Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery StoryThe classic story of nonviolent resistance in America—the Montgomery bus boycott—written by Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth." It traces the phenomenal journey of a community, and shows how the twenty-six-year-old King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation—and the world. |
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User Review - rivkat - LibraryThingKing’s account of the history of the Montgomery bus boycott. It’s interesting to hear him test out concepts that would become more famous later from other speeches; the book as a whole is far more ... Read full review
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| Title | Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story Volume 1 of King Legacy |
| Author | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Contributor | Clayborne Carson |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0807000701, 9780807000700 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century Political Science / Civil Rights Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
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