Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights / Steven Levingston.
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TextPublisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316267397
- 0316267392
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
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A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick
" Kennedy and King is an unqualified masterpiece of historical narrative . . . A landmark achievement." -- Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rosa Parks
Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth century's greatest leaders, their powerful impact on each other and on the shape of the civil rights battle between 1960 and 1963. These two men from starkly different worlds profoundly influenced each other's personal development. Kennedy's hesitation on civil rights spurred King to greater acts of courage, and King inspired Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to equality. As America still grapples with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of discrimination, Kennedy and King is a vital, vivid contribution to the literature of the Civil Rights Movement.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-489) and index.
An account of the contentious relationship between the thirty-fifth president and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement explores their influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry.
"To teach a president" -- Two men, two worlds -- A call to Coretta -- "Tomorrow may be too late" -- "Pawns in a white man's political game" -- It often helps me to be pushed" -- Epilogue.