The Domestication of Martin Luther King Jr. :

The Domestication of Martin Luther King Jr. : Clarence B. Jones, right-wing conservatism, and the manipulation of the King legacy / edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Rufus Burrow Jr. ; foreword by Adam Fairclough. - xxxii, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Distorted characterizations : images of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the conservative mind / Who is Clarence B. Jones's Martin Luther King Jr. : an audacious prophet or right-wing conservative? / Leading in challenging times: Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Hurley, and the meaning of Black leadership / Looking for Martin : Black leadership in an era of contested postracism and postblackness / Drum major for justice or dilettante of dishonesty : Martin Luther King Jr., moral capital, and hypocrisy of embodied messianic myths / Ruminating about Martin Luther King Jr. and sex / Gay rights and the misuse of Martin / What's race got to do with it? : Anti-Semitism, affirmative action, and illegal information / What Martin might say about intracommunity violence and homicide among young African American males : an extreme emergency / Transforming death : life's ultimate tragedy and hope for the dawn / A prophet with honor? : The Martin Luther King J. Holiday and the making of a national icon / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Lewis V. Baldwin -- Rosetta E. Ross and Shirley T. Geiger -- Water E. Fluker -- Cheryl Kirk-Duggan -- Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Traci C. West -- Lewis V. Baldwin -- Nonviolence and a moral universe : what Martin might say about war and terrorism / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Michael G. Long -- George R. Seay Jr.

Essays challenge and contradict the revisionist use of King for conservative and right-wing purposes.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Social and political views.
Jones, Clarence B., 1931-
Jones, Clarence B., 1931-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.


2000-2099


Politics and government.
Social conditions.


United States--Social conditions--21st century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
United States.

Social Justice Human Dignity Civil Rights Perspective Manipulation Conservatism

E185.97.K5 / D657 2013

323.092