Bibliograph

Going down Jericho Road, the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign, Michael K. Honey

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Going down Jericho Road, the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign, Michael K. Honey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-586) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Going down Jericho Road

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71812789

Responsibility statement

Michael K. Honey

Sub title

the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign

Table Of Contents

Labor and civil rights -- A plantation in the city -- Dr. King, labor, and the civil rights movement -- Struggles of the working poor -- Standing at the crossroads -- On strike for respect -- Hambone's meditations : the failure of community -- Testing the social gospel -- Fighting for the working poor -- Minister to the valley : the poor people's campaign -- Baptism by fire -- Ministers and manhood -- Convergence -- Escalation : the youth movement -- "All labor has dignity" -- "Something dreadful" -- Jericho Road is a dangerous road -- Chaos in the bluff city -- "The movement lives or dies in Memphis" -- State of siege -- Shattered dreams and promised lands -- "A crucifixion event" -- Reckonings -- "We have got the victory" -- Epilogue : how we remember King

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