Sitkoff, Harvard.

King : pilgrimage to the mountaintop / Harvard Sitkoff. - 1st ed. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2008. - xv, 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-251) and index.

Educating a preacher King, 1929-54 -- Baptism by fire, 1955-56 -- These humble children of God, 1957-62 -- Confronting the conscience of America, 1963 -- Redemption and crisis, 1964 -- We shall overcome, 1965 -- The road to Jericho via Chicago, 1966 -- Seeing Lazarus, 1967-68.

A profile of the influential leader discusses his successes as a civil rights leader and his role as a husband and father as well as his failures and his unfailing faith through personal disappointment and triumph.

9780809095162 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0809095165 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780809063499 (pbk.) 0809063492 (pbk.)

2007029276

GBA813490 bnb

014508219 Uk


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


African Americans--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Baptists--Clergy--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

002 E 185.97 / K53S 2008

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