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Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year
- Title
- Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year / Tavis Smiley ; with David Ritz.
- Author
- Smiley, Tavis, 1964-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Ritz, David
- Description
- x, 276 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Presents a revealing and dramatic chronicle of the 12 months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
- Contents
- Four seasons : spring, summer, fall, and winter. "Vocation of agony" ; "Betraying the cause" ; "The language of the unheard" ; "Anxiety and sorrow in my heart" ; The bloodiest month of all ; Where do we go from here? ; Cities aflame ; Respect ; Chaos ; Ominous clouds ; "I, Martin Luther King, take thee, Non-Violence, to be my wedded wife" ; Ironic anniversary -- Final season : the last three months. Thirty-nine ; Confession ; Drum major ; Humility, levity, and longevity ; Frantic melancholy ; Restless heart ; Garment of destiny ; Firemen ; Midnight hour in Memphis ; Freedom explosion ; The mountaintop in Memphis ; April 4, 1968.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-318
- ISBN
- 9780316332767 (hardcover)
- 0316332763 (hardcover)
- 9780316410656 (large print) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014018814
- OCLC
- 868040473
- Author
- Smiley, Tavis, 1964- author.
- Title
- Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year / Tavis Smiley ; with David Ritz.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Ritz, David, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-318