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.