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From Civil Rights to Human Rights Martin Luther King, Jr., and the
Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson Winner of the 2007
Liberty Legacy Foundation Award of the Organization of American
Historians ""From Civil Rights to Human Rights" should reinforce
King's credentials as one, and perhaps the wisest, of the radical
voices of the 1960s."--"Dissent" " The book] is the first to
produce a sustained analysis of the origins and development of
King's radical economic analysis and the politics it mandated. . .
. Jackson's book rips away the false curtain of moderation and
reveals the substance of a rare leader who gave his life in the
pursuit of global human rights."--"Sociological Inquiry" "A more
sensitive treatment of King's legacy and its implications for
advancing economic democracy does not exist."--"The Historian" "A
notable contribution to social, cultural, economic, and African
American studies."--"Choice" Martin Luther King, Jr., is widely
celebrated as an American civil rights hero. Yet King's nonviolent
opposition to racism, militarism, and economic injustice had deeper
roots and more radical implications than is commonly appreciated,
Thomas F. Jackson argues in this searching reinterpretation of
King's public ministry. Between the 1940s and the 1960s, King was
influenced by and in turn reshaped the political cultures of the
black freedom movement and democratic left. His vision of
unfettered human rights drew on the diverse tenets of the African
American social gospel, socialism, left-New Deal liberalism,
Gandhian philosophy, and Popular Front internationalism. King's
early leadership reached beyond southern desegregation and voting
rights. As the freedom movement of the 1950s and early 1960s
confronted poverty and economic reprisals, King championed trade
union rights, equal job opportunities, metropolitan integration,
and full employment. When the civil rights and antipoverty policies
of the Johnson administration failed to deliver on the movement's
goals of economic freedom for all, King demanded that the federal
government guarantee jobs, income, and local power for poor people.
When the Vietnam war stalled domestic liberalism, King called on
the nation to abandon imperialism and become a global force for
multiracial democracy and economic justice. Drawing widely on
published and unpublished archival sources, Jackson explains the
contexts and meanings of King's increasingly open call for "a
radical redistribution of political and economic power" in American
cities, the nation, and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings
were in fact revolts against unemployment, powerlessness, police
violence, and institutionalized racism, King argued. His final
dream, a Poor People's March on Washington, aimed to mobilize
Americans across racial and class lines to reverse a national cycle
of urban conflict, political backlash, and policy retrenchment.
King's vision of economic democracy and international human rights
remains a powerful inspiration for those committed to ending racism
and poverty in our time. Thomas F. Jackson is Associate Professor
of History at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Politics and Culture in Modern America 2006 472 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
13 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-3969-0 Cloth $49.95t 32.50 ISBN
978-0-8122-2089-6 Paper $24.95t 16.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0000-3 Ebook
$24.95t 16.50 World Rights Biography, American History Short copy:
"From Civil Rights to Human Rights" examines King's lifelong
commitments to economic equality, racial justice, and international
peace. Drawing upon broad research in published sources and
unpublished manuscript collections, Jackson positions King within
the social movements and momentous debates of his time.
Expression in Contested Public Spaces: Free Speech and Civic
Engagement addresses how people express themselves and their
differences, in ways that amplify the many voices central to the
mission of democracy. This book investigates in what ways and in
what discursive forms people interrupt the status quo or unjust
practices to advance positive social change. The chapters feature
research activity, engaged scholarship, and creative expression to
boldly frame the issues of free speech-amid attempts to chill and
silence expressions of dissent-in order to demonstrate how
community organizers, activists, and scholars use their voices to
advance peace and justice befitting the human condition. Scholars
and students of communication and the social sciences will find
this book particularly interesting.
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