This encyclopedia is edited by members of Stanford University's Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, who had complete access to the papers of Dr. King. From their unique familiarity with these invaluable materials they have compiled a work offering a fresh and exciting look at all aspects of Dr. King's life and career. Carefully selected excerpts from letters, sermons, speeches, and other writings give readers insights into Dr. King and the civil rights movement that are unavailable in other reference works on the subject. Scholars, students, and interested non-specialists will all find the encyclopedia's 280 entries both informative and engaging.Alphabetically arranged, each entry concludes with a list of sources, both primary and secondary, upon which it is based. The entries cover all facets of Dr. King's life and career, including the members of his family, his many friends and associates in the movement, and his campaigns and marches. Other entries discuss the churches where he was pastor, the dissertation he wrote, the trips he took to India and Ghana, the books he published, the speeches he delivered, the Nobel Prize he won, the presidents and other national figures he knew, and his chief opponents and critics. The encyclopedia also offers a detailed chronology of Dr. King's life, a selected bibliography of important secondary sources, and a detailed introduction putting Dr. King's career in context with its times, a guide to related topics, and a detailed subject index.
發表於2024-12-23
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