Bearing the cross : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
by Garrow, David J., 1953-
| Print Book 2004 |
| Available at 3 Libraries 3 of 4 copies |
Summary
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. covers the entire life of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews, access to King's personal papers, and thousands of FBI documents, Bearing the Cross traces King's metamorphosis from a young, earnest pastor into the foremost spokesperson of the black freedom struggle. At the book's heart is King's growing awareness of the symbolic meaning of the cross as he gradually accepts a life that will demand the ultimate in self-sacrifice. This is a towering portrait of a man at the epicenter of one of the most dramatic periods in our history.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
King, Martin Luther,
-- Jr.,
-- 1929-1968.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- History. African Americans -- Biography. Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography. Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century. United States -- Race relations. |
| Publisher | New York :Perennial Classics,2004 |
| Edition | 1st Perennial Classics ed. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Morrow, c1986. |
| Description |
800 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [725]-772) and index. |
| ISBN | 0060566922 9780060566920 |
| Other | Classic View |