| Contents |
Preface -- Part 1: Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts: -- Act 1: Fighting Death -- Act 2: Talking Death -- Act 3: Facing Death -- Part 2: Promised Land, or Wilderness? -- Report Card on Black America -- The Black Family and Black Inequality -- What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and Performance of Blackness -- Part 3: Joshua: Charismatic Black Leadership in a Prophet's Shadow: A Messiah Measures Leadership -- Heir Apparent -- Last of a Dying Breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on His 80th Birthday -- Index |
| Abstract |
A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America. |
| Local note | Little-354232--305131033539- |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-282) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Dyson, Michael Eric. April 4, 1968. New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2008 |
| LCCN | 2008273966 |
| ISBN | 9780465002122 |
| ISBN | 0465002129 |
| ISBN | 9780465012862 |
| ISBN | 0465012868 |
