Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Stephen B. Oates
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Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award and the Christopher Award, this brilliant examination of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. portrays a very real man and his dream that shaped America's history.Tags
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A good biography of the life Martin Luther King Jr. I did not know much about King's life before and was impressed with his courage and commitment to the cause.
"Drawing on interviews with those who knew King, previously unutilized material at Presidential libraries, and the holdings of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Mr. Oates has written the most comprehensive account of King’s life yet published. . . . He displays a remarkable understanding of King’s individual role in the civil rights movement. . . . Oates’s biography helps us appreciate how sorely King is missed.” —Eric Foner, New York Times Book Review
An excellent portrayal of the man and the history.
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Stephen B. Oates was a Civil War historian and biographer. He was born in Pampa, Texas on January 6, 1936. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a bachelor's degree (1958), earned a Master of Arts degree (1960), and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (1969). From 1968 to 1997, he taught history and biography at the University of show more Massachusetts, Amherst. He wrote over 17 books which included, To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown (1970); The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion (1975); With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (1977); Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1982); and A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War (1994). Dr. Oates was an adviser for the Ken Burn's Civil War series (1990). Stephen B. Oates died from pancreatic cancer on August 20, 2021 at his home in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 323.4 — Society, government, & culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights The state and the individual
- LCC
- E185.97 .K5 .O18 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Biography. Genealogy
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- Reviews
- 3
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- (4.11)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
- 9
