A testament of hope : the essential writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. / edited by James Melvin Washington.
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TextPublication details: New York : HarperOne, 1991.Edition: 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed., Special 75th anniversary edDescription: xxv, 702 p. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0060646918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780060646912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."
These prophetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve years of his life.
These words and others are commemorated here in the only major one-volume collection of this seminal twentieth-century American prophet's writings, speeches, interviews, and autobiographical reflections. A Testament of Hope contains Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, the ethics of love and hope, and more.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-688) and index.
Philosophy -- Religious: nonviolence -- Social: integration -- Political: wedged between democracy and Black nationalism -- Famous sermons and public addresses -- Historic essays -- Interviews -- Books.