Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours Cover Image

Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours / Joseph Rosenbloom.

Martin Luther King Junior's last thirty one hours (other title)
Martin Luther King Junior's last 31 hours (portion title)

Rosenbloom, Joseph, 1944- (author.).

Summary:

On April 3, 1968, arriving in Memphis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was being denounced as an agent of violence. He was facing dissent within the civil rights movement, among his own staff. A federal court injunction barred him from marching. Threats mounted; he feared an imminent, violent death. That night, King gathered the strength to speak at a rally on behalf of sanitation workers. Rosenbloom recounts the pressures that were bedeviling King, and shows how a series of extraordinary breaks enabled James Earl Ray to construct a sniper's nest and shoot King.

Record details

ISBN: 0807083380
ISBN: 9780807083383
Physical Description: x, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Atlanta departure -- Detour -- The strike -- Airport arrival -- The invitation -- The Mayor -- Lorraine check-in -- Damage control -- The injunction -- Invaders -- Nine-to-five security -- Reluctant speaker -- The stalker -- Summoning Dr. King -- From themountaintop -- Long night -- Home pressures -- Invaders' exit -- Melancholy afternoon -- Ray's lucky breaks -- Dark night -- Redemption.