キング牧師：アメリカ史におけるその生涯 Martin Luther King Jr. : A Life in American History (Black History Lives)

Wilson, Jamie J.

Greenwood Press（2023/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781440864001
• DDC分類 323.092

Full Description

This accessible, up-to-date, and timely biography of Martin Luther King Jr. offers readers a fresh approach to King's life, achievements, and lasting contributions to civil rights, social justice, and American history.

This richly informed narrative follows King's early life as the son of a noted Baptist preacher in Atlanta, to his adulthood as the most visible, influential, and controversial leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s.

Going beyond the typical cradle-to-the-grave biography, this book situates King within and alongside the major events that King helped define, including the push for desegregation, equal rights for Black Americans, and the antiwar movement. Chapters are organized chronologically, and a supplementary chapter, "Why Martin Luther King Jr. Matters," takes up King's ongoing cultural and historical significance. Additionally, carefully chosen "Cultural Connections" are placed throughout the text to help students draw lines between King's life and the social, political, and intellectual currents with which King was and remains synonymous.

Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. King's Early Years and Education
2. Becoming a Leader
3. Challenging the Nation
4. Embracing a Larger Movement
5. The Nation and the World are Listening
6. People to People and People in Action
7. Birmingham and Standing Before God
8. The Man of the Year and the Nobel Prize Laureate
9. Going to Chicago
10. Beyond Vietnam to Memphis

Why Martin Luther King Jr. Matters
Timeline
Primary Documents
Bibliography
Index