Troy Jackson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125206
- eISBN:
- 9780813135045
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125206.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians ...
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Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of Montgomery, Alabama, played in preparing him for leadership. King arrived in Montgomery as a virtually unknown doctoral student, but his activities there—from organizing the Montgomery bus boycott to building relationships with local activists such as Rufus Lewis, E. D. Nixon, and Virginia Durr—established him as the movement's most visible leader. This book illustrates how the people of Montgomery influenced King as much as he influenced them. In Montgomery, brave citizens, both black and white, spearheaded a protest movement that also launched King's public ministry. It demonstrates that spending his formative years in the city of Montgomery gave King the skills and experience to become a hero to generations of Americans.Less
Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of Montgomery, Alabama, played in preparing him for leadership. King arrived in Montgomery as a virtually unknown doctoral student, but his activities there—from organizing the Montgomery bus boycott to building relationships with local activists such as Rufus Lewis, E. D. Nixon, and Virginia Durr—established him as the movement's most visible leader. This book illustrates how the people of Montgomery influenced King as much as he influenced them. In Montgomery, brave citizens, both black and white, spearheaded a protest movement that also launched King's public ministry. It demonstrates that spending his formative years in the city of Montgomery gave King the skills and experience to become a hero to generations of Americans.
Stewart Burns
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807823606
- eISBN:
- 9781469602387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807882917_burns.14
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents transcripts of the following interviews: with Rufus A. Lewis by Donald T. Ferron on January 20, 1956; with Will T. Sheehan by Anna Holden on January 31, 1956; and with a cab ...
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This chapter presents transcripts of the following interviews: with Rufus A. Lewis by Donald T. Ferron on January 20, 1956; with Will T. Sheehan by Anna Holden on January 31, 1956; and with a cab driver by Anna Holden on February 9,1956.Less
This chapter presents transcripts of the following interviews: with Rufus A. Lewis by Donald T. Ferron on January 20, 1956; with Will T. Sheehan by Anna Holden on January 31, 1956; and with a cab driver by Anna Holden on February 9,1956.
