Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Brossura

Garrow, David J.

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ISBN 10: 0060566922 ISBN 13: 9780060566920

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2004

Riassunto

Based on extensive interviews, FBI documents, and King's personal papers, an intimate portrait of the great leader encompasses every aspect of his life, from his humble beginnings as a pastor to become the leading activist and spokesperson for black freedom. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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L'autore:

David J. Garrow is Professor of Law & History and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is the author of four books, including Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post, New York Times, and The American Prospect. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Product Description:

Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's personal papers and tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents, this is a towering portrait of a man's metamorphosis into a legend.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060566922
• ISBN 13: 9780060566920
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 100