April 4, 1968 [sound recording] : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.
2008
E185.97.K5 D96 2008ab (Mapit)
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April 4, 1968 [sound recording] : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.
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ISBN
9781433244889
1433244888
1433244888
Publication Details
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, 2008.
Language
English
Description
5 sound discs (ca. 6 hrs., 30 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
E185.97.K5 D96 2008ab
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.092
Distributor No.
Z4778 Blackstone Audio
Summary
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prophet for racial and economic justice in America, was fatally shot. Only hours earlier, he had ended his final public speech by promising that "we as a people will get to the Promised Land". Now, at the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination, acclaimed public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson gives a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, since that date. Ambitiously and controversially, he investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to that Promised Land King spoke of, and the many areas in which we still have a long way to go. April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping view of King's death, remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which King's legacy will affect the future of this country.
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Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Read by the author.
Compact discs.
Read by the author.
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