I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr.
（A Touchstone book）
Simon & Schuster, 2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-394) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Michael Eric Dyson, former welfare father, Princeton Ph.D. and Baptist preacher, reassesses the legacy of Martin Luther King in the years since his death. A legacy, he argues, which has been misappropriated by groups ranging from white conservatives, black church leaders to advertisers and even the King family. Dyson brings alive a true revolutionary, a hero willing to sacrifice his reputation for the sake of the poor, a Ph.D. willing to roll up his sleeves and work for justice, a prince of the black pulpit willing to go to gaol for his beliefs. He rescues from history a man who is as important today as he was in the 60's, a man as radical as Malcolm X, who has as much in common with the rap artists and church leaders of today. Unafraid to confront King's personal life, Dyson defends King from the forces of historical amnesia, in a book that is ultimately as moving as it is controversial.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface "We as a People Will Get to the Promised Land": Martin and Us
Introduction "You Don't Need to Go Out Saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Saint": The American Hero
Part I. IDEOLOGY
Chapter 1 "I Saw That Dream Turn Into a Nightmare": From Color-Blindness to Black Compensation
Chapter 2 "Most Americans Are Unconscious Racists": Beyond Liberalism
Chapter 3 "As I Ponder the Madness of Vietnam": The Outlines of a Militant Pacifism
Chapter 4 "America Must Move Toward a Democratic Socialism": A Progressive Social Blueprint
Chapter 5 "We Did Engage in a Black Power Move": An Integrationist Embraces Enlightened Black Nationalism
Part II. IDENTITY
Chapter 6 "I Had to Know God for Myself": The Shape of a Radical Faith
Chapter 7 "Somewhere I Read of the Freedom of Speech": Constructing a Unique Voice
Chapter 8 "There Is a Civil War Going on Within All of Us": Sexual Personae in the Revolution
Chapter 9 "I Have Walked Among the Desperate, Rejected, and Angry": Two Generations of the Young, Gifted, and Black
Chapter 10 "The Primary Obligation of the Woman Is That of Motherhood": The Pitfalls of Patriarchy
Part III. IMAGE
Chapter 11 "Be True to What You Said on Paper": A Critical Patriotism
Chapter 12 "I Won't Have Any Money to Leave Behind": The Ownership of a Great Man
Chapter 13 "If I Have to Go Through This to Give the People a Symbol": The Burden of Representation
Epilogue "Lil' Nigger, Just Where You Been?": Metaphors and Movements
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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