Download or read book Proposals for Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Population and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proposals for Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Population and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday S 25 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Waking from the Dream written by David L. Chappell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of the years after Martin Luther King’s assassination—and the struggle to keep the civil rights movement alive and realize King’s vision of an equal society “The previously untold story of continuing struggle and posthumous inspiration that dominates this compelling and groundbreaking book will forever change the way civil rights historians view this era.”—Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom Riders In this arresting and groundbreaking account, David L. Chappell reveals that, far from coming to an abrupt end with King’s murder, the civil rights movement entered a new phase. It both grew and splintered. These were years when decisive, historic victories were no longer within reach—the movement’s achievements were instead hard-won, and their meanings unsettled. From the fight to pass the Fair Housing Act in 1968, to debates over unity and leadership at the National Black Political Conventions, to the campaign for full-employment legislation, to the surprising enactment of the Martin Luther King holiday, to Jesse Jackson’s quixotic presidential campaigns, veterans of the movement struggled to rally around common goals. Waking from the Dream documents this struggle, including moments when the movement seemed on the verge of dissolution, and the monumental efforts of its members to persevere. For this watershed study of a much-neglected period, Chappell spent ten years sifting through a voluminous public record: congressional hearings and government documents; the archives of pro– and anti–civil rights activists, oral and written remembrances of King’s successors and rivals, documentary film footage, and long-forgotten coverage of events from African American newspapers and journals. The result is a story rich with period detail, as Chappell chronicles the difficulties the movement encountered while working to build coalitions, pass legislation, and mobilize citizens in the absence of King’s galvanizing leadership. Could the civil rights coalition stay together as its focus shifted from public protests to congressional politics? Did the movement need a single, charismatic leader to succeed King, and who would that be? As the movement’s leaders pushed forward, they continually looked back, struggling to define King’s legacy and harness his symbolic power. Waking from the Dream is a revealing and resonant look at civil rights after King as well as King’s place in American memory. It illuminates a time, explores a cause, and explains how a movement labored to overcome the loss of its leader.
Download or read book Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day written by Laura S. Jeffrey and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr., explains why a holiday was declared in his name, and tells how people celebrate this holiday.
Download or read book Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day written by Sally Ann Lee and published by Pebble. This book was released on 2019 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement in the mid-1900s. His holiday honors this man who continues to inspire Americans to work toward equality more than 50 years after his death. Readers will learn about Martin Luther King Jr., the holiday named for him, and how they can continue to promote and celebrate equality today.
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr Day written by Connor Dayton and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MLK Day is not meant to be a holiday off from school, work, or duties, it is meant to be a stirring call to actionto model our individual efforts after the holidays namesake, Martin Luther King Junior. While focusing on the national holiday, readers will come to understand Kings vision through stirring photographs and accessible text. They will be motivated to spend this holiday in the spirit intended.
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr Day written by Carol Gnojewski and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States celebrated the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20, 1986. There were marches, parades, and candlelight gatherings. Readers will learn about the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. and why his birthday was made an official national holiday. This informative resource includes black-and-white and color photos, an easy-to-follow recipe for peach pie, and instructions on how to make a Circle of Friendship craft.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Living the Dream written by Daniel T. Fleming and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living the Dream tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the battle over King's legacy that continued through the decades that followed. Creating the first national holiday to honor an African American was a formidable achievement and an act of resistance against conservative and segregationist opposition. Congressional efforts to commemorate King began shortly after his assassination. The ensuing political battles slowed the progress of granting him a namesake holiday and crucially defined how his legacy would be received. Though Coretta Scott King's mission to honor her husband's commitment to nonviolence was upheld, conservative politicians sought to use the holiday to advance a whitewashed, nationalistic, and even reactionary vision of King's life and thought. This book reveals the lengths that activists had to go to elevate an African American man to the pantheon of national heroes, how conservatives took advantage of the commemoration to bend the arc of King's legacy toward something he never would have expected, and how grassroots causes, unions, and antiwar demonstrators continued to try to claim this sanctified day as their own.
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr Day written by Linda Lowery and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces Martin Luther King, Jr. and relates how and why his birthday came to be celebrated as a national holiday.
Download or read book Annual Report Prepared for the President of the United States and the United States Congress written by United States. Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Employees Compensation Reform Act of 1979 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Have a Dream written by Martin Luther King, Jr. and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr Library With a New Foreword by Amanda Gorman A beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech at the March on Washington, laid out to follow the cadence of his oration--part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before thousands of Americans who had gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in the name of civil rights. Including the immortal words, "I have a dream," Dr. King's keynote speech would energize a movement and change the course of history. With references to the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Shakespeare, and the Bible, Dr. King's March on Washington address has long been hailed as one of the greatest pieces of writing and oration in history. Profound and deeply moving, it is as relevant today as it was nearly sixty years earlier. This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr written by Peter J. Ling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Ling’s acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King Jr provides a thorough re-examination of both the man and the Civil Rights Movement, showing how King grew into his leadership role and kept his faith as the challenges facing the movement strengthened after 1965. Ling combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther King’s life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement. This fully revised and updated second edition includes an extended look at Black Power and a detailed analysis of the memorialization of King since his death, including President Obama’s 50th anniversary address, and how conservative spokesmen have tried to appropriate King as an advocate of colour-blindness. Drawing on the wide-ranging and changing scholarship on the Civil Rights Movement, this volume condenses research previously scattered across a larger literature. Peter Ling's crisp and fluent style captures the drama, irony and pathos of King's life and provides an excellent introduction for students and others interested in King, the Civil Rights movement, and America in the 1960s.
Download or read book The Western Journal of Black Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preliminary Draft of Proposed Style Revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure written by Judicial Conference of the United States. Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
