Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Author: John A. Kirk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317607317

Martin Luther King, Jr is one of the iconic figures of 20th century history, and one of the most influential and important in the American Civil Rights Movement; John Kirk here presents the life of Martin Luther King in the context of that movement, placing him at the center of the Afro-American fight for equality and recognition. This book combines the insights from two fields of study, seeking to combine the top down; national federal policy-oriented approach to the movement with the bottom up, local grassroots activism approach to demonstrate how these different levels of activism intersect and interact with each other.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Author: John A. Kirk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317607325

Martin Luther King, Jr is one of the iconic figures of 20th century history, and one of the most influential and important in the American Civil Rights Movement; John Kirk here presents the life of Martin Luther King in the context of that movement, placing him at the center of the Afro-American fight for equality and recognition. This book combines the insights from two fields of study, seeking to combine the top down; national federal policy-oriented approach to the movement with the bottom up, local grassroots activism approach to demonstrate how these different levels of activism intersect and interact with each other.

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Author: John A Kirk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2007-08-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230207812

Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety of books and journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear and insightful volume which introduces readers to key topics, debates and writers in the field. Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights Movement covers wider movement issues such as: - National and local leadership styles. - The role of women and gender. - Violence and non-violence. - Integration and separatism. It also examines specific issues related to King, including: - Family, church and educational influences. - Oratory and authorship. - King's relationship with Malcolm X and other leaders. - King's more radical stand during the final years of his life. - Controversies and debates surrounding his assassination. - Ongoing efforts to commemorate King's achievements. Authoritative and stimulating this is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the man and the movement.

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Child of the Civil Rights Movement
Author: Paula Young Shelton
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2013-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0385376065

In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family—and thousands of others—in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Poignant, moving, and hopeful, this is an intimate look at the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

The Chicago Freedom Movement

The Chicago Freedom Movement
Author: Mary Lou Finley
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0813166527

Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined the locally based Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) to form the Chicago Freedom Movement. The open housing demonstrations they organized eventually resulted in a controversial agreement with Mayor Richard J. Daley and other city leaders, the fallout of which has historically led some to conclude that the movement was largely ineffective. In this important volume, an eminent team of scholars and activists offer an alternative assessment of the Chicago Freedom Movement's impact on race relations and social justice, both in the city and across the nation. Building upon recent works, the contributors reexamine the movement and illuminate its lasting contributions in order to challenge conventional perceptions that have underestimated its impressive legacy.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Hourly History
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2018-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781720451112

Martin Luther King Jr.The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was painfully short but joyously valuable. Using non-violent direct action and the principles of Christian love, King became the most influential pioneer of the civil rights movement in the United States of America. A husband, father, pastor, and leader, King preached a message of hope by taking to the streets and changing the world. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life ✓ Montgomery Bus Boycott ✓ A Brush with Death ✓ March on Washington and Murders in Selma ✓ Riots in Watts and War in Vietnam ✓ The Poor People's Campaign and the Assassination And much more!

Northern Protest

Northern Protest
Author: James Richard Ralph
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1993
Genre: African Americans
ISBN:

Ralph argues that the new push for equality, exemplified by the Chicago Freedom Movement, actually undermined popular support for the civil rights movement and let to its ultimate decline.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 1910
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Activist

Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Activist
Author: Grace Hansen
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2022-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1098244125

This title looks at the life, accomplishments, and legacy of minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. The book is complete with sidebars, more facts, a timeline, and QR codes that lead to more information, videos, and activities. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.

The Making of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
Author: Brian Ward
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814792960

Tracing the development of African American political though since the 1960s, The Making of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement offers a new look at the contemporary legacy of the civil rights movement.