Burns Rebecca Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.`s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation 9781439130575

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Автор: Burns Rebecca
Название: Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.`s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
ISBN: 9781439130575
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
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ISBN-10: 1439130574
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 256
Вес: 0.34 кг.
Дата издания: 07.09.2013
Язык: English
Размер: 22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm
Поставляется из: США
Описание: In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host Kings funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police chief, black ministers, white churchgoers, Atlantas business leaders, Kings grieving family members, and his stunned SCLC colleagues worked to keep Atlanta safe, honor a murdered hero, and host the tens of thousands who came to pay tribute.

On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring King--the largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. Kings funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgias governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of Kings death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviews-- from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of Kings family and inner circle--Burns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayors office to the White House to Coretta Scott Kings bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in Americas history. It encapsulates Kings legacy, Americas shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.

Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.`s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation, Burns Rebecca