Bibliograph

Behind the dream, the making of the speech that transformed a nation, Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly

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Behind the dream, the making of the speech that transformed a nation, Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-198) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Behind the dream

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

631748997

Responsibility statement

Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly

Sub title

the making of the speech that transformed a nation

Summary

"I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. 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. Jones was there, on the road, collaborating with the great minds of the time, and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come

Table Of Contents

Prologue : Souls beyond measure -- History in the making -- Tuesday -- Wednesday -- A strike of lightning, then fifty years of rolling thunder -- In the present, tense -- Epilogue : Dream on, march on ...

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