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Gospel Of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail And The Struggle That Changed A Nation (2013)

by Jonathan Rieder(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1620400588 (ISBN13: 9781620400586)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Bloomsbury Press

review 1: The letter itself in full is amazing. The book says a lot has been achieved since MLK's time. Indeed much has happened and I have often wondered what happened to those that screamed at black students? How could after years and years of hatred and ugliness shouted in the streets and house bombing, church bombing, etc. Did a sudden light go off and those vile people shut up and stop being publicly hateful? How? But while his dream came true toa certain point there are still more black youths dropping out of school, going to prison, more likely to be stopped and searched than white youths. There are no separate water fountains, toilets and yes a black man is president, but he can kill as many children as his white predecessor. The struggle is not over b... morey a long shot and yet I can admit much has been gained. As well remember that over 10,000 black voters were denied their human right to vote in the 2000 presidential elections and whatever happened about that? There was a poem that became a movie called For Coloured Girls When the Rainbow Ain't Enuf. Read the poem, watch the film and ask whatever happened to MLK's dream? Unfortunately in the fight for rights in the Movement not enough credit was given to the women. Not enough were allowed to speak. This may be the result of their part of the dream unrealised. And while it can be said the author glosses over the future after MLK one also asks where he can come up with the notion of mistresses? He mentions mistresses in passing once and never again.
review 2: I'm ashamed that I had not yet read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and also, how much of what I know about the Civil Rights Movement is a series of generalities and "popular history". I'm going to aim to learn more about the history of minorities in the United States. I need a more historically accurate framework in which to place my perspectives on privilege. If anyone has recommendations on that front, I would much appreciate it. As a sidenote, it was refreshing to read analysis again. I'm sure college students must be sick to death of it, but I am woefully underexposed these days. Another literary gap to fill in, I suppose."Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." - Martin Luther King, Jr. in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail". less

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