What Would Martin Say? Jones, King's personal lawyer and one of his closest principal advisers and confidants.On April 4, 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. King had achieved so much at such a young age that it
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| Title | : | What Would Martin Say? |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (561 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061253200 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-04-01 |
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On April 4, 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, depriving the world of one of the greatest moral authorities of the twentieth century. He was thirty-nine. King had achieved so much at such a young age that it is hard to believe that he has been gone longer than the brief time he spent on this earth. He spoke out not only on segregation and racism against African Americans, but about many other issues of the day, from police brutality and labor strikes to the Vietnam War. Given the current state of the world, we would all benefit from hearing Martin's voice, if only he were alive today.If anyone would have insight into what Martin would say, it would be Clarence B. Jones, King's personal lawyer and one of his closest principal advisers and confidants. Jones—now seventy-seven, has chosen the occasion of this somber anniversary to break his silence—removing the mythic distance of forty
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly
I was privy to his innermost thoughts, Jones, draft speech writer and adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., assures us in this bold yet presumptuous endeavor to reveal what King would have to say, and what he would advise, on issues of the day. Generally speaking, King, as channeled by Jones, would be dismayed and—astonishingly—fiercely conservative. According to Jones, King would now oppose affirmative action (its time and usefulness have come and gone) and illegal immigration (the moral brazenness of those without the legal right to be here who demand that Americans treat them as though they were decorated soldiers or fighters for constitutional rights). A complicated King emerges from Jones's portrait—not the familiar pacifist but a likely supporter of the Iraq War who in Jones's words might believe that military action is an unavoidable option that even those who are otherwise committed to non-violence must be prepared to consider now in o
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