false 2219076 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2219076 3 2224868 31 3 2008 April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America total:50|5:13|4:23|3:11|2:2|1:1| 50 195 118 19 39751 3.79 916 186 63083463 2512545 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.96 46 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Jul 11 16:21:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 16:21:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 63900303 2533721 6093720 0465012868 9780465012862 1 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How it Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6093720.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_it_Changed_America 4.00 2 2008 4 0 false Fri Jul 17 14:59:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 21:08:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38977537 948971 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 17:14:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:55:25 -0800 2008 1 King's th...more...]]> 48880216 78976 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 21:03:11 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 09:50:52 -0700 2009 Having read some MED before, I knew I would be facing minimal facts married to chapters of conjecture but that's what makes his writing so compelling/easy ...more...]]> 30765257 1447025 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 04:58:10 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 05:18:01 -0700 2008 From the review I posted at Amazon.com:

Dyson gives us a good work here, although not his best. He should have subtitled the work, "King's Death as a Theology." For he attempts to use King's allusions to death, predictions of his own death, rhetoric of death, and the death of K...more...]]> 40969688 801557 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 18:23:23 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 21:21:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 71192454 217605 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:42:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:48:58 -0700 2009 65093383 2328867 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 26 22:52:47 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 22:54:12 -0700 2009 Great Read and very informative]]> 47209055 2012528 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 22 19:13:24 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:14:43 -0800 2009 31063947 755281 3495689 1433246163 9781433246166 1 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3495689.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 2.50 2 2008 3 0 false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:17:20 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:45:09 -0700 2008
I was disturbed in reading the figures,asking myself questions about my generation in comparision with the dream Dr. King and my...more...]]> 20806941 697245 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 12:24:18 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 12:39:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 43996202 1695720 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 22 17:32:13 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 21:47:00 -0700 2009
Most intriguing chapters are definitely about MLK's childhood years and Jesse Jackson (and how he beca...more...]]> 29763654 1412926 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Sep 21 19:57:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 10:18:58 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 19:57:51 -0700 2008
Exteremly well-written, but a bit challenging.]]> 23767582 1215120 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 09:06:01 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 17:32:20 -0700 2008 33165121 990216 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 2 0 false Sat Sep 20 21:05:23 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 07:55:19 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 21:05:23 -0700 2008 35631870 1614287 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 0 0 false Sat Oct 18 10:36:48 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 10:41:53 -0700 2008 29676757 1410599 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 5 0 false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 01:12:08 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 01:13:27 -0700 2008 29669248 1376697 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Aug 24 15:49:42 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 21:20:44 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:49:42 -0700 2008 CNN's "Black in America" documentary. ]]> 28248839 786370 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 06:50:09 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 13:14:18 -0700 2008 82007013 1202275 2219076 0465002129 9780465002122 17 <![CDATA[April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2219076.April_4_1968_Martin_Luther_King_Jr_s_Death_and_How_It_Changed_America 3.90 50 On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final public speech by saying, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as a starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America, specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously, and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to go.

Rather than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree view of King's death--remembering all the toil, triumph, and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating the ways in which the legacy of King's death will affect the future of this country.

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