The Resource A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
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- Summary
- "Lyndon Johnson got the call a few minutes after 7 p.m.: 'Mr. President, Martin Luther King has been shot.' Within hours, rioting had engulfed Washington, D.C. Before the violence was over, the US Army occupied three major American cities, and National Guard units patrolled a dozen more. The riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, delivered a death blow to the liberal dream of the 1960s, gave new life to the faltering conservative political movement, and launched urban America into a downward spiral from which much of it has never recovered. In an epic narrative, Risen shows how a mere ten days - between Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 campaign on March 31 to King's death on April 4 to Johnson's signature of the 1968 Civil Rights Act on April 11 - literally rewrote the course of American history, from race relations to urban decline to presidential politics."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 292 p., [8] p. of plates
- Contents
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- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March
- April 4 : Before the bullet
- April 4 : The news arrives
- April 4 : U and Fourteenth
- April 5 : Midnight interlude
- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me"
- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed"
- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder"
- April 5 : The occupation of Washington
- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago"
- April 6 : Roadblocks
- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore
- April 7 : Palm Sunday
- April 8 : Bluff city on edge
- April 9 : A country rent asunder
- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches
- A summer postscript
- 1969 and after
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination
- Title
- A nation on fire
- Title remainder
- America in the wake of the King assassination
- Statement of responsibility
- Clay Risen
- Subject
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- Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueRace riots
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Civil rights
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- trueRace riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1960s
- trueKing, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueRiots -- United States -- History
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Lyndon Johnson got the call a few minutes after 7 p.m.: 'Mr. President, Martin Luther King has been shot.' Within hours, rioting had engulfed Washington, D.C. Before the violence was over, the US Army occupied three major American cities, and National Guard units patrolled a dozen more. The riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, delivered a death blow to the liberal dream of the 1960s, gave new life to the faltering conservative political movement, and launched urban America into a downward spiral from which much of it has never recovered. In an epic narrative, Risen shows how a mere ten days - between Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 campaign on March 31 to King's death on April 4 to Johnson's signature of the 1968 Civil Rights Act on April 11 - literally rewrote the course of American history, from race relations to urban decline to presidential politics."--Book jacket
- Summary
- The founding managing editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas details the riots during the days and nights that followed the April 1968 assassination. He describes not only the battles in the streets, but also the planning and negotiation behind closed doors, and the public announcements and pleas. At the end he offers broader views, first of the summer that year, and then of the country since 1969. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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- 286484
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Risen, Clay
- Dewey number
- 973.923
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6477
- LC item number
- .R57 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- King, Martin Luther
- Race riots
- Inner cities
- African Americans
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- America in the wake of the King assassination
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index
- Contents
- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March -- April 4 : Before the bullet -- April 4 : The news arrives -- April 4 : U and Fourteenth -- April 5 : Midnight interlude -- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me" -- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed" -- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder" -- April 5 : The occupation of Washington -- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago" -- April 6 : Roadblocks -- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore -- April 7 : Palm Sunday -- April 8 : Bluff city on edge -- April 9 : A country rent asunder -- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches -- A summer postscript -- 1969 and after
- Control code
- ocn232358181
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 292 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2008026789
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)232358181
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index
- Contents
- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March -- April 4 : Before the bullet -- April 4 : The news arrives -- April 4 : U and Fourteenth -- April 5 : Midnight interlude -- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me" -- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed" -- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder" -- April 5 : The occupation of Washington -- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago" -- April 6 : Roadblocks -- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore -- April 7 : Palm Sunday -- April 8 : Bluff city on edge -- April 9 : A country rent asunder -- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches -- A summer postscript -- 1969 and after
- Control code
- ocn232358181
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 292 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2008026789
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)232358181
Subject
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1960s
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Civil rights
- Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueKing, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination
- trueRace riots
- trueRace riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- trueRiots -- United States -- History
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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