King and the Other America (eBook)

The Poor People's Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality

Sylvie Laurent (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
384 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96343-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Ameticulously researched look into the development of King's thought. . . . Laurent's important new book highlights the depth of the wisdom and organizing skill he brought to the movement for economic justice.The ProgressiveShortly before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. called for a radical redistribution of economic and political power to transform the whole of society. In 1967, he envisioned and designedthe Poor People's Campaign, an interracial effort that was carried out after his death.This campaign brought together impoverished Americans of all races to demand better wages, better jobs, better homes, and better education.King and the Other America explores this overlooked and obscured episode of the late civil rights movement,deepening our understanding of King's commitment to social justice and also of the long-term trajectory of the civil rights movement. Digging into earlier radical arguments about economic inequality across America, which King drew on throughout his entire political and religious life, Sylvie Laurent argues that the Poor People's Campaign was the logical culmination of King's influences and ideas, which have had lasting impact on young activists and the public. Fifty years later, growing inequality and grinding poverty in the United States have spurred new efforts to rejuvenate the campaign. This book draws the connections between Kings perceptive thoughts on substantive justice and the ongoing quest for equality for all.

Inhalt

Foreword by William Julius Wilson
Introduction

Part I. The Long March
1. The Patriarchs
2. The Prophets of Justice
3. The City and the Church
4. The Torchbearer

Part II. The Campaign
5. The Pauper
6. An “American Commune”
7. A Counter-War on Poverty

Part III. The Vision
8. Facing Structural Injustice
9. A “Right Not to Starve”

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: activism for change • African American Studies • american civil rights movement • black intellectuals of the mid 20th century • black poverty • black rights • Black Studies • Civil Rights • Civil Rights Movement • class activism in america • history of black thought • interracial efforts to fight poverty • mlk activism • mlks legacy • poor americans • poor peoples campaign • poverty in America • poverty studies • racial inequality in america • white poverty
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96343-1 / 0520963431
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96343-6 / 9780520963436