My life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Title:
My life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
JLCTITLE245:
Coretta Scott King ; introduction by Bernice, Dexter, Martin, and Yolanda King.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First revised edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, ©1993.
Physical Description:
xiii, 335 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780805024456
General Note:
"First revised edition"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Abstract:
"An inside look at the life and work of the noted civil rights leader, from the viewpoint of his wife Coretta Scott King." -- T.p. verso.
Contents:
Introduction -- Preface -- "Make it plain, son" -- "You are just as good as anyone else" -- "A very promising young man" -- "You must stand up for your rights" -- "To overcome fear" -- "We have taken this type of thing too long" -- "Don't you get weary" -- "We want freedom -- now" -- "Satyagraha" -- "Why did daddy go to jail?" -- "We shall overcome" -- "Turn on the hoses damnit!" -- "I have a dream" -- "No lie can live forever" -- "We will take the nonviolent movement all over the United States" -- "You must be prepared to continue" -- "I've been to the mountaintop" -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Index.