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Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation Hardcover - 2011
by Rebecca Burns
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In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host Kings funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police chief, black ministers, white churchgoers, Atlantas business leaders, Kings grieving family members, and his stunned SCLC colleagues worked to keep Atlanta safe, honor a murdered hero, and host the tens of thousands who came to pay tribute.
On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring Kingthe largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. Kings funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgias governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of Kings death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviews from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of Kings family and inner circleBurns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayors office to the White House to Coretta Scott Kings bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in Americas history. It encapsulates Kings legacy, Americas shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.
On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring Kingthe largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. Kings funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgias governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of Kings death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviews from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of Kings family and inner circleBurns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayors office to the White House to Coretta Scott Kings bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in Americas history. It encapsulates Kings legacy, Americas shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.
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- Title Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week That Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
- Author Rebecca Burns
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scribner Book Company, New York
- Date 2011-01-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781439130544 / 143913054X
- Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 9.29 x 6.13 x 0.91 in (23.60 x 15.57 x 2.31 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations - History -, Atlanta (Ga.) - Race relations - History -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010029980
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.092
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Rebecca Burns is a gifted storyteller with a keen understanding of the small details that make history so interesting, and in Burial for a King, she has woven dozens of interviews into a fast-paced narrative so vivid and poignant that you may catch yourself feeling almost as if you are eavesdropping.The book focuses on a single week in 1968a week that happens to include some of the most painful days of my entire lifeand the fact that I have difficulty reading its pages is actually a testament to the power of the authors uncommon skill.Burns literally has opened a window into the past.
Andrew Young who has served as Mayor of Atlanta, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, President of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Andrew Young who has served as Mayor of Atlanta, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, President of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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