From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice

✍ Scribed by Thomas F. Jackson

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 467
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

From Civil Rights to Human Rights examines King's lifelong commitments to economic equality, racial justice, and international peace. Drawing upon broad research in published sources and unpublished manuscript collections, Jackson positions King within the social movements and momentous debates of his time.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Pilgrimage to Christian Socialism
Chapter 2 The Least of These
Chapter 3 Seed Time in the Winter of Reaction
Chapter 4 The American Gandhi and Direct Action
Chapter 5 The Dreams of the Masses
Chapter 6 Jobs and Freedom
Chapter 7 Malignant Kinship
Chapter 8 The Secret Heart of America
Chapter 9 The War on Poverty and the Democratic Socialist Dream
Chapter 10 Egyptland
Chapter 11 The World House
Chapter 12 Power to Poor People
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments

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