This gripping book is rooted in new and important interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of and draft speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr., and Joan Baez, a singer at the march, as well as Angela Davis and other leading civil rights leaders. It brings to life the fascinating chronicle behind the speech, and other events surrounding the March on Washington.

Gospel of Freedom gives us a startling perspective on the Letter and the man who wrote it: an angry prophet who chastised American whites, found solace in the faith and resilience of the slaves, and knew that moral appeal without struggle never brings justice.

Taylor Branch, author of the acclaimed America in the King Years, introduces selections from the trilogy in clear context and gripping detail. The King Years delivers riveting tales of everyday heroes who achieved miracles in constructive purpose and yet poignantly fell short.

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.

This book captures a defining moment in America's history, encapsulating King's legacy, America's shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.

By reading Du Bois, King, and Malcolm X together in a way that they have never before been read, Stull presents a new vision of composition practice to the African American studies community and a reading of African American emancipatory composition to the rhetoric and composition community, thus extending the question of emancipatory composition into new territory.

In this arresting and groundbreaking account, David L. Chappell reveals that, far from coming to an abrupt end with King's murder, the civil rights movement entered a new phase. It both grew and splintered.

Poetry is an ideal artistic medium for expressing the fear, sorrow, and triumph of revolutionary times. More than 150 poems by 100 poets showcase the breadth of the genre of civil rights poetry.

Contains speeches by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the topic of economic justice, and includes an audio CD.

On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people, two-thirds black and one-third white, held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic I Have a Dream speech. Just blocks away, President Kennedy and Congress skirmished over landmark civil rights legislation.