گام به سوی آزادی: داستان مونتگمری (میراث کینگ)

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.'' It traces the phenomenal journey of a community, and shows how the twenty-eight-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transformed the nation-and the world. MLK's classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott.A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoir about the event, he tells the stories that informed his radical political thinking before, during, and after the boycott—from first witnessing economic injustice as a teenager and watching his parents experience discrimination to his decision to begin working with the NAACP. Throughout, he demonstrates how activism and leadership can come from any experience at any age.Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the movement and includes King's experiences learning from other activists working on the boycott, including Mrs. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 28-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth." It traces the phenomenal journey of a community, and shows how the twenty-six-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transformed the nation-and the world.

Dr. King's own account of the Montgomery bus boycott, the first large-scale use of non-violent resistance in America.

This Classic Story Of Nonviolent Resistance In America--the Montgomery Bus Boycott--shows How Much The Movement Can Accomplish. King Shares His Inspirations For The Resistance In A Work That Inspired Many And Will Continue To Bring Hope For Peaceful Actions. Return To The South -- Montgomery Before The Protest -- The Decisive Arrest -- The Day Of Days, December 5 -- The Movement Gathers Momentum -- Pilgrimage To Nonviolence -- Methods Of The Opposition -- The Violence Of Desperate Men -- Desegregation At Last -- Montgomery Today -- Where Do We Go From Here? By Martin Luther King, Jr. ; [introduction By Clayborne Carson]. Originally Published: New York : Harper & Row, 1958. Includes Index. Presents the classic story of nonviolent resistance in America��the Montgomery bus boycott. Unavailable for almost a decade, King's unparalleled historical account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is now a must-read for a new generation of readers. ��Martin Luther King's early words return to us today with enormous power, as profoundly true, as wise and inspiring now as when he wrote them fifty years ago.�� ��Howard Zinn. Simultaneous. Introduction by Clayborne Carlson Preface Return to the South Montgomery Before the Protest The Decisive Arrest The Day of Days, December 5 The Movement Gathers Momentum Pilgrimage to Nonviolence Methods of the Opposition The Violence of Desperate Men Desegregation at Last Montgomery Today Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix Index Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service.