Behind the dream : the making of the speech that transformed a nation
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Behind the dream : the making of the speech that transformed a nation
Palgrave Macmillan, c2012
1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed
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"First published in hardcover in 2011"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event, as told by Clarence Jones, co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King. Jones was there, on the road, collaborating with the great minds of the time, and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS PROLOGUE: SOULS BEYOND MEASUREXICHAPTER ONE:HISTORY IN THE MAKING 1Randolph's Legacy 3Home Away from Home 9Spin Before There Was Spin 15Divided We Stood 21Plagued be Doubt 27The Celebrity Delegation 32No Turning Back 42CHAPTER TWO TUESDAY 49Early Signs, Early Warnings 51A Group of Lobbyist 54Memory and Metaphor 66"To Counsel with My Lord" 77CHAPTER THREEWENDESDAY 81Dawn Reconnaissance 83So Tired of All the Exploitation 89How Do You Know You're Making History? 92'Buked and Scorned 95Preparation: The Speech, Part One 104The Mechanics of Trust 113Instinct: The Speech,Part Two 115Electricity in the Air 118Saving the Best for Last 125 CHAPTER FOUR A STRIKE OF LIGHTNING, THEN FIFTY YEARS OF ROLLING THUNDER 127Putting a Name to It 129Why Did "I Have a Dream" 134Capture the World? 134Breaking the Records 138Out from the Gloomy Past 144CHAPTER FIVEIN THE PRESENT TENSE 151Welcome to Funtown 153Money Makes the World Go 'Round 159 The Shepherdless Flock 168EPILOGUEDREAM ON, MARCH ON... 181Acknowledgements 189Notes 191Index 199
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