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"All labor has dignity", Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited with introductions by Michael K. Honey

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Summary
Overview: An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King's speeches on labor rights and economic justice. People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform. As we struggle with massive unemployment, a staggering racial wealth gap, and the near collapse of a financial system that puts profits before people, King's prophetic writings and speeches underscore his relevance for today. They help us imagine King anew: as a human rights leader whose commitment to unions and an end to poverty was a crucial part of his civil rights agenda. Covering all the civil rights movement highlights-Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis-award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with King's lectures to unions in the 1960s and includes his addresses during his Poor People's Campaign, culminating with his momentous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis. Unprecedented and timely, "All Labor Has Dignity" will more fully restore our understanding of King's lasting vision of economic justice, bringing his demand for equality right into the present
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxxix, 224 pages
Note
"Includes CD of rare MLK speeches"--Jacket
Contents
  • Introduction -- Editor's note -- Forging a Civil Rights-Labor Alliance in the shadow of the Cold War. A Look to the future ; It is a dark day indeed when men cannot work to implement the ideal of brotherhood without being labeled communist ; We, the Negro people and labor-inevitably will sow the seeds of liberalism ; If the Negro wins, labor wins ; I am in one of those houses of labor to which I come not to criticize, but to praise ; There are three major social evils-the evil of war, the evil of economic injustice, and the evil of racial injustice ; Industry knows only two types of workers who, in years past, were brought frequently to their jobs in chains ; Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy ; Unresolved race question -- Standing At The Crossroads: Race, Labor, War, And Poverty. Explosion in Watts reminded us all that the northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men ; Labor cannot stand still long or it will slip backward ; Civil rights at the crossroads; Domestic impact of the war in Vietnam -- Down Jericho Road: The Poor People's Campaign And Memphis Strike. The Other America ; All labor has dignity ; To the mountaintop: let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness -- Epilogue: King and labor -- Appendix: Note on the speeches -- Acknowledgments -- Index
  • CD: The unresolved race question, District 65 Thirtieth-Anniversary Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 23, 1963 -- All labor has dignity, Mason Temple Mass Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee., March 18, 1968
Isbn
9780807086001
Instance
Label
"All labor has dignity"
Title
"All labor has dignity"
Statement of responsibility
Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited with introductions by Michael K. Honey
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Overview: An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King's speeches on labor rights and economic justice. People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform. As we struggle with massive unemployment, a staggering racial wealth gap, and the near collapse of a financial system that puts profits before people, King's prophetic writings and speeches underscore his relevance for today. They help us imagine King anew: as a human rights leader whose commitment to unions and an end to poverty was a crucial part of his civil rights agenda. Covering all the civil rights movement highlights-Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis-award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with King's lectures to unions in the 1960s and includes his addresses during his Poor People's Campaign, culminating with his momentous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis. Unprecedented and timely, "All Labor Has Dignity" will more fully restore our understanding of King's lasting vision of economic justice, bringing his demand for equality right into the present
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1929-1968
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
King, Martin Luther
Dewey number
331.01/1
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HD6971.8
LC item number
.K56 2011
Literary form
speeches
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1929-1968
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Honey, Michael K
  • King, Martin Luther
Series statement
King Legacy series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • Employee rights
  • Social rights
  • Employee rights
  • Social rights
  • Employee rights
  • Social justice
  • Employee rights
  • Social rights
  • Employee rights
  • Social rights
Label
"All labor has dignity", Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited with introductions by Michael K. Honey
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"Includes CD of rare MLK speeches"--Jacket
Accompanying material
1 audio disc (43 min., 8 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Introduction -- Editor's note -- Forging a Civil Rights-Labor Alliance in the shadow of the Cold War. A Look to the future ; It is a dark day indeed when men cannot work to implement the ideal of brotherhood without being labeled communist ; We, the Negro people and labor-inevitably will sow the seeds of liberalism ; If the Negro wins, labor wins ; I am in one of those houses of labor to which I come not to criticize, but to praise ; There are three major social evils-the evil of war, the evil of economic injustice, and the evil of racial injustice ; Industry knows only two types of workers who, in years past, were brought frequently to their jobs in chains ; Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy ; Unresolved race question -- Standing At The Crossroads: Race, Labor, War, And Poverty. Explosion in Watts reminded us all that the northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men ; Labor cannot stand still long or it will slip backward ; Civil rights at the crossroads; Domestic impact of the war in Vietnam -- Down Jericho Road: The Poor People's Campaign And Memphis Strike. The Other America ; All labor has dignity ; To the mountaintop: let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness -- Epilogue: King and labor -- Appendix: Note on the speeches -- Acknowledgments -- Index
  • CD: The unresolved race question, District 65 Thirtieth-Anniversary Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 23, 1963 -- All labor has dignity, Mason Temple Mass Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee., March 18, 1968
Control code
ocn491934152
Dimensions
23 cm +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
xxxix, 224 pages
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780807086001
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2010033721
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780807086001
  • (OCoLC)491934152
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
"All labor has dignity", Martin Luther King, Jr. ; edited with introductions by Michael K. Honey
Publication
Note
"Includes CD of rare MLK speeches"--Jacket
Accompanying material
1 audio disc (43 min., 8 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Introduction -- Editor's note -- Forging a Civil Rights-Labor Alliance in the shadow of the Cold War. A Look to the future ; It is a dark day indeed when men cannot work to implement the ideal of brotherhood without being labeled communist ; We, the Negro people and labor-inevitably will sow the seeds of liberalism ; If the Negro wins, labor wins ; I am in one of those houses of labor to which I come not to criticize, but to praise ; There are three major social evils-the evil of war, the evil of economic injustice, and the evil of racial injustice ; Industry knows only two types of workers who, in years past, were brought frequently to their jobs in chains ; Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy ; Unresolved race question -- Standing At The Crossroads: Race, Labor, War, And Poverty. Explosion in Watts reminded us all that the northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men ; Labor cannot stand still long or it will slip backward ; Civil rights at the crossroads; Domestic impact of the war in Vietnam -- Down Jericho Road: The Poor People's Campaign And Memphis Strike. The Other America ; All labor has dignity ; To the mountaintop: let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness -- Epilogue: King and labor -- Appendix: Note on the speeches -- Acknowledgments -- Index
  • CD: The unresolved race question, District 65 Thirtieth-Anniversary Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 23, 1963 -- All labor has dignity, Mason Temple Mass Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee., March 18, 1968
Control code
ocn491934152
Dimensions
23 cm +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
xxxix, 224 pages
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780807086001
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2010033721
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780807086001
  • (OCoLC)491934152
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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