About this title: This reexamination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy challenges many of the commonly held ideas about King as a "safe" symbol, repositioning him as an activist. Dyson deals forthrightly with difficult issues surrounding King's life, while underscoring the importance of his philosophical and political stances.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684867762ISBN:0684867761
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780684830377ISBN:068483037X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Pr
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780684830377ISBN:068483037X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780684830377ISBN:068483037X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean inside and out with text just starting to tan. Fine/As new condition soft cover has shine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780684830377ISBN:068483037X
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: The Free Press, 2000
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684867762ISBN:0684867761
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. Hard Cover. N F/Fine. First Edition. 404 pages; binding tight; a few light stains on page edges; some pencil writing on back flyleaf; dj is bright; dj in brodart wrap. read more
Edition: First edition-First printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Free Press, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684867762ISBN:0684867761
Description: Fine book in fine dust jacket. The true Martin Luther King Jr. read more
Edition: First Edition; Fifth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684867762ISBN:0684867761
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0684867761. New fifth printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.22 x 9.52 x 6.51 Inches; 416 pages. read more
"This is one of the greatest books that vie ever read! I know it is not February yet but I still felt it was fine to refresh my knowledge on the king, as in Martin Luther King JR. The author Michael Eric Dyson captured about every great thing the king did in life, which is almost everything he did, all in 311 pages. This book is absolutely amazing and brilliant. I feel that this book gets everything you need to know about the great Martin Luther King JR and if you want to get any information on him I suggest this book dearly. It makes you really realize how much he did for people around the world and how much we really take things for granted. He gave his life trying to free African Americans and he devoted his life to setting people free from racism and discrimination. I feel that Michael Eric Dyson made this book perfect for its politics, and style. It is an important and very fun to read. When you read this and you put the book down, you feel sad, and you feel sad because we realize that we don't have the king with us anymore. But the important thing to remember is that Martin Luther King JR was a person, not some cut-out of a hero that you can admire from a far. By reading about the whole KING by Michael Eric Dyson it makes you realize that you can't keep thinking " oh I can't believe the king is gone!" but makes you start looking ahead and taking care of the problems there are today in life. This book is amazing and I definitely feel that anybody interested in reading a great book should choose this one, because it is a GREAT book to read and a great book to learn from."
"Dyson certainly contributes a unique perspective to King that is needed after the regurgitation that other biographers seem to offer. I appreciated his detailing of King's more radical beliefs in the years shortly before his assassination, as well as his assessment of conservative white co-option of King's image. However, much of the book is a depressing foray into King's 'weaknesses,' which Dyson feels must be admitted to bring humanity rather than mythology to King's figure, but then attempts to apologize for those weaknesses. It also attacks the King family for their attempts to control King's image. While I agree that it is not most helpful to view King as a saint, especially when considering further movements, it diminishes his contributions to focus on some of the petty quarreling that has ensued after his death."
"Although a wee bit too academic-y for my taste, I recommend this book to all my friends. While our generation has been taught to love and celebrate Dr. King, Michael Eric Dyson shows that we've been handed down a stagnant and sanitized version of his legacy. Dyson complains that by allowing Dr. King's legacy to rest on just a few famous sound bites, we fail to learn from the full breath of his work.
We have so much to learn from Dr. King- by studying his criticism of the Vietnam War we can inform our fight against modern US foreign policy, by studying his campaign against poverty we can learn to talk boldly about class (and maybe vote for john edwards next time)"
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