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Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign

Author : Michael K. Honey
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393078329
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign written by Michael K. Honey and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade. Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice. With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.

The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author : David J. Garrow
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504011538
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. written by David J. Garrow and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Bearing the Cross, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., exposes the government’s massive surveillance campaign against the civil rights leader When US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy authorized a wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr.’s phones by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he set in motion one of the most invasive surveillance operations in American history. Sparked by informant reports of King’s alleged involvement with communists, the FBI amassed a trove of information on the civil rights leader. Their findings failed to turn up any evidence of communist influence, but they did expose sensitive aspects of King’s personal life that the FBI went on to use in its attempts to mar his public image. Based on meticulous research into the agency’s surveillance records, historian David Garrow illustrates how the FBI followed King’s movements throughout the country, bugging his hotel rooms and tapping his phones wherever he went, in an obsessive quest to destroy his growing influence. Garrow uncovers the voyeurism and racism within J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI while unmasking Hoover’s personal desire to destroy King. The spying only intensified once King publicly denounced the Vietnam War, and the FBI continued to surveil him until his death. The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. clearly demonstrates an unprecedented abuse of power by the FBI and the government as a whole.

Memior of Young Dolph

Author : Alicia Tri Young
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Memior of Young Dolph written by Alicia Tri Young and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Dolph was an American rapper who rose to fame ensuing to his first studio collection "KING OF MEMPHIS" under his music mark 'Paper Route Empire'. The collection making up 11 tracks including which was fundamentally the most exceptional music. That year, "King of Memphis" went up to rank 49 on the US Billboard 200 outline. In September 2017, Young Dolph was shot before a store in Hollywood and hospitalized in an extreme condition. He went through around fourteen days in the clinical center recovering from three shot wounds. Lamentably, he triumphed when it's all said and done his final gasp on November 17, 2021 from a shot. While we lament significantly the obliteration of an uncommon star, we've decided to audit the aggregate of his life record, accomplishments and inconceivable stories which everybody wouldn't envision anything better than to hear read about. Young Dolph an American rapper known for his assortment, 'King of Memphis.' In his employment up to this point, he has conveyed a couple of Mixtapes and five studio assortments. He had an irksome youth and combat a ton in his underlying life. As a juvenile, he cultivated an interest in music and searched for solace by working stanzas to vent out his disappointment. He began his job extremely exactly on schedule as well. He completed his auxiliary school, at this point rather than pursuing school, picked to focus in on his melodic employment. His cousins familiar him with various rappers and he in a little while conveyed his first Mixtape, 'Paper route Campaign', which was a victory and helped him with setting out a decent establishment for himself in the domain of rap. All through the long haul, he conveyed a couple other Mixtapes and singles and his pervasiveness turned out to be extensively further. He conveyed his first assortment named 'Master of Memphis' in 2016. It was met with positive reviews and showed up at the 49th circumstance on the US Billboard 200. He has conveyed four extra assortments up until this point. Young Dolph is a perfect splendid and appealing man with a boggling and running person. He has a faint appearance with typical body improvement and appealing body assessments and a rhomboid strong body type. Young Dolph was the target of a shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2017. Yet right around 100 shots were released, he didn't get any hazardous injury on account of his impervious SUV. Anyway it was speculated that a cheeseburger among Dolph and rapper Yo Gotti had provoked the event, both the get-togethers chose to keep silent. In this book, MEMOIR OF YOUNG DOLPH KING OF MEMPHIS, you will get to realize that Young Dolph makes a more prominent measure of his money by selling his assortments, mixtapes, and by tunes recording. Further, it had been affirmed that Dolph obtained about $1 million when his tunes are being played in various shows and events he gets made up for something basically the same. He acquires cash through his position YouTube channel known as Young Dolph. He also made elements when he consumed $20,000 on two baristas who landed ended from their situation for playing his music get redressed. He was also drawn in with compassionate work. SCROLL AND BUY NOW WITH 1-CLICK to read more

From Boss Crump to King Willie

Author : Otis Sanford
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781621904175
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book From Boss Crump to King Willie written by Otis Sanford and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Boss Crump to King Willie offers an in-depth look at the vital role that race played in the political evolution of Memphis, from the rise of longtime political boss Edward Hull Crump to the election of Dr. Willie Herenton as the city{u2019}s first black mayor. Filled with vivid details on the workings of municipal politics, this accessible account by veteran journalist Otis Sanford explores the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans in Memphis to secure recognition from local leaders and gain a viable voice in the city{u2019}s affairs"--Amazon.

Memphis and the Paradox of Place

Author : Wanda Rushing
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807832995
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Memphis and the Paradox of Place written by Wanda Rushing and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy--the site of Martin Luther

It Came From Memphis

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743410459
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book It Came From Memphis written by Robert Gordon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon's critically acclaimed and richly entertaining exploration of the birthplace of rock and roll is peopled with Delta bluesmen, manic deejays, matinee cowboys and Elvis.

At the River I Stand

Author : Joan Turner Beifuss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book At the River I Stand written by Joan Turner Beifuss and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Unseen Light

Author : Aram Goudsouzian
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813175526
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book An Unseen Light written by Aram Goudsouzian and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars examine the activist efforts of Black Americans in Memphis in a series of essays ranging from the Reconstruction era to the twenty-first century. In An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee, eminent and rising scholars present a multidisciplinary examination of African American activism in Memphis from the dawn of emancipation to the twenty-first century. Together, they investigate episodes such as the 1940 “Reign of Terror” when Black Memphians experienced a prolonged campaign of harassment, mass arrests, and violence at the hands of police. They also examine topics including the relationship between the labor and civil rights movements, the fight for economic advancement in Black communities, and the impact of music on the city’s culture. Covering subjects as diverse as politics, sports, music, activism, and religion, An Unseen Light illuminates Memphis’s place in the long history of the struggle for African American freedom and human dignity. Praise for Unseen Light “From the aftermath of the post-Civil War race massacre to continuous violence, murder, and bitter confrontations into the twenty-first century, contributors illuminate An Unseen Light on those Black Memphians forging lives nonetheless, through negotiation, protest, music, accommodation, prayer, faith and sometimes sheer stubbornness . . . . Scholars intellectually and personally invested in the city as a site of family and community, and career, bring an unequivocal depth of understanding and richness about place and belonging that textures the pages with life, from the church pews, the music studios, or the myriad of social or political organizations, to the land itself, adding more layers to underscore how black lives have mattered in the historical grassroots building of the nation. This is thoughtful and beautiful work.” —Françoise Hamlin, author of Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle After World War II “This rich collection covers a broad range of topics pertaining to the African American freedom struggle in Memphis, Tennessee. One of its greatest strengths is the breadth of the essays, which span a long period from the end of the Civil War to the twenty-first century. An Unseen Light is a valuable addition to civil rights scholarship.” —Cynthia Griggs Fleming, author of Yes We Did?: From King's Dream to Obama's Promise “The collection did an excellent job in explaining the inner workings of Memphis . . . . The works highlighted the past actions, organizing and insurgency which created the dynamics of racism, classism, social, and political power seen in modern Memphis. I recommend this collection to those interested in the shaping of a large southern city. I also recommend to new and lifelong Memphians to provide a blueprint of the historical legacy of Memphis and how this legacy continues to impact the lives of African Americans.” —Tennessee Libraries

Death of a King

Author : Tavis Smiley
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316332755
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Death of a King written by Tavis Smiley and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Martin Luther King, Jr. died in one of the most shocking assassinations the world has known, but little is remembered about the life he led in his final year. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of King's life, revealing the minister's trials and tribulations -- denunciations by the press, rejection from the president, dismissal by the country's black middle class and militants, assaults on his character, ideology, and political tactics, to name a few -- all of which he had to rise above in order to lead and address the racism, poverty, and militarism that threatened to destroy our democracy. Smiley's Death of a King paints a portrait of a leader and visionary in a narrative different from all that have come before. Here is an exceptional glimpse into King's life -- one that adds both nuance and gravitas to his legacy as an American hero.

I Am a Man

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Am a Man written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memphis

Author : Tara M. Stringfellow
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0593230507
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Memphis written by Tara M. Stringfellow and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. “A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—The New York Times Book Review “I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected. As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.

Elvis Presley's Memphis

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781597252584
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Elvis Presley's Memphis written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just as the city of Memphis helped shape Elvis Presley to become the King of Rock 'n' Roll, so too did Elvis leave his indelible stamp on the city he loved. Two Memphis institutions - The Commercial Appeal and Elvis Presley Enterprises - have jointly opened up their archives to offer a unique portrait of the city and the man. You will find hundreds of photos, articles, artifacts, front pages, quotes, and a comprehensive timeline that tells this remarkable story. Many of the images inside are extremely rare - culled through extensive research by staff librarians and archivists."--Dust cover.

King of Memphis

Author : Perry Richardson
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book King of Memphis written by Perry Richardson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Me Broke or Bury Me Rich is an urban reality where money, drugs, and power conflict with love. Diamond and Kut's first encounter was in high school, where they had a mutual crush. Diamond and Kut both experienced turmoil and struggle, but their lifestyles sent them in separate ways and when they finally reunited, a choice had to be made. The lifestyle had destroyed everything Diamond had loved, but had produced every dream Kut had wanted; A life full of murder, romance, and intertwined with lies that were buried in pain... A choice still had to be made. Will Kut allow Diamond to love him broke or will Diamond be willing to bury him rich?

"All Labor Has Dignity"

Author : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807086029
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book "All Labor Has Dignity" written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with King's lectures to unions in the 1960s and includes his addresses made during his Poor People's Campaign, culminating with his momentous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis. Unprecedented and timely, "All Labor Has Dignity" will more fully restore our understanding of King's lasting vision of economic justice, bringing his demand for equality right into the present.

Martin Rising

Author : Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545702542
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Martin Rising written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., set against the last few months of his life and written in verse” (School Library Journal). Martin Rising is a stunning, poetic presentation of the final months of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life—told in a rich embroidery of visions, color, musical cadence, deep emotion, and multiple layers of meaning. Against a backdrop of the sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis, Tennessee, the book builds to its rousing crescendo as King delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech—where his life’s commitment to peaceful activism and his dream of equality ascend to their highest peak. The Pinkneys’ powerful and spiritual look at King’s legacy celebrates the courage and moral conviction of a man who changed the course of history forever. And even in the face of searing tragedy, he continues to inspire, transform, and elevate all of us who share his dream. Praise for Martin Rising A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year “Unique and remarkable.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Each poem trembles under the weight of the story it tells . . . Martin Rising packs an emotional wallop and, in perfect homage, soars when read aloud.” —Booklist, starred review

Martin Luther King Jr.

Author : Peter J. Ling
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538113597
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr. written by Peter J. Ling and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Luther King Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works allows the reader to explore not just the facets of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s career but the network of associates across the Civil Rights Movement that enabled him to move forward with his campaigns for racial justice. Drawing on wide-ranging scholarship, the volume allows the reader to understand King in the context of his times. It features a chronology, an introduction that briefly covers his life, a comprehensive bibliography, and a dictionary section with entries on people, places, and events related to him.

Memphis Mayhem

Author : David A. Less
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773055674
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Mayhem written by David A. Less and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world — Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever “David Less has captured the essence of the Memphis music experience on these pages in no uncertain terms. There's truly no place like Memphis and this is the story of why that is. HAVE MERCY!” — Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city, David Less moves from W.C. Handy’s codification of blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial musical acts like Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry. Memphis Mayhem explores the city’s entire musical ecosystem, which includes studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, family bands, pressing plants, instrument factories, and retail record outlets. Lively and comprehensive, this is a provocative story of finding common ground through music and creating a sound that would change the world.