Research Catalog

Title

The radical King / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited and introduced by Cornel West.

Author

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

Publication

• Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
• ©2015

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

West, Cornel

Description

xvi, 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. As West writes, "Although much of America did not know the radical King--and too few know today--the FBI and US government did. They called him 'the most dangerous man in America.' This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize."

Series Statement

• The King Legacy series
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Works. Selections (The King Legacy)

Uniform Title

Works. Selections (West)

Alternative Title

Works.

Subjects

• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Speeches, addresses, etc
• Speeches
• Sermons
• Excerpts
• Civil rights > United States
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Political and social views
• Passive resistance
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Philosophy
• Black author
• Unites States
• Nonviolence
• Political and social views
• Lectures
• Philosophy

Genre/Form

• Excerpts.
• Lectures.
• Sermons.
• Speeches.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.

Contents

Part I. Radical love -- The violence of desperate men -- Palm Sunday sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Pilgrimage to nonviolence -- Loving your enemies -- What is your life's blueprint? -- Part II. Prophetic vision: global analysis and local praxis -- The world house -- All the great religions of the world -- My Jewish brother -- The Middle East question -- Let my people go -- Honoring Dr. Du Bois -- Part III. The revolution of nonviolent resistance: against empire and white supremacy -- Letter from Birmingham Jail -- Nonviolence and social change -- My talk with Ben Bella -- Jawaharlal Nehru, a leader in the long anti-colonial struggle -- Where do we go from here -- Black power -- Beyond Vietnam: a time to break silence -- Part IV. Overcoming the tyranny of poverty and hatred -- The bravest man I ever met -- The other America -- All labor has dignity -- The drum major instinct -- I've been to the mountaintop.

Call Number

Sc E 15-282

ISBN

• 9780807012826
• 0807012823

LCCN

• 2014022515
• 99961506304

OCLC

889005349

Author

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

Title

The radical King / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited and introduced by Cornel West.

Publisher

Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

African Americans

Civil rights workers

Americans

Clergy

Men

Series

The King Legacy series

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Works. Selections (The King Legacy)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

West, Cornel, editor, writer of introduction.

Other Standard Identifier

99961506304

Research Call Number

Sc E 15-282

JFE 17-3378