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My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Palgrave Macmillan
January 2013
On Sale: January 8, 2013
304 pages
ISBN: 0230621694
EAN: 9780230621695
Kindle: B009WVJSA6
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Non-Fiction
August 28, 1963 hundreds of thousands of demonstrators
flocked to the nation’s capital for the March on
Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. It
was Clayborne Carson’s first demonstration. A nineteen year
old black student from a working-class family in New Mexico,
Carson hitched a ride to Washington. Unsure how he would
return home, he was nonetheless certain that he wanted to
connect with the youthful protesters and community
organizers who spearheaded the freedom
struggle. Decades later, Coretta Scott King selected
Dr. Carson—then a history professor at Stanford University--
to edit the papers of her late husband. In this candid
and engrossing memoir, he traces his evolution from
political activist to activist scholar. He vividly recalls
his involvement in the movement’s heyday and in the
subsequent turbulent period when King’s visionary Dream
became real for some and remained unfulfilled for others. He
recounts his conversations with key African Americans of the
past half century, including Black Power firebrand Stokely
Carmichael and dedicated organizers such as Ella Baker and
Bob Moses. His description of his long-term relationship
with Coretta Scott King sheds new light on her crucial role
in preserving and protecting her late husband’s legacy.
Written from the unique perspective of a renowned
scholar, this highly readable account gives readers
valuable new insights about the global significance of
King’s inspiring ideas and his still unfolding legacy
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