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King’s favor that draws directly from the source, illuminat-
ing the circumstances of King’s life without deifying his
person. Book, cassette
8) “From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin
Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic
Justice”
By Thomas F. Jackson
University of Pennsylvania Press, c2007.
Drawing widely on published and unpublished archival
sources, Jackson explains the contexts and meanings of
King’s increasingly open call for “a radical redistribution of
political and economic power” in American cities, the
nation and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings were
in fact revolts against unemployment, powerlessness, police
violence, and institutionalized racism, he argued. His final
dream, a Poor People’s March on Washington, aimed to
mobilize Americans across racial and class lines to reverse
a national cycle of urban conflict, political backlash, and
policy retrenchment. King’s vision of economic democracy
and international human rights remains a powerful inspira-
tion for those committed to ending racism and poverty in
our time.
9) “King”
Written & illustrated by Ho Che Anderson.
Graphic novel
Fantagraphics Books, c1993
The first of three parts, this beautiful graphic novel from
the celebrated Black cartoonist Ho Che Anderson traces the
life and career of the civil rights leader from his birth to his
assassination. Anderson’s dramatic lines on the page bring
out the power of this important American story with a truth-
ful ease rarely found elsewhere. More than a history lesson,
“King” is an important book to have at hand.
10) “King Came Preaching: The Pulpit Power of dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.”
By Mervyn A. Warren
InterVarsity Press, c2001.
We know Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a social activist
who changed America. But King’s beginnings were as a
preacher, and he preached with power throughout his life.
In light of this, it is all the more remarkable that few have
focused on his “pulpit power,” which reflected his religious
commitments and shaped the civil rights movement that he
led. Dr. Mervyn A. Warren offers us a journey into the
preaching of King, a homiletic biography exploring King’s
sermons, his use of language, his delivery and more. In this
book we have a remarkable opportunity to gain new insight
into all of King’s life and work. Originally written as a dis-
sertation and presented to Mrs. Coretta King by the author
in 1988, this remarkable work has been uncovered, fully
revised and updated, and is available for the first time to the
general public.
11) “The King God didn’t Save: Reflections on the
Life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
By John A. Williams.
Coward-McCann c1970.
In this controversial book, Black writer John A. Williams
calls King a failure for what he was trying to succeed.
Williams calls his early successes small concessions that
the White power structure could afford to lose and says the
civil rights leader realized this when he began his anti-
poverty, anti-war crusade. But Williams also thinks that the
assassins bullet saved King from a long, character-destroy-
ing scandal involving his extra-marital affairs.
12) M. Luther King / In Spanish
Direccion de la obra, Francisco Luis Cardona Castro.
Madrid: Edimat Libros, c2002
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The March on Washington
Figuras destacadas que han protagonizado los hechos mas
importantes de la historia estan retratados en estos bellos
volumenes economicos. Tan fascinante como los hechos
que les hicieron famosos, estas biografias detallan los
hechos conocidos acerca de los sujetos con enfasis en su
ninez, su motivacion, sus triunfos, y su impacto en la histo-
ria, mientras revela un lado humano de estos hombres.
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