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The Speech: the Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?s Dream Gary Younge

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The Speech: the Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?s Dream

Gary Younge

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful “I Have a Dream? speech on August 28, 1963. Fifty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the civil rights movement. It continues to be heralded as a beacon in the ongoing struggle for racial equality.

This gripping book is rooted in new and important interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of and draft speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr., and Joan Baez, a singer at the march, as well as Angela Davis and other leading civil rights leaders. It brings to life the fascinating chronicle behind “The Speech? and other events surrounding the March on Washington. Younge skillfully captures the spirit of that historic day in Washington and offers a new generation of readers a critical modern analysis of why “I Have a Dream? remains America?s favorite speech.
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"It was over eighty degrees when Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. King was the last speaker. By the time he reached the podium, many in the crowd had started to leave. Not all those who remained could hear him properly, but those who could stood rapt. 'Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed,' said King as though he were wrapping up. 'Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.' Then he set his prepared text aside. [Clarence] Jones saw his stance turn from lecturer to preacher. He turned to the person next to him: 'Those people don?t know it but they?re about to go to church.' A smattering of applause filled a pause more pregnant than most. 'So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.'?
—from the introduction

Mediji	Grāmatas Hardcover Book (Grāmata ar cieto muguriņu un vāku)
Izlaists	2013. gada 10. septembris
ISBN13	9781608463220
Izdevēji	Haymarket Books
Lapas	180
Izmēri	132 × 193 × 23 mm · 272 g
Valoda	Angļu