Clarence B. Jones, Stuart Connelly

Behind the Dream (eBook, ePUB)

The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230112384
• Artikelnr.: 39940571

Autorenporträt

Clarence B. Jones served as speechwriter and counsel to Martin Luther King, Jr. and is currently a scholar-in-residence and visiting professor at Stanford University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute. Selected by Time magazine in 1972 as one of "The 100 Future Leaders of America," and twice recognized in Fortune magazine as "A Businessman of the Month," Jones has received numerous state and national awards recognizing his significant contributions to American society. He lives in Palo Alto, CA.
Stuart Connelly is an author and filmmaker. He is a recent National Educational Press Association Award winner and blogs for The Huffington Post. He divides his time between rural Pennsylvania and New York.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PROLOGUE: SOULS BEYOND MEASUREXICHAPTER ONE:HISTORY IN THE MAKING
1Randolph's Legacy 3Home Away from Home 9Spin Before There Was Spin
15Divided We Stood 21Plagued be Doubt 27The Celebrity Delegation 32No
Turning Back 42CHAPTER TWO TUESDAY 49Early Signs, Early Warnings 51A Group
of Lobbyist 54Memory and Metaphor 66"To Counsel with My Lord" 77CHAPTER
THREEWENDESDAY 81Dawn Reconnaissance 83So Tired of All the Exploitation
89How Do You Know You're Making History? 92'Buked and Scorned
95Preparation: The Speech, Part One 104The Mechanics of Trust 113Instinct:
The Speech,Part Two 115Electricity in the Air 118Saving the Best for Last
125 CHAPTER FOUR A STRIKE OF LIGHTNING, THEN FIFTY YEARS OF ROLLING THUNDER
127Putting a Name to It 129Why Did "I Have a Dream" 134Capture the World?
134Breaking the Records 138Out from the Gloomy Past 144CHAPTER FIVEIN THE
PRESENT TENSE 151Welcome to Funtown 153Money Makes the World Go 'Round 159
The Shepherdless Flock 168EPILOGUEDREAM ON, MARCH ON... 181Acknowledgements
189Notes 191Index 199