The Resource Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights, Steven Levingston
Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights, Steven Levingston
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- Summary
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- An account of the contentious relationship between the thirty-fifth president and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement explores their influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry
- "The story of civil rights in the early 1960s is a tale of courageous sit-ins and marches, police brutality, violence, and murder. It is also a tale of two men: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., a pair of gifted, charismatic, and ambitious leaders from strikingly different worlds. When they first met in 1960, as Kennedy lobbied King to back his bid for the presidency, the wealthy Irish Catholic and the Southern Baptist preacher had little natural rapport. Kennedy was cool and Witty, King taut and high-minded. Kennedy was slow to embrace a full-throated position on equality for black Americans, fearing the wrath of southern Democrats. Over the next three years---as America was transfixed by a series of dramatic demonstrations across the South--it was King, more than any other figure, who led Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to civil rights; and it was Kennedy's hesitation that prompted King to achieve his greatest potential as an activist. This unique and transformative relationship has never been explored in such gripping fashion. From Harry Belafonte's Manhattan apartment to the Birmingham city jail to Joseph Kennedy's Palm Beach estate, [this book] delivers a narrative both public and intimate: the risky strategies, secret meetings, outrageous personalities, and private struggles that absorbed the lives of these two men--and forever bound them together."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 511 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Contents
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- "To teach a president"
- Two men, two worlds
- A call to Coretta
- "Tomorrow may be too late"
- "Pawns in a white man's political game"
- It often helps me to be pushed"
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780316267397
- Label
- Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights
- Title
- Kennedy and King
- Title remainder
- the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Levingston
- Subject
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- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- History
- Kennedy, John F, (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- 1900-1999
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- African American civil rights workers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- An account of the contentious relationship between the thirty-fifth president and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the civil rights movement explores their influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry
- "The story of civil rights in the early 1960s is a tale of courageous sit-ins and marches, police brutality, violence, and murder. It is also a tale of two men: John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., a pair of gifted, charismatic, and ambitious leaders from strikingly different worlds. When they first met in 1960, as Kennedy lobbied King to back his bid for the presidency, the wealthy Irish Catholic and the Southern Baptist preacher had little natural rapport. Kennedy was cool and Witty, King taut and high-minded. Kennedy was slow to embrace a full-throated position on equality for black Americans, fearing the wrath of southern Democrats. Over the next three years---as America was transfixed by a series of dramatic demonstrations across the South--it was King, more than any other figure, who led Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to civil rights; and it was Kennedy's hesitation that prompted King to achieve his greatest potential as an activist. This unique and transformative relationship has never been explored in such gripping fashion. From Harry Belafonte's Manhattan apartment to the Birmingham city jail to Joseph Kennedy's Palm Beach estate, [this book] delivers a narrative both public and intimate: the risky strategies, secret meetings, outrageous personalities, and private struggles that absorbed the lives of these two men--and forever bound them together."--Jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levingston, Steven
- Dewey number
- 973.922
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E842.1
- LC item number
- .L44 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kennedy, John F.
- King, Martin Luther
- Kennedy, John F
- Kennedy, John F.
- King, Martin Luther
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- United States
- Presidents
- African American civil rights workers
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights, Steven Levingston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "To teach a president" -- Two men, two worlds -- A call to Coretta -- "Tomorrow may be too late" -- "Pawns in a white man's political game" -- It often helps me to be pushed" -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn958797649
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 511 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780316267397
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780316267397
- (OCoLC)958797649
- Label
- Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights, Steven Levingston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "To teach a president" -- Two men, two worlds -- A call to Coretta -- "Tomorrow may be too late" -- "Pawns in a white man's political game" -- It often helps me to be pushed" -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn958797649
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 511 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780316267397
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316267397
- (OCoLC)958797649
Subject
- African American civil rights workers -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights | History -- 20th century
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- History
- Kennedy, John F, (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- 1900-1999
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963
- Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- African American civil rights workers
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