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The Courage to Dream: On Rights, Values and Freedom
Vincent Harding
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Description for The Courage to Dream: On Rights, Values and Freedom
Hardcover. Contains riveting first-hand recollections of working with Martin Luther King and of his character. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
'I have a dream' declared Martin Luther King in 1967. Those words, which echoed round the world, soon became immortal. King gave his life in the cause of eradicating racism, eliminating poverty and resolutely opposing all forms of war and violence. This dialogue brings together two figures who likewise have striven in all their activities to promote peace and fight discrimination: one a Christian theologian, historian and nonviolent activist who knew King personally and who moved in 1958 from Chicago to the American South to participate in the nascent struggle for civil rights; the other a foremost Buddhist leader who ... Read more
'I have a dream' declared Martin Luther King in 1967. Those words, which echoed round the world, soon became immortal. King gave his life in the cause of eradicating racism, eliminating poverty and resolutely opposing all forms of war and violence. This dialogue brings together two figures who likewise have striven in all their activities to promote peace and fight discrimination: one a Christian theologian, historian and nonviolent activist who knew King personally and who moved in 1958 from Chicago to the American South to participate in the nascent struggle for civil rights; the other a foremost Buddhist leader who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784534752
SKU
V9781784534752
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About Vincent Harding
Vincent Harding (1931-2014) was a central participant in the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement. A colleague and confidant of Martin Luther King, for whom he prepared several speeches, he drafted King's famous oration delivered at Riverside Church in 1967 condemning the Vietnam War. Professor of Theology from 1981-2004 at Illiff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, he was ... Read more
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