Coretta Scott King: A Biography - Couverture rigide

McCarty, Laura T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0313349819 ISBN 13 : 9780313349812

Editeur : Greenwood Press, 2009

Synopsis

Coretta Scott was committed to social justice long before she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She shared in all the dangers that King's prominence in the civil rights movement brought, and she saw herself as full partner in the movement. Yet she generally remained in the background, supporting King's work and caring for their children, until his assassination transformed her into a movement leader in her own right: founder of the King Center, leader of a mass demonstration for a renewed national commitment to nonviolent social change, force behind the establishment of the national holiday bearing her husband's name. This book follows the trajectory of Coretta Scott King's tumultuous life at the heart of the most important American social movement of the 20th century.

Coretta Scott was committed to social justice long before she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She shared in all the dangers that King's prominence in the civil rights movement brought, and she saw herself as full partner in the movement. Yet she generally remained in the background, supporting King's work and caring for their children, until his assassination transformed her into a movement leader in her own right: founder of the King Center, leader of a mass demonstration for a renewed national commitment to nonviolent social change, force behind the establishment of the national holiday bearing her husband's name. This book follows the trajectory of Coretta Scott King's tumultuous life at the heart of the most important American social movement of the 20th century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

LAURA T. McCARTY is vice president of the Georgia Humanities Council. She serves on the executive committee of the New Georgia Encyclopedia as well as the board of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries and the advisory committee for the Georgia Center for the Book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Greenwood Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0313349819
• ISBN 13: 9780313349812
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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