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Martin Luther King Jr., man of ideas and nonviolent social action

Burrow, Rufus, 1951-

Martin Luther King Jr., man of ideas and nonviolent social action [electronic resource] / Rufus Burrow, Jr. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Lewis V. Baldwin -- Part 1. Familial Roots of Protest and Nonviolence -- Paternal Grandparents (James and Delia King) -- Maternal Grandparents (Adam Daniel and Jennie C. Williams) -- Parents (Martin Luther and Alberta King) -- Part 2. Formal and Intellectual Influences -- The Walter Rauschenbusch Factor -- The Christian Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr -- Part 3. A Preacher and Some Women Pave the Way -- Vernon Napoleon Johns : "God's Bad Boy" -- Black Women Trailblazers -- Part 4. Christian Love and Gandhian Nonviolence -- Gandhian Influence and the Formal Elements of King's Nonviolence -- Training in Nonviolence -- Part 5. Where Do We Go From Here? -- Enduring Racism : What Can be done to Keep Hope Alive?

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Political and social views.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.


Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Baptists--Clergy--United States--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Social action--History--United States--20th century.
Nonviolence--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources.


Electronic books.

E185.97.K5 / B7995 2014

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