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Author Rieder, Jonathan.

Title Gospel of freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation / Jonathan Rieder.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  323.092 RIE    Storage
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Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-207) and index.
Contents Introduction : The cry for justice -- Part One: The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- Part Two: The letter. Diplomat: My dear fellow clergymen ; The word "wait" rings in the ear of every Negro ; Everything the Nazis did was legal -- Prophet: I am an extremist ; What kind of people worship here? ; Abused and scorned though we may be -- Part Three: The aftermath. Street fighter: Now is the time ; A child shall lead them ; Free at last? ; What killed these four girls? -- Epilogue : Words spoken to mankind -- Appendix : The text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Summary Jonathan Rieder delves deeper than anyone before into the King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" --illuminating both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights.
Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations.
Civil disobedience -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
Nonviolence.
ISBN 9781620400586
1620400588
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