To the Promised Land

Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice

Michael K. Honey

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English

Norton
03 May 2019

History; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social discrimination; Social classes; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

Fifty years ago, a single bullet robbed us of one of the world's most eloquent voices for human rights and justice. To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther King, Jr., as an advocate of racial harmony, to explore his profound commitment to the poor and working class and his call for ""nonviolent resistance"" to all forms of oppression, including the economic injustice that ""takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.""

""Either we go up together or we go down together,"" King cautioned, a message just as urgent in America today as then. To the Promised Land challenges us to think about what it would mean to truly fulfill King's legacy and move toward his vision of ""the Promised Land"" in our own time.

By: Michael K. Honey
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 202g
ISBN: 9780393356731
ISBN 10: 0393356736
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael K. Honey, a former Southern civil rights and civil liberties organizer, is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma, where he teaches labor, ethnic, and gender studies and American history. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and has won numerous research fellowships and book awards for his books on labor, race relations, and civil rights history, including the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Going Down Jericho Road. He lives in Tacoma with his wife, Pat Krueger.

Reviews for To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice

""Of the present crop, Michael K Honey's To the Promised Land is the most cogent biography, focusing on King's fight for economic justice."" -- Prospect