Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peter Ling's acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King Jr combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther King's life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement. This fully revised and updated second edition includes an extended look at Black Power and a detailed analysis of the memorialization of King since his death, with particular focus on President Obama's 50^th anniversary address.

Author: Peter Ling
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/05/2015
Pages: 382
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9781138781634

About the Author

Peter J. Ling is Professor of American Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. His previous works include the edited collection, Gender and the Civil Rights Movement, (2004), a history of the Democratic Party (2004) and a biography of John F. Kennedy (2013).