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The domestication of Martin Luther King Jr. : Clarence B. Jones, right-wing conservatism, and the manipulation of the King legacy / edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Rufus Burrow, Jr. ; foreword by Adam Fairclough.
- Title
- The domestication of Martin Luther King Jr. : Clarence B. Jones, right-wing conservatism, and the manipulation of the King legacy / edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Rufus Burrow, Jr. ; foreword by Adam Fairclough.
- Publication
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2013]
- © 2013.
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- Description
- xxxii, 267 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Essays challenge and contradict the revisionist use of King for conservative and right-wing purposes.
- Alternative Title
- Clarence B. Jones, right-wing conservatism, and the manipulation of the King legacy
- Subjects
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- History
- Biographies
- Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century
- Civil rights > United States > History > 21st century
- 2000-2099
- United States > Politics and government > 21st century
- United States > Social conditions > 21st century
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Social and political views
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Distorted characterizations: images of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the conservative mind / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Who is Clarence B. Jones's Martin Luther King Jr.: an audacious prophet or right-wing conservative? / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Leading in challenging times: Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Hurley, and the meaning of Black leadership / Rosetta E. Ross and Shirley T. Geiger -- Looking for Martin: Black leadership in an era of contested postracism and postblackness / Water E. Fluker -- Drum major for justice or dilettante of dishonesty: Martin Luther King Jr., moral capital, and hypocrisy of embodied messianic myths / Cheryl Kirk-Duggan -- Ruminating about Martin Luther King Jr. and sex / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Gay rights and the misuse of Martin / Traci C. West -- What's race got to do with it?: Anti-Semitism, affirmative action, and illegal information / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Nonviolence and a moral universe: what Martin might say about war and terrorism / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- What Martin might say about intracommunity violence and homicide among young African American males: an extreme emergency / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Transforming death: life's ultimate tragedy and hope for the dawn / Michael G. Long -- A prophet with honor? The Martin Luther King J. Holiday and the making of a national icon / George R. Seay Jr.
- ISBN
- 9781610979542
- 1610979540
- OCLC
- 853497637
- SCSB-11305106
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library