Jackson, Thomas F.

From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice / Thomas F. Jackson. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2007. - 459 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Politics and culture in modern America .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-437) and index.

Introduction -- Pilgrimage to Christian socialism -- The least of these -- Seed time in the winter of reaction -- The American Gandhi and direct action -- The dreams of the masses -- Jobs and freedom -- Malignant kinship -- The secret heart of America -- The war on poverty and the democratic socialist dream -- Egyptland -- The world house -- Power to poor people.

0812239695 (cloth : alk paper)

2006050930


King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.


Human rights--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights.

E185.97.K5 / J34 2007

323.092