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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peter Lings acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. provides a thorough re-examination of both the man and the Civil Rights Movement, showing how King grew into his leadership role and kept his faith as the challenges facing the movement strengthened after 1965. Ling combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther Kings life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement.

This fully revised and updated second edition includes an extended look at Black Power and a detailed analysis of the memorialization of King since his death, including President Obamas 50th anniversary address, and how conservative spokesmen have tried to appropriate King as an advocate of color-blindness.

Drawing on the wide-ranging and changing scholarship on the Civil Rights Movement, this volume condenses research previously scattered across a larger literature. Peter Lings crisp and fluent style captures the drama, irony, and pathos of Kings life and provides an excellent introduction for students and others interested in King, the Civil Rights Movement, and America in the 1960s.

Peter J. Ling is Professor of American Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. His previous works include the edited collection, Gender and the Civil Rights Movement (2004), a history of the Democratic Party (2004), and a biography of John F. Kennedy (2013).

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Second edition
Peter J. Ling

First published 2015

by Routledge

2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

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2015 Peter J. Ling

The right of Peter J. Ling to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Ling, Peter J. (Peter John), 1956-

Martin Luther King, Jr. / Peter J. Ling. Second edition.

pages cm. (Routledge historical biographies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. 2. African AmericansBiography. 3. Civil rights workersUnited StatesBiography. 4. BaptistsUnited StatesClergyBiography. 5. African AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th century. 6. Civil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th century. I. Title.

E185.97.K5L55 2015

323.092dc23

[B]

2014033643

ISBN: 978-1-138-78161-0 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-78163-4 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-73151-3 (ebk)

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