An edition of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (2020)

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An edition of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (2020)

Sword and the Shield

The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr

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  • 2 Have read

Dual political biographies of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
373

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Subjects

King, martin luther, jr., 1929-1968, X, malcolm, 1925-1965, United states, history

People

John Kennedy, Lindon Johnson, Stokley Carmichael, Elijah Muhammad

Places

Birmingham, Alabama, Harlem, New York, Atlanta, Georgia, Selma

Times

1940-1970
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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr
2020, Basic Books
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Cover of: Sword and the Shield
Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr
2020, Basic Books
in English
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Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr
2020, Basic Books
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First Sentence

"On Thursday, March 26, 1964, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. descended, separately, on the United States Senate building."

Table of Contents

Introduction. Beyond Dreams and Nightmares
Page 1
Chapter 1. The Radical Dignity of Malcolm X
Page 25
Chapter 2. The radical Citizenship of Martin Luther King
Page 55
Chapter 3. The World Stage
Page 81
Chapter 4. A World on Fire
Page 103
Chapter 5. Birmingham's Radicals
Page 135
Chapter 6. "Now Is the Time to Make Real the Promise of Democracy"
Page 157
Chapter 7. "What Is a Dream to You Is a Nightmare to Us"
Page 173
Chapter 8. "Seeking Freedom Like Dr. King, but Faster"
Page 199
Chapter 9. The Radical King
Page 235
Chapter 10. The Revolutionary King
Page 267
Epilogue. The Legacy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Page 307
Acknowledgments
Page 319
Archives Sourced
Page 325
Notes
Page 329
Index
Page 361

Edition Notes

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
2020

Classifications

Library of Congress
E185.97.K5 J67 2020

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
viii, 373p
Number of pages
373
Weight
630 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL29453154M
Internet Archive
swordshieldrevol0000jose
ISBN 13
9781541617865
LCCN
2019051608
OCLC/WorldCat
1109808084

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