April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America Cover Image

April 4, 1968 : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America / Michael Eric Dyson.

Summary:

A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465002122
ISBN: 9780465012862
Physical Description: xii, 290 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Basic Civitas Books, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1 Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts -- 1 (Act 1) Fighting Death 3 -- 2 (Act 2) Talking Death 25 -- 3 (Act 3) Facing Death 45 -- Part 2 Promised Land, or Wilderness? -- 4 Report Card on Black America 79 -- 5 Black Family and Black Inequality 101 -- 6 What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and the Performance of Blackness 119 -- Part 3 Joshua: Charismatic Black Leadership in a Prophet's Shadow -- 7 A Messiah Measures Leadership 145 -- 8 Heir Apparent 171 -- 9 Last of a Dying Breed? 201 -- 10 Black Kennedy 223 -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on His 80th Birthday 245.