April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death and how it changed America

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A cultural critic reassesses the late civil rights leader's significance and influence on American society, as well as the ways in which his death transformed the discussion of race in America.;Preface -- Part 1: Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts: -- Act 1: Fighting Death -- Act 2: Talking Death -- Act 3: Facing Death -- Part 2: Promised Land, or Wilderness? -- Report Card on Black America -- The Black Family and Black Inequality -- What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and Performance of Blackness -- Part 3: Joshua: Charismatic Black Leadership in a Prophet's Shadow: A Messiah Measures Leadership -- Heir Apparent -- Last of a Dying Breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on His 80th Birthday -- Index. Preface -- Part 1: Moses: A Prophet's Death in Three Acts: -- Act 1: Fighting Death -- Act 2: Talking Death -- Act 3: Facing Death -- Part 2: Promised Land, or Wilderness? -- Report Card on Black America -- The Black Family and Black Inequality -- What Would Martin Do? Poverty, Prosperity, and Performance of Blackness -- Part 3: Joshua: Charismatic Black Leadership in a Prophet's Shadow: A Messiah Measures Leadership -- Heir Apparent -- Last of a Dying Breed? -- Black Kennedy -- Afterword: Interview with Dr. King on His 80th Birthday -- Index.