The Speech : The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream (Updated Paperback Edition) (9781608464234)

[In] this slim but powerful book . . . Younge is adept at both distilling the facts and asking blunt questions.--Boston Globe

Unequivocal.--Financial Times

Gary Younge's meditative retrospection on [the speech's] significance reminds us of all the micro-moments of transformation behind the scenes--the thought and preparation, vision and revision--whose currency fed that magnificent lightning bolt in history.--Patricia J. Williams

Gary Younge explains why Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech maintains its powerful social relevance by sharing the dramatic story surrounding it. Fifty years later, The Speech endures as a defining moment in the Civil Rights movement and a guiding light in the ongoing struggle for racial equality.

Younge roots his work in new and important interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. and his draft speechwriter; with Joan Baez, a singer at the march; and with Angela Davis and other leading civil rights leaders. Younge skillfully captures the spirit of that historic day in Washington and offers a new generation of readers a critical modern analysis of why I Have a Dream remains America's favorite speech.

Gary Younge is an author, broadcaster, and award-winning columnist for the Guardian, based in Chicago, Illinois. He also writes a monthly column for the Nation magazine and is the Alfred Knobler Fellow for The Nation Institute.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 208 pages
• Dimensions 132.08 x 187.96 x 10.16mm | 217.72g
• Publication date 17 Feb 2015
• Publisher Haymarket Books
• Publication City/Country Chicago, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Revised ed.
• ISBN10 1608464237
• ISBN13 9781608464234
• Bestsellers rank 671,870

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