Rieder, Jonathan.

The Word of the Lord is upon me : the righteous performance of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Jonathan Rieder. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - x, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-382) and index.

Artistry of argument -- Pt. I Inside the circle of the tribe. The geometry of belonging ; Brotherhood and "brother"hood ; Backstage and blackstage ; Race men and real men ; The prophetic backstage -- Pt. II Son of a (black) preacher man. Flight from the folk? ; Homilies of black liberation ; Raw and refined -- Pt. III King in the mass meeting. Beloved black community ; The physics of deliverance ; The rationality of defieance ; The courage to be ; Free riders and freedom riders -- Pt. IV Crossing over into beloved community. Artifice and authenticity ; Practicing what you preach ; Validating the movement ; The allure of rudeness ; Black interludes in the crossover moment.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Oratory.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Language.
King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968.


King, Martin Luther, 1929-1968--Discursos
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos.
Derechos de los negros--Estados Unidos.
Segregación contra los negros--Estados Unidos.

002 E 185.97 / K53R 2008

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