Martin Luther King, Jr
Kathie Billingslea Smith
A biography of the Baptist minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Read Time: ~2.9 hr
Martin Luther King
by Frederik Hetmann [i.e. H. C. Kirsch (1979)
About this book
Leben des amerikanischen Friedenskämpfers (1929 -1968) vor dem Hintergrund weißer Rassenüberheblichkeit. Die Gewalt ist unpraktisch, weil sie einer abwärtsführenden Spirale gleicht und in allgemeiner Zerstörung endet. Sie ist unmoralisch, weil sie auf die Demütigung des Gegners aus ist, statt sich um sein Verständnis zu bemühen, weil sie sich von Haß statt von der Liebe nährt. Sie Zerstört die Gemeinschaft und macht Brüderlichkeit unmöglich. Sie läßt die Gesellschaft in einem Monolog, statt sie zu einem Dialog zu führen.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreMartin Luther King Lead Character
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