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Subjects:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Social and political views.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Contents:

Distorted characterizations: images of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the conservative mind / Lewis V. Baldwin
Who is Clarence B. Jones's Martin Luther King Jr.: an audacious prophet or right-wing conservative? / Lewis V. Baldwin
Leading in challenging times: Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Hurley, and the meaning of Black leadership / Rosetta E. Ross and Shirley T. Geiger
Looking for Martin: Black leadership in an era of contested postracism and postblackness / Water E. Fluker
Drum major for justice or dilettante of dishonesty: Martin Luther King Jr., moral capital, and hypocrisy of embodied messianic myths / Cheryl Kirk-Duggan
Ruminating about Martin Luther King Jr. and sex / Rufus Burrow Jr.
Gay rights and the misuse of Martin / Traci C. West
What's race got to do with it?: Anti-Semitism, affirmative action, and illegal information / Lewis V. Baldwin
Nonviolence and a moral universe: what Martin might say about war and terrorism / Rufus Burrow Jr.
What Martin might say about intracommunity violence and homicide among young African American males: an extreme emergency / Rufus Burrow Jr.
Transforming death: life's ultimate tragedy and hope for the dawn / Michael G. Long
A prophet with honor? The Martin Luther King J. Holiday and the making of a national icon / George R. Seay Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949-
Burrow, Rufus, 1951-
Fairclough, Adam.

ISBN:

1610979540
9781610979542

OCLC:

853497637

Publisher Number:

99956564850