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In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.

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Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the greatest organic intellectuals in American history. His unique ability to connect the life of the mind to the struggle for freedom is legendary, and in this book-his last grand expression of his vision-he put forward his most prophetic challenge to powers that be and his most progressive program for the wretched of the earth.—Cornel West, professor of religion and African American studies, Princeton University, and author of Race Matters

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in US history, King also authored several books, including Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, and Why We Can’t Wait. His speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beacon Press; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807000671
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807000670
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.48 x 0.66 x 8.5 inches

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, King also authored several books, including Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, and Why We Can’t Wait. His speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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"...lost segments of Hope with the death of MLK, As well as a very gifted writer, one can feel his muse speaking to the conscious...." Read more

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Mind-opening approach to a centuries-old problem
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2015
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This book -- and by extension, its author -- SO FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

I was inspired to read it after visiting the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, GA. There, I learned that Dr. King was so much more than the flat, watered-down version presented in my high school history books. He was a real man with profound thoughts, agonizing feelings, and boundless hope. He was almost certainly a genius as well as a humanitarian, gifted speaker and eloquent writer. I learned so much from this book.

Dr. King almost effortlessly makes an airtight case for civil rights, knocking down excuse after persistent excuse about why we should not be involved and just let things "happen." He says (I'm paraphrasing) that no one's rights are GIVEN to them, they must DEMAND their rights. And if history tells us anything, that is 100% true -- not just for black people, but for women, LGBT people, disabled people and so on.

Something else I loved was his uncompromising position on nonviolent resistance. I grow increasingly concerned every time I hear people say that rioting is an acceptable form of protest, when it results in injury, death, and the destruction of people's livelihood. I long ago committed myself to nonviolence, but I have felt increasing pressure from my fellow activists to accept rioting as a legitimate form of protest. Reading Dr. King's work was a great assurance that there are nonviolent ways to achieve racial reconciliation. I lost track of how many times I highlighted in this book.

The only thing I have an issue with is how he proposes to deal with education. I taught in a mostly-black school so I absolutely understand his underlying point that black kids too often do not receive a quality education. However, he puts the blame on teachers, saying that they don't know how to teach and that a child's home environment shouldn't matter. I beg to differ that this is the case. I could cite studies to prove my point, but I would rather quote my actual students complaining of hunger, lack of sleep, feeling like they are not safe at home, etc. as reasons why they have trouble in school. If we are going to solve the problem of unequal education, we must also solve the problem of poverty. There is simply no other way around it. Children can't concentrate when they are hungry, homeless, or getting beat up at home. We have got to make the "war on poverty" a priority if we want to see lasting changes.

At any rate, I highly recommend this book, especially to my white friends!

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Great insight into Dr. King’s thoughts
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A valuable book. Dr. King eloquently discusses the pitfalls of racism, militarism, and inequality. A forewarning and awareness of many of the things that plague us today and need urgent attention and solutions.

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The Most Important Book you may ever read
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This is the last book Martin Luther King wrote. It tells the story of the civil rights movement as it occurred. Fascinating to hear the details. This aspect alone would be worth reading but realizing that when it was written the path forward is amazing. The last line asks you to chose community or chaos. This book is a gift to humanity.

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This is an amazing and important book, out of print for much too long. It is an impassioned and urgent call to heal. Because it was written in the 1960's it is really two books. Part of the book is of important and historical interest. This involves Dr. King's take on what was going on in the country.

But the other part of the book is Dr. King's rallying cry of "Where do we go from here?" There are so many thoughts I could lift from the book to share. But given the space, here are just a few:

"Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools." Dr. King goes on to add, "The question now is, do we have the morality and courage required to live together as brothers and not be afraid?"

Dr. King was clearly seeing our drift towards chaos, and just as clearly was warning us that we must move towards community or perish. This is an even more urgent book today as it was in the 1960's. It is a book not only to read but refer back to, over an over. My sermon yesterday was on our propensity to divide ourselves into "us" and "them." Dr. King was a great believer in "us" - and far more eloquent than I can ever hope to be on the subject. Dr. King's point was that if we cannot find our common humanity, we must and will perish. In the end, there is no "them." There is only "us."

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Rafael Ladeira
Leitura indispensável para quem quer entender o mundo
Reviewed in Brazil on December 18, 2023
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Esse foi o terceiro livro de King que li, como os anteriores, é um livro que deveria ser de leitura obrigatória.

Como infelizmente acontece, pessoas como King que podem fazer a diferença no mundo são eliminadas para que tudo fique como está, um grande caos.

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camille wilson
The best history book
Reviewed in Canada on January 13, 2023
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You can't go wrong with a king book

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Neasa MacErlean
Martin Luther's King's blueprint for the world
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This book explains the wider context of MLK's non-violence movement and suggests ways that all of us, black and white, should go forward. But he wrote it in 1967 and I don't see that we are that much nearer. Certainly, the growth of nationalism, fear of immigrants and characters such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson and Matteo Salvini are sending us down the wrong path. As MLK says: "Power and morality must go together, implementing, fulfilling and ennobling each other..." And he explains why hate and fear make such a bad basis for politics: "Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate." And he concludes: "Hate is too great a burger to bear." It's a marvellous book, not long, easy to read. If we don't follow it in the next 50 years, I really wonder where we will end up — in a time like the 1930s or 1940s, perhaps.

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Reviewed in Australia on March 29, 2018
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All my life I have been falsely taught to believe that Martin Luther king Jrs philosophy was all about turn the other cheek. This misconception had spurred me to admire Malcolm X a bit more. However after reading Martin's book in his own words, he was indeed a clever revolutionary leader who fully understood the dynamics of his people's situation and how to radically change the status quo without shedding blood. Malcolm X philosophy made sense, but in a society that you are vastly outnumbered, military confrontation would have been suicidal.

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excellent livre toujours actuel
Reviewed in France on June 6, 2012
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Ce n'est pas parce qu'un livre a été écrit il y a plusieurs décennies qu'il est dépassé. Martin Luther King reste très actuel dans tout ce qu'il a écrit. Et on trouverait sans problème dans cet ouvrage des citations qu'on pourrait appliquer à nos sociétés du XXIè s. A lire et à relire!

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