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Title
King's dream / Eric J. Sundquist.
Author
ISBN
9780300118070 (alk. paper)
0300118074 (alk. paper)
0300118074 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
viii, 295 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., fascims., ports. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
E185.97.K5 S864 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.092
Summary
In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expresses the story of African-American freedom.
Note
Series from jacket.
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-275) and index.
Series
Icons of America.
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Table of Contents
Dreamer, 1963
Freedom now!
Soul force
Lincoln's shadow
Whose country 'tis of Thee?
Not by the color of their skin
Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" .
Freedom now!
Soul force
Lincoln's shadow
Whose country 'tis of Thee?
Not by the color of their skin
Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" .