violence.- Integration and separatism.It also examines specific issues related to King, including:- Family, church and educational influences.- Oratory and authorship.- King''s relationship with Malcolm X and other leaders.- King''s more radical stand during the final years of his life.- Controversies and debates surrounding his assassination.- Ongoing efforts to commemorate King''s achievements.Authoritative and stimulating this is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the man and the movement.>

Product details

• Authors: John A Kirk, John A. Kirk, KIRK JOHN A
• Assisted by: John A. Kirk (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2007
• EAN: 9781403996534
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9653-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; B, Behavioral Science and Psychology, United States—History, US History