Description |
x, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-382) and index. |
Contents |
Artistry of argument -- pt. I Inside the circle of the tribe. The geometry of belonging ; Brotherhood and "brother"hood ; Backstage and blackstage ; Race men and real men ; The prophetic backstage -- pt. II Son of a (black) preacher man. Flight from the folk? ; Homilies of black liberation ; Raw and refined -- pt. III King in the mass meeting. Beloved black community ; The physics of deliverance ; The rationality of defieance ; The courage to be ; Free riders and freedom riders -- pt. IV Crossing over into beloved community. Artifice and authenticity ; Practicing what you preach ; Validating the movement ; The allure of rudeness ; Black interludes in the crossover moment. |
Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Oratory.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. |
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Oratory. |
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Language.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Rieder, Jonathan. Word of the Lord is upon me. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608617655 |
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Online version: Rieder, Jonathan. Word of the Lord is upon me. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608623452 |
ISBN |
9780674028227 alkaline paper |
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0674028228 alkaline paper |
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